Thoiry has no famous person on record yet
Just 6 mi away, Chambéry’s list holds 201 names, Olivier Giroud the best known. Across Savoie, 69 towns list someone born there. No town in Savoie lists more than 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 Thoiry (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Thoiry as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Thoiry
Close by, the fullest list is Chambéry’s, at 201 names.
Questions about famous people from Thoiry
Who counts as from Thoiry?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Thoiry 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)
- Olivier Giroud: Антон Зайцев, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amédée IV de Savoie: Abate Ferrero di Lavriano, Public domain, 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.