JP#1
Writing & Arts
Jean-Baptiste Poncet
1827–1901French painter (1827-1901)
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Photo: Sebleouf · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Saint-Laurent-de-Mure, Rhône
2 famous people call Saint-Laurent-de-Mure their birthplace
Articles in 4 languages make the French painter Jean-Baptiste Poncet the best known. The other is Louis-Vincent Cartier, the French physician. Go 3 mi to Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu and the list grows to 2, with Daniel Boulud at the top. Born in 1768, Louis-Vincent Cartier is the first name on record, and Jean-Baptiste Poncet, born in 1827, the most recent.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jean-Baptiste Poncet
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1768
Louis-Vincent Cartier
Youngest
1827
Jean-Baptiste Poncet
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 person
The best known
Born in Saint-Laurent-de-Mure
LC#2
Science & Medicine
Louis-Vincent Cartier
1768–1839French physician
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for
What Saint-Laurent-de-Mure is known for
Writers and artists are the most numerous, 1 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu leads the towns around it, with 2 names.
Questions about famous people from Saint-Laurent-de-Mure
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Laurent-de-Mure?
Jean-Baptiste Poncet (French painter (1827-1901)) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Louis-Vincent Cartier.
How many famous people were born in Saint-Laurent-de-Mure?
2 people born in Saint-Laurent-de-Mure have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Saint-Laurent-de-Mure known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Laurent-de-Mure?
Louis-Vincent Cartier, born in 1768. The youngest on the list was born in 1827.
Who counts as from Saint-Laurent-de-Mure?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Laurent-de-Mure 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)
- Daniel Boulud: winestem, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marc-Antoine Brillier: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Parédès: Studio Harcourt, 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.