Next door to Bussières, Mâcon lists 105 famous people
No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Bussières. Famous people are on record for 166 of the towns in Saône-et-Loire. Mâcon has the most of any town in Saône-et-Loire: 105. After Mâcon, the next longest list in Saône-et-Loire is Chalon-sur-Saône’s, with 103.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Bussières (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Bussières as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Bussières
Of the towns around it, Mâcon has the most on record: 105.
Mâcon · 6 miAlphonse de Lamartine & 104 more
Cluny · 7 miPierre-Paul Prud'hon & 8 more
Replonges · 8 miLouis Desnoyers & 2 moreDMSaint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne · 12 miDidier Maufras & 2 moreGDCrêches-sur-Saône · 7 miGeorges Dubœuf & 1 moreJDCharnay-lès-Mâcon · 5 miJean-Luc Donnet
La Chapelle-de-Guinchay · 9 miMichel GillibertGRBâgé-Dommartin · 12 miGabriel Marie de RiccéQuestions about famous people from Bussières
Who counts as from Bussières?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bussières 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)
- Alphonse de Lamartine: Adrien Tournachon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre-Paul Prud'hon: Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Desnoyers: E. Gervais, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michel Gillibert: CamilleC34, 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.