Chanaz has no famous person on record yet
Just 10 mi away, Aix-les-Bains’ list holds 50 names, Hervé Renard the best known. Famous people are on record for 69 of the towns in Savoie. The longest list of any town in Savoie belongs to Chambéry, with 201. After Chambéry, the next longest list in Savoie is Albertville’s, with 51.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Chanaz (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 Chanaz yet.
Famous people born near Chanaz
Of the towns nearby, Aix-les-Bains lists the most people: 50.
Aix-les-Bains · 10 miHervé Renard & 49 more
Belley · 6 miSandrine Bailly & 32 moreGPRumilly · 8 miGeorges Pauget & 3 more
Culoz-Béon · 3 miLéon Serpollet & 1 moreCPYenne · 7 miCharles-Bernard Pellegrini & 1 more
Entrelacs · 7 miPhilibert MollardABGrésy-sur-Aix · 9 miAntoine Philibert Albert BaillyEMVallières-sur-Fier · 10 miEmmanuel MuheimQuestions about famous people from Chanaz
Who counts as from Chanaz?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Chanaz 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)
- Hervé Renard: Кирилл Венедиктов, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sandrine Bailly: Götz A. Primke from Muenchen, Germany Cropped by Fschoenm, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Léon Serpollet: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Philibert Mollard: Ignoto, incisione del tempo, Public domain, 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.