Saint-Forgeux has no famous person on record yet
Just 3 mi away, Tarare’s list holds 30 names, Corentin Tolisso the best known. Lyon has the most of any town in Rhône: 928. After Lyon, the next longest list in Rhône is Villefranche-sur-Saône’s, with 68. Across Rhône, 126 towns list someone born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Forgeux (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-Forgeux as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Saint-Forgeux
Close by, the fullest list is Tarare’s, at 30 names.
L'Arbresle · 7 miRémi Garde & 12 moreJVAmplepuis · 10 miJean-Baptiste Vietty & 8 more
Panissières · 8 miJean Berthelier & 3 more
Sain-Bel · 7 miJean Balmino & 1 more
Val d'Oingt · 7 miJoannès Dupraz & 1 moreAEVindry-sur-Turdine · 2 miAlcide EbrayJMChazay-d'Azergues · 11 miJean-Loup MettonQuestions about famous people from Saint-Forgeux
Who counts as from Saint-Forgeux?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Forgeux 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 Berthelier: Unknown author Unknown author // Photographer unidentified, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Balmino: Serbus, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joannès Dupraz: Unknown author Unknown author, 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.