Maxime Sommeron
1913–1998Resistance fighter (1913-1998)
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
At the top of the list is the resistance fighter Maxime Sommeron, covered in 4 languages. Second and third on the list are Émile Perrodon and Marcel Ruby. Villeurbanne, 4 mi away, has 64 on its list, the best known Florent Manaudou. The list’s best known name, Maxime Sommeron, dates from 1913.
Writers and artists take two of the three places.
Resistance fighter (1913-1998)
French soldier and officer (1794-1872)
French historian (1924–2011)
Writers and artists are the most numerous, 2 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Around it, Villeurbanne has the most people on record, 64 of them.
Villeurbanne · 4 miFlorent Manaudou & 63 moreMGDécines-Charpieu · 4 miMalo Gusto & 19 more
Rillieux-la-Pape · 2 miLoïc Rémy & 13 moreGSVaulx-en-Velin · 3 miGaël Da Silva & 6 more
Fontaines-sur-Saône · 4 miJean Beauverie & 3 moreCFSaint-Maurice-de-Beynost · 3 miClaudius Four & 1 moreSFMiribel · 1 miSteven Frossard
Sathonay-Camp · 3 miJean DegottexMaxime Sommeron (Resistance fighter (1913-1998)) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Émile Perrodon and Marcel Ruby.
3 people born in Neyron have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Émile Perrodon, born in 1794. The youngest on the list was born in 1924.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Neyron 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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