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Famous people · Saint-Priest, Rhône

2 famous people call Saint-Priest their birthplace

Most widely known is Christophe Rippert, the French actor, with an article in one language. The list has one more: the French association football player Serge Bellisi. The neighbour with the longest list is Vénissieux, 3 mi away: 33, led by Maxime Gonalons. The earliest on the list is Serge Bellisi, born in 1962, and the youngest Christophe Rippert, born in 1969.

Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Christophe Rippert
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1962
Serge Bellisi
Youngest
1969
Christophe Rippert
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 person
The best known

Born in Saint-Priest

CR#1
Film, TV & Stage

Christophe Rippert

born 1969

French actor

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
SB#2
Sports

Serge Bellisi

born 1962

French association football player

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Saint-Priest is known for

The largest field is Film, TV & Stage, with 1 people.

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

The best known from each town within 12 mi of Saint-Priest, with how many people each has.

Questions about famous people from Saint-Priest

Who is the most famous person from Saint-Priest?

Christophe Rippert (French actor) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Serge Bellisi.

How many famous people were born in Saint-Priest?

2 people born in Saint-Priest have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 24 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 Saint-Priest known for?

Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 8% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Priest?

Serge Bellisi, born in 1962. The youngest on the list was born in 1969.

Who counts as from Saint-Priest?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Priest 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 (2)

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.