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Film, TV & Stage
Emmanuelle Riva
1927–2017French actress (1927-2017)
52 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Cheniménil, Vosges
One famous person was born in Cheniménil
Emmanuelle Riva, the French actress, was born in 1927. Their birth falls between 1914 and 1969. 52 languages have an article about them. Of its neighbours, Épinal, 7 mi away, lists the most: 138, Émile Durkheim first.
Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Emmanuelle Riva
52 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1927
Emmanuelle Riva
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 person
What stands out about Cheniménil’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Cheniménil
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Épinal, at 138.
Questions about famous people from Cheniménil
Who is the most famous person from Cheniménil?
Emmanuelle Riva (French actress (1927-2017)) is the best known by our measure: 52 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
How many famous people were born in Cheniménil?
1 people born in Cheniménil have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Cheniménil known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 8% across French towns.
Who counts as from Cheniménil?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Cheniménil 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)
- Émile Durkheim: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clément Noël: Pierre Berendes, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- André Lurçat: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Flayelle: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- René Dinkel: Sabine Egenschwiller, 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.