No famous person from Charmoy yet, but Le Creusot next door has 42
The Saône-et-Loire lists hold names for 166 towns. 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. The best known born in Le Creusot is Claudie Haigneré.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Charmoy (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 Charmoy yet.
Famous people born near Charmoy
Of the towns around it, Le Creusot has the most on record: 42.
Questions about famous people from Charmoy
Who counts as from Charmoy?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Charmoy 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)
- Claudie Haigneré: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lise London: Fonefon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Guillaume Warmuz: Mpmpmp, 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.