Claude de Bourbon Busset
1531–1588French nobleman (1531-1588)
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The best known is the French nobleman Claude de Bourbon Busset, with articles in 3 languages. The list has one more: the French officer Louis-François-Joseph de Bourbon Busset. The neighbour with the longest list is Vichy, 6 mi away: 85, led by Just Jaeckin. Claude de Bourbon Busset was born in 1531.
French nobleman (1531-1588)
French officer
Share of Busset’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Vichy has the longest list next door: 85.
Claude de Bourbon Busset (French nobleman (1531-1588)) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Louis-François-Joseph de Bourbon Busset.
2 people born in Busset 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, leaders: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Claude de Bourbon Busset, born in 1531. The youngest on the list was born in 1749.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Busset 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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