#1Hélène Chanel
born 1941French actress
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Most widely known is Hélène Chanel, the French actress, with articles in 14 languages. More than half were born between 1914 and 1969, 9 in all. 5 of them were born since 1970. Fewer than a quarter of the 122 towns in Calvados with famous people list more.
No other field is as far above the usual share as performers, at 2.2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The 1940s alone account for 4 of the births charted here.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Hélène Chanel, Xavier Marchand and Marie-Jo Bonnet are written about in 14, 11 and 9 languages.
#1French actress
#3French art historian
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Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Le Havre · 11 miRaymond Queneau & 132 more
Sainte-Adresse · 11 miVincent Collet & 39 more
Honfleur · 8 miErik Satie & 35 moreMPTrouville-sur-Mer · 1 miMonique Pelletier & 14 moreMBPont-l'Évêque · 7 miMaurice Bucaille & 8 more
La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur · 9 miFrédéric Le Play & 2 moreJDCabourg · 10 miJean-François Dubos & 2 moreSBTouques · 1 miSimone BerriauHélène Chanel (French actress) is the best known by our measure: 14 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Xavier Marchand and Marie-Jo Bonnet.
16 people born in Deauville have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 20 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: 7 of the 16. That is 44% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Léon Levillain, born in 1870. The youngest on the list was born in 1985.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Deauville 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.