La Chavanne has no famous person on record yet
Just 1 mi away, Montmélian’s list holds 4 names, Amédée IV de Savoie the best known. 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. 69 towns across Savoie can name a famous person born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is La Chavanne (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 La Chavanne yet.
Famous people born near La Chavanne
The longest list nearby is Montmélian’s, with 4.
Montmélian · 1 miAmédée IV de Savoie & 3 more
Valgelon-La Rochette · 3 miFrançois Milan & 3 more
Pontcharra · 5 miRené Arnoux & 3 morePCSaint-Pierre-d'Albigny · 7 miPhilibert Jean-Baptiste Curial & 2 moreABChapareillan · 5 miAmbroise Bravet & 1 more
Allevard · 7 miPierre Rambaud & 1 more
Barby · 7 miLouis BessonQuestions about famous people from La Chavanne
Who counts as from La Chavanne?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is La Chavanne 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 (5)
- Amédée IV de Savoie: Abate Ferrero di Lavriano, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- François Milan: Agence Rol. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- René Arnoux: Peter Moricz, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Rambaud: Patafisik, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Besson: Pierre73, 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.