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Famous people · Chagny, Saône-et-Loire

3 famous people call Chagny their birthplace

The best known is the French politician René Lioret, with articles in 3 languages. Jacky Colin is second and Jean-Louis Mazzéo third. Nearby, Chalon-sur-Saône, 9 mi away, lists 103, led by Nicéphore Niépce. Over 13 years of births, the list goes from René Lioret (1952) to Jean-Louis Mazzéo (1965).

#1 best knownRené LioretPolitics & Law · born 1952
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
René Lioret
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1952
René Lioret
Youngest
1965
Jean-Louis Mazzéo
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known

Born in Chagny

René Lioret leads with articles in 3 languages, ahead of Jacky Colin (1) and Jean-Louis Mazzéo (1).

René Lioret#1
Politics & Law

René Lioret

born 1952

French politician (born 1952)

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JC#2
Sports

Jacky Colin

born 1963

French association football player

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
JM#3
Sports

Jean-Louis Mazzéo

born 1965

French association football player

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

What Chagny is known for

Sports leads the fields, with 2 people.

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

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Famous people from the towns next door

5 towns around it have someone on record.

Questions about famous people from Chagny

Who is the most famous person from Chagny?

René Lioret (French politician (born 1952)) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jacky Colin and Jean-Louis Mazzéo.

How many famous people were born in Chagny?

3 people born in Chagny have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 17 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 Chagny known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Chagny?

René Lioret, born in 1952. The youngest on the list was born in 1965.

Who counts as from Chagny?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Chagny 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.