Tournon has no famous person on record yet
A short trip away, Albertville (4 mi) counts 51 famous people, Gérard Mourou among them. 69 towns in Savoie have at least one famous person on record. Chambéry’s 201 names make the longest list in Savoie.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Tournon (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 Tournon yet.
Famous people born near Tournon
Of the towns around it, Albertville has the most on record: 51.
Albertville · 4 miGérard Mourou & 50 more
Ugine · 9 miMaryline Desbiolles & 6 morePCSaint-Pierre-d'Albigny · 9 miPhilibert Jean-Baptiste Curial & 2 moreACLa Léchère · 10 miAmbroise Croizat & 2 more
Faverges-Seythenex · 7 miNicolas Blanc & 1 more
Mercury · 3 miJean-Baptiste MiègeICDoussard · 11 miIrène CordayQuestions about famous people from Tournon
Who counts as from Tournon?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Tournon 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)
- Gérard Mourou: École polytechnique, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maryline Desbiolles: librairie mollat, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicolas Blanc: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Baptiste Miège: Artist unknown, 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.