Marcel Briguiboul
1837–1892French painter (1837-1892)
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Marcel Briguiboul, the French painter, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. Second place goes to the French officer Raymond Viviès de La Prade, third to Jean Boulbet. Only 11 of the 105 towns in Aude with anyone on record list more. The list’s best known name, Marcel Briguiboul, dates from 1837.
The three are covered in 4, 3 and 1 languages: Marcel Briguiboul, Raymond Viviès de La Prade and Jean Boulbet.
French painter (1837-1892)
French officer (1763–1813)
French anthropologist
The 1760s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The field with the most names is Writing & Arts: 1.
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French politician (1767-1851)
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Of the towns nearby, 3 have famous names listed.
Marcel Briguiboul (French painter (1837-1892)) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Raymond Viviès de La Prade and Jean Boulbet.
4 people born in Sainte-Colombe-sur-l'Hers 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: 1 of the 4. That is 25% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Raymond Viviès de La Prade, born in 1763. The youngest on the list was born in 1926.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Sainte-Colombe-sur-l'Hers 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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