#1Jean-Jacques Barthélemy
1716–1795French writer and numismatist (1716-1795)
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Articles in 29 languages make the French writer and numismatist Jean-Jacques Barthélemy the best known. The French surgeon Auguste Vidal de Cassis ranks second, ahead of Lorenzo Ausilia-Foret. The list runs from Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, born in 1716, to Lorenzo Ausilia-Foret, born in 1999. For every 10,000 residents there are 6 on the list, well above the typical Bouches-du-Rhône town’s 1.4.

Jean-Jacques Barthélemy leads with articles in 29 languages, ahead of Auguste Vidal de Cassis (3) and Lorenzo Ausilia-Foret (3).
#1French writer and numismatist (1716-1795)
French surgeon (1803-1856)
French actor
The 1710s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The largest field is Writing & Arts, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Close by, Aubagne counts 47 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (French writer and numismatist (1716-1795)) is the best known by our measure: 29 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Auguste Vidal de Cassis and Lorenzo Ausilia-Foret.
4 people born in Cassis have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 5 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: 1 of the 4. That is 25% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, born in 1716. The youngest on the list was born in 1999.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Cassis 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.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations, how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each person) and French and English Wikipedia (each person’s articles confirm the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are matched to the commune by INSEE code and its history of mergers (INSEE COG 2026). Ranked by the number of articles. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across French towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the license below (our copy, resized).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.