Photo: Sebleouf · CC BY-SA 3.0Lozanne has no famous person on record yet
Go 4 mi to L'Arbresle and the list grows to 13, with Rémi Garde at the top. Lyon’s 928 names make the longest list in Rhône. After Lyon, the next longest list in Rhône is Villefranche-sur-Saône’s, with 68. Famous people are on record for 126 of the towns in Rhône.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Lozanne (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lozanne yet.
Famous people born near Lozanne
The most names next door are in L'Arbresle: 13.
Questions about famous people from Lozanne
Who counts as from Lozanne?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Lozanne 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 (4)
- Rémi Garde: cropped by Shory (extracted from Jejecam 's image), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Marie Vianney: Romary, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Bail: Studio Benque (Paris), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Balmino: Serbus, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.