Pierre Roussel
1742–1802French physician (1742-1802)
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Articles in 4 languages make the French physician Pierre Roussel the best known. The list has one more: the French politician Pierre Augustin Roussillou. Pierre Roussel, born in 1742, is the earliest name and Pierre Augustin Roussillou, born in 1746, the latest. Fewer than a quarter of the 70 towns in Ariège with famous people list more.
French physician (1742-1802)
French politician
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Pierre Roussel (French physician (1742-1802)) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Pierre Augustin Roussillou.
2 people born in Ax-les-Thermes have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 8 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, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 7% across French towns.
Pierre Roussel, born in 1742. The youngest on the list was born in 1746.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Ax-les-Thermes 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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