Jean-Louis Carra
1742–1793French journalist and politician
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Jean-Louis Carra, the French journalist and politician, is the most widely known, written about in 7 languages. Second and third on the list are Antoine de Fériol de Pont-de-Veyle and Jacques Tondu. The list’s best known name, Jean-Louis Carra, dates from 1742. Fewer than a quarter of the 131 towns in Ain with famous people list more.
Writers and artists take two of the three places.
French journalist and politician
French playwright (1697-1774)
French politician (1827-1900)
Most were born before the Revolution (3); the busiest decade is the 1740s (2).
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Share of Pont-de-Veyle’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Of the towns around it, Mâcon has the most on record: 105.
Mâcon · 5 miAlphonse de Lamartine & 104 more
Replonges · 3 miLouis Desnoyers & 2 moreDMSaint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne · 7 miDidier Maufras & 2 moreGDCrêches-sur-Saône · 5 miGeorges Dubœuf & 1 moreGLChâtillon-sur-Chalaronne · 10 miGeorges Lagrange & 1 more
Polliat · 12 miHippolyte Piroux & 1 moreJDCharnay-lès-Mâcon · 5 miJean-Luc DonnetGRBâgé-Dommartin · 6 miGabriel Marie de RiccéJean-Louis Carra (French journalist and politician) is the best known by our measure: 7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Antoine de Fériol de Pont-de-Veyle and Jacques Tondu.
4 people born in Pont-de-Veyle 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 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Antoine de Fériol de Pont-de-Veyle, born in 1697. The youngest on the list was born in 1827.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Pont-de-Veyle 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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