#1Albert Kahn
1860–1940Banker, philanthropist, pioneer of photography (1860–1940)
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With articles in 21 languages, Albert Kahn is the most widely known. Alphonse Lévy is second and Isaac Lévy third. The list comes to 14.8 for every 10,000 residents, against 2.5 in the typical town in Bas-Rhin. Only 21 of the 145 towns in Bas-Rhin with anyone on record list more.
By how many languages cover them, Albert Kahn comes first (21), then Alphonse Lévy (5) and Isaac Lévy (2).
#1Banker, philanthropist, pioneer of photography (1860–1940)
#2French painter and caricaturist (1843-1918)
#3No decade has more births than the 1860s, at 1.
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Writing & Arts leads the fields, with 2 people.
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1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Close by, the fullest list is Saverne’s, at 29 names.
Saverne · 3 miAdrien Zeller & 28 more
Phalsbourg · 7 miGeorges Mouton & 17 moreLAMutzig · 11 miLouis François Antoine Arbogast & 9 more
Bouxwiller · 10 miÉmile Georges Charles Petri & 8 more
Molsheim · 12 miFrançois-Joseph Westermann & 6 more
Wasselonne · 5 miHenri Streicher & 4 moreJWDettwiller · 6 miJoseph Valentin WilhelmPMMarlenheim · 7 miPaul MessnerAlbert Kahn (Banker, philanthropist, pioneer of photography (1860–1940)) is the best known by our measure: 21 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Alphonse Lévy and Isaac Lévy.
4 people born in Marmoutier have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 6 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.
Isaac Lévy, born in 1835. The youngest on the list was born in 1940.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Marmoutier 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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