#1Alphonse Bernoud
1820–1889French photographer (1820-1889)
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Articles in 6 languages make the French photographer Alphonse Bernoud the best known. Vincent Alfred Baron and Pierre Bertrand follow. The list’s best known name, Alphonse Bernoud, dates from 1820. For every 10,000 residents the town has 3.6, while at least half the towns in Ain list nobody born there.
By how many languages cover them, Alphonse Bernoud comes first (6), then Vincent Alfred Baron (5) and Pierre Bertrand (1).
#1French photographer (1820-1889)
#2French sculptor and actor (1820–1892)
French rugby union player (1927-2018)
Share of Meximieux’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The most names next door are in Ambérieu-en-Bugey: 14.
Alphonse Bernoud (French photographer (1820-1889)) is the best known by our measure: 6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Vincent Alfred Baron and Pierre Bertrand.
3 people born in Meximieux 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, writers and artists: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Alphonse Bernoud, born in 1820. The youngest on the list was born in 1927.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Meximieux 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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