No one from Taponas is on the famous people list yet
For more famous names, Villefranche-sur-Saône is 10 mi away: its list has 68, led by Benjamin Biolay. No town in Rhône lists more than Lyon, with 928. The Rhône lists hold names for 126 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Taponas (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 Taponas yet.
Famous people born near Taponas
Nearby, Villefranche-sur-Saône has the most on record, with 68.
Villefranche-sur-Saône · 10 miBenjamin Biolay & 67 more
Belleville-en-Beaujolais · 1 miFranck Durix & 9 more
Gleizé · 10 miRudy Molard & 8 moreJPSaint-Georges-de-Reneins · 5 miJean Plattard & 3 moreBPMontmerle-sur-Saône · 3 miBenoît Poncet & 2 moreDMSaint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne · 5 miDidier Maufras & 2 moreTCArnas · 8 miTimothé Cognat & 2 moreGDCrêches-sur-Saône · 8 miGeorges Dubœuf & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Taponas
Who counts as from Taponas?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Taponas 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)
- Benjamin Biolay: Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Franck Durix: Werner Getzmann, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rudy Molard: FGphotographic, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.