Jean Danjou
1828–1863French foreign legion officer (1828-1863)
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Articles in 12 languages make the French foreign legion officer Jean Danjou the best known. Second and third on the list are Charles Amouroux and Marcel Souquet. The list reaches back to Jean Louis Félicité de Bruyères-Chalabre, born in 1762, one of 2 born before the Revolution. The largest group, 3, was born between the Revolution and the Second Empire.
Leaders stand out most, at 2.8 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
No decade has more births than the 1760s, at 2.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Two of the three are leaders.
French foreign legion officer (1828-1863)
French politician
French politician (1914-1995)
The other 3 span the years 1762 to 1799.
French politician (1762-1838)
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The fullest list close by belongs to Limoux, with 31.
Jean Danjou (French foreign legion officer (1828-1863)) is the best known by our measure: 12 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Charles Amouroux and Marcel Souquet.
6 people born in Chalabre 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, leaders: 4 of the 6. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Jean Louis Félicité de Bruyères-Chalabre, born in 1762. The youngest on the list was born in 1914.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Chalabre 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.
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a hospital, a neighbourhood or a wider area, another commune, or missing, or their articles may not name a birthplace. We only list people the sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
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