No one from Meys is on the famous people list yet
Go 9 mi to Feurs and the list grows to 15, with Franck Montagny at the top. Across Rhône, 126 towns list someone born there. 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.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Meys (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 Meys yet.
Famous people born near Meys
Nearby, Feurs has the most on record, with 15.
Feurs · 9 miFranck Montagny & 14 more
Chazelles-sur-Lyon · 3 miAlain Rousset & 6 more
Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise · 4 miAntoine Pinay & 5 more
Saint-Galmier · 7 miAntoine Ravel & 4 more
Panissières · 8 miJean Berthelier & 3 more
Veauche · 10 miFrançoise Héritier & 2 moreFGSaint-Héand · 10 miFrédéric GirerdQuestions about famous people from Meys
Who counts as from Meys?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Meys 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 (6)
- Franck Montagny: David Merrett from Daventry, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alain Rousset: Jean.Castera, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Antoine Pinay: Farabola, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Antoine Ravel: Henri Manuel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Berthelier: Unknown author Unknown author // Photographer unidentified, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Françoise Héritier: Ji-Elle, 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.