Jacqueline Porel
1918–2012French actress (1918–2012)
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Most widely known is Jacqueline Porel, the French actress, with articles in 7 languages. The next two names are Marcel Anthonioz and Jean Étienne Philibert de Prez de Crassier. More than half were born in the Belle Époque, 3 in all. Only 13 of the 131 towns in Ain with anyone on record list more.
Leaders take two of the three places.
French actress (1918–2012)
French politician (1911–1976)
#3French politician (1733-1803)
More of them were born in the 1910s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Divonne-les-Bains has 2.5× the usual share of leaders.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
A further 2 follow, born between 1890 and 1905.

No one matches both filters.
Les Rousses has the longest list next door: 7.
Les Rousses · 9 miCamille Mandrillon & 6 moreMMFerney-Voltaire · 7 miMichel Meylan & 3 more
Gex · 4 miAmédée Girod de l'Ain & 2 more
Prévessin-Moëns · 8 miÉmile Guers & 1 more
Douvaine · 9 miMarie-Thérèse Hermann & 1 more
Thoiry · 11 miJacques Benoit-Gonnin & 1 more
Cessy · 4 miJean-Louis Girod de l'Ain
Veigy-Foncenex · 8 miHector IsabellaJacqueline Porel (French actress (1918–2012)) is the best known by our measure: 7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Marcel Anthonioz and Jean Étienne Philibert de Prez de Crassier.
5 people born in Divonne-les-Bains have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 7 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, leaders: 3 of the 5. That is 60% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Jean Étienne Philibert de Prez de Crassier, born in 1733. The youngest on the list was born in 1918.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Divonne-les-Bains 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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