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Famous people · Vernaison, Rhône

4 famous people call Vernaison their birthplace

Adrien Rougier, the French conductor and composer, is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. Close behind are Édith Bernardin and Alexandre-Amédée Dupuy Delaroche. From Alexandre-Amédée Dupuy Delaroche to Édith Bernardin, the births on the list run from 1819 to 1903. Per head, the list is long: 7.7 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Rhône has 1.4.

#2 best knownÉdith BernardinWriting & Arts · 1903–1994
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Adrien Rougier
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1819
Alexandre-Amédée Dupuy Delaroche
Youngest
1903
Édith Bernardin
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known

Born in Vernaison

Writers and artists take two of the three places.

AR#1
Music

Adrien Rougier

1892–1984

French conductor and composer (1892–1984)

6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Édith Bernardin#2
Writing & Arts

Édith Bernardin

1903–1994

French librarian and historian (1903-1994)

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
AD#3
Writing & Arts

Alexandre-Amédée Dupuy Delaroche

1819–1887

French painter (1819-1887)

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Through the years

When Vernaison’s famous people were born

The 1890s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.

Revolution to EmpireBelle Époque180018501900Jules Duclaux-MonteilAlexandre-Amédée Dupuy DelarocheÉdith Bernardin
Writing & ArtsMusicPolitics & Law

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Vernaison is known for

The field with the most names is Writing & Arts: 2.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Everyone

Everyone else born in Vernaison

1 more, best known first.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

The most names next door are in Saint-Genis-Laval: 9.

Questions about famous people from Vernaison

Who is the most famous person from Vernaison?

Adrien Rougier (French conductor and composer (1892–1984)) is the best known by our measure: 6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Édith Bernardin and Alexandre-Amédée Dupuy Delaroche.

How many famous people were born in Vernaison?

4 people born in Vernaison have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).

What is Vernaison known for?

Among its famous people, writers and artists: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Vernaison?

Alexandre-Amédée Dupuy Delaroche, born in 1819. The youngest on the list was born in 1903.

Who counts as from Vernaison?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Vernaison 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)

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.