#1Sports
Maxime Gonalons
born 1989French footballer (born 1989)
35 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Vénissieux, Rhône
Athletes stand out among the 33 famous people born in Vénissieux
Most widely known is Maxime Gonalons, the French footballer, with articles in 35 languages. The next two names are Maxence Caqueret and Samuel Dumoulin. The largest group, 30, was born since 1970. The oldest name on the list belongs to Louis Muller, born in 1902, the newest to Maxence Caqueret, born in 2000.
Born here
33
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Maxime Gonalons
35 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1902
Louis Muller
Youngest
2000
Maxence Caqueret
Most common field
Sports
22 people
What stands out about Vénissieux’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Vénissieux is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 3.5 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Vénissieux’s famous people were born
The 1970s top the chart, with 11 births in the decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Vénissieux
The three best known are all athletes.
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Sports
Maxence Caqueret
born 2000French association football player (born 2000)
25 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Vénissieux
Of the other 30, 19 are athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Lyon has the most on record: 928.
Lyon · 4 miAndré-Marie Ampère & 927 more
Oullins-Pierre-Bénite · 3 miClément Turpin & 46 more
Lyon 3e · 3 miBruno Grua & 40 moreÉPBron · 3 miÉric Poulat & 29 moreMYSaint-Fons · 1 miMarie-Josèphe Yoyotte & 4 moreABLa Mulatière · 4 miAlain Bublex & 3 moreCRSaint-Priest · 3 miChristophe Rippert & 1 more
Lyon 7e · 3 miVincent Crouzet & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Vénissieux
Who is the most famous person from Vénissieux?
Maxime Gonalons (French footballer (born 1989)) is the best known by our measure: 35 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Maxence Caqueret and Samuel Dumoulin.
How many famous people were born in Vénissieux?
33 people born in Vénissieux have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 48 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 Vénissieux known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 22 of the 33. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Vénissieux?
Louis Muller, born in 1902. The youngest on the list was born in 2000.
Who counts as from Vénissieux?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Vénissieux 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 (15)
- Maxime Gonalons: Вячеслав Евдокимов, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Étienne Bally: G. de Ferrier et L'Athlétisme, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Enzo Reale: XIIIfromTOKYO, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alain Caveglia: S. Plaine, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Lacombe: Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louisy Joseph: Globetrotteur17, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kévin Campion: Aronu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anissa Khedher: Jean-Luc Hauser, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jérôme Sanchez: Fanny Schertzer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Marc Dupraz: René Hourdry, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nabil Mebarki: Nab0779, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- André-Marie Ampère: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clément Turpin: Светлана Бекетова, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruno Grua: Communicatio15, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vincent Crouzet: Thierry Caro, 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.