Louis Grospierre
1927–2020French film director (1927-2020)
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Articles in 3 languages make the French film director Louis Grospierre the best known. The other is Noël Ravassard, the French politician. Born in 1927, Louis Grospierre is the first name on record, and Noël Ravassard, born in 1935, the most recent. Just 4 mi away, Bourg-en-Bresse’s list holds 133 names, Jérôme Lalande the best known.
French film director (1927-2020)
French politician
The field with the most names is Film, TV & Stage: 1.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Bourg-en-Bresse has the longest list next door: 133.
Bourg-en-Bresse · 4 miJérôme Lalande & 132 more
Viriat · 4 miGuillaume Rufin & 11 more
Montrevel-en-Bresse · 9 miPierre de La Baume & 2 more
Polliat · 3 miHippolyte Piroux & 1 moreGLChâtillon-sur-Chalaronne · 11 miGeorges Lagrange & 1 more
Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg · 2 miVirginie BarbetBCPéronnas · 3 miBernard Curt
Ceyzériat · 9 miÉmile BravetLouis Grospierre (French film director (1927-2020)) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Noël Ravassard.
2 people born in Buellas have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 8% across French towns.
Louis Grospierre, born in 1927. The youngest on the list was born in 1935.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Buellas 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.
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