Famous people from Laizé
Alphonse de Lamartine heads the list in Mâcon, 5 mi away, which has 105 names. Not one famous person on record comes from Laizé yet. Across Saône-et-Loire, 166 towns list someone born there. The longest list in Saône-et-Loire is Mâcon’s, with 105 names.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Laizé (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 Laizé yet.
Famous people born near Laizé
The longest list nearby is Mâcon’s, with 105.
Mâcon · 5 miAlphonse de Lamartine & 104 more
Cluny · 8 miPierre-Paul Prud'hon & 8 more
Replonges · 6 miLouis Desnoyers & 2 moreGDCrêches-sur-Saône · 10 miGeorges Dubœuf & 1 moreJDCharnay-lès-Mâcon · 5 miJean-Luc DonnetGRBâgé-Dommartin · 8 miGabriel Marie de Riccé
La Chapelle-de-Guinchay · 12 miMichel GillibertQuestions about famous people from Laizé
Who counts as from Laizé?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Laizé 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.