JB#1
Film, TV & Stage
Jean Barrère
1921–1995French actor
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Photo: Frachet · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Feyzin, Rhône
Feyzin has one famous person on record
Jean Barrère, the French actor, was born in 1921. Their birth falls between 1914 and 1969. An article about them exists in one language. Of its neighbours, Oullins-Pierre-Bénite, 4 mi away, lists the most: 47, Clément Turpin first.
Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jean Barrère
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1921
Jean Barrère
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 person
The best known
Born in Feyzin
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Oullins-Pierre-Bénite, at 47.
Oullins-Pierre-Bénite · 4 miClément Turpin & 46 more
Vénissieux · 3 miMaxime Gonalons & 32 more
Saint-Genis-Laval · 4 miÉric Abidal & 8 moreMYSaint-Fons · 2 miMarie-Josèphe Yoyotte & 4 moreCCSaint-Symphorien-d'Ozon · 2 miClaude La Colombière & 3 moreARVernaison · 3 miAdrien Rougier & 3 moreCRSaint-Priest · 4 miChristophe Rippert & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Feyzin
Who is the most famous person from Feyzin?
Jean Barrère (French actor) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
How many famous people were born in Feyzin?
1 people born in Feyzin have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Feyzin known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 8% across French towns.
Who counts as from Feyzin?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Feyzin itself, matched by its INSEE code (a commune merged into it counts when the dates allow), whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. A hospital or neighbourhood recorded without its commune isn’t matched. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a hospital, a neighbourhood or a wider area, another commune, or missing, or their articles may not name a birthplace. We only list people the sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations, how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each person) and French and English Wikipedia (each person’s articles confirm the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are matched to the commune by INSEE code and its history of mergers (INSEE COG 2026). Ranked by the number of articles. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across French towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the license below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (3)
- Clément Turpin: Светлана Бекетова, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maxime Gonalons: Вячеслав Евдокимов, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Éric Abidal: Mutari 16:30, 5 March 2008 (UTC), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.