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Famous people · Digoin, Saône-et-Loire

15 famous people from Digoin, many of them leaders

At the top of the list is the French politician and military personnel Étienne Maynaud Bizefranc de Lavaux, covered in 8 languages. Alexandre Dumaine and Adolphe Piot follow. The largest group, 5, was born between 1914 and 1969. The list runs from Matthieu-Nicolas Bertucat, born in 1746, to Caroline Thomas, born in 1991.

#1 best knownÉtienne Maynaud Bizefranc de LavauxPolitics & Law · 1751–1828
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Born here
15
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Étienne Maynaud Bizefranc de Lavaux
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1746
Matthieu-Nicolas Bertucat
Youngest
1991
Caroline Thomas
Most common field
Politics & Law
8 people

What stands out about Digoin’s famous people

★ What stands out · Known for

What Digoin is known for

Set against the usual town, leaders come out 2.2 times as common.

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

The best known

Born in Digoin

Étienne Maynaud Bizefranc de Lavaux, Alexandre Dumaine and Adolphe Piot are written about in 8, 5 and 4 languages.

Étienne Maynaud Bizefranc de Lavaux#1
Politics & Law

Étienne Maynaud Bizefranc de Lavaux

1751–1828

French politician and military personnel (1751-1828)

8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Alexandre Dumaine#2
Business

Alexandre Dumaine

1895–1974

French chef and cook (1895–1974)

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
AP#3
Writing & Arts

Adolphe Piot

1831–1910

French painter (1831–1910)

4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years

When Digoin’s famous people were born

More of them were born in the 1950s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.

Ancien RégimeRevolution to EmpireBelle ÉpoqueThe 20th centuryToday175018001850190019502000Gabriel ChavetÉtienne Maynaud Bizefranc de LavauxMichel RaymondHyacinthe Maublanc de Chiseuil
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsBusinessMilitarySportsNotableScience & Medicine

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

Everyone

Everyone else born in Digoin

Of the other 12, 7 are leaders.

JP

Jean-Baptiste François Mayneaud de Pancemont

1755–1836

French politician and magistrate (1755-1836)

Lucien Chiselle

Lucien Chiselle

1880–1954

French writer, poet and journalist (1880–1954)

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

The neighbour with the most names is Paray-le-Monial, at 21.

Questions about famous people from Digoin

Who is the most famous person from Digoin?

Étienne Maynaud Bizefranc de Lavaux (French politician and military personnel (1751-1828)) is the best known by our measure: 8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Alexandre Dumaine and Adolphe Piot.

How many famous people were born in Digoin?

15 people born in Digoin have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 24 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 Digoin known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 8 of the 15. That is 53% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Digoin?

Matthieu-Nicolas Bertucat, born in 1746. The youngest on the list was born in 1991.

Who counts as from Digoin?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Digoin 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 (8)

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.