#19 famous people were born in Gleizé, more of them athletes than in most towns
At the top of the list is the French road bicycle racer Rudy Molard, covered in 18 languages. Second place goes to the French politician Claude Tircuy de Corcelle, third to Kevin Joss-Rauze. More than half were born since 1970, 7 in all. Claude Tircuy de Corcelle (1768) and Titouan Fontaine (2005) mark the two ends of the list.
What stands out about Gleizé’s famous people
What Gleizé is known for
Gleizé has 3.5× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
When Gleizé’s famous people were born
The 2000s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Born in Gleizé
Rudy Molard leads with articles in 18 languages, ahead of Claude Tircuy de Corcelle (3) and Kevin Joss-Rauze (3).
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#2Claude Tircuy de Corcelle
1768–1843French politician
Kevin Joss-Rauze
born 1988French basketball player (born 1988)
Everyone else born in Gleizé
Here are 6 more, born from 1841 to 2005.

No one matches both filters.
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Villefranche-sur-Saône: 68.
Villefranche-sur-Saône · 1 miBenjamin Biolay & 67 moreDDTrévoux · 5 miDaniel Dagallier & 15 moreEBAnse · 4 miEugène Bussy & 3 moreJPSaint-Georges-de-Reneins · 5 miJean Plattard & 3 moreTCArnas · 1 miTimothé Cognat & 2 more
Limas · 1 miPierre Coquet
Porte des Pierres Dorées · 3 miLouis Greppo
Fareins · 3 miÉtienne CarjatQuestions about famous people from Gleizé
Who is the most famous person from Gleizé?
Rudy Molard (French road bicycle racer) is the best known by our measure: 18 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Claude Tircuy de Corcelle and Kevin Joss-Rauze.
How many famous people were born in Gleizé?
9 people born in Gleizé have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 12 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
What is Gleizé known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 6 of the 9. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Gleizé?
Claude Tircuy de Corcelle, born in 1768. The youngest on the list was born in 2005.
Who counts as from Gleizé?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Gleizé 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 (7)
- Rudy Molard: FGphotographic, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Claude Tircuy de Corcelle: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Noémie Carage: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin Biolay: Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Coquet: Boris Geenen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Greppo: Nadar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Étienne Carjat: Upload, stitch and restoration by Jebulon, 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.