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Film, TV & Stage
Victor Blandin
1824–1898French theater director
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Famous people · Grangues, Calvados
One famous person was born in Grangues
In 1824, the French theater director Victor Blandin was born. Their birth falls between the Revolution and the Second Empire. Readers can find them written up in 2 languages. The nearest list is in Deauville, 9 mi away: 16 names, starting with Hélène Chanel.
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Victor Blandin
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
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1824
Victor Blandin
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Film, TV & Stage
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Deauville has the most on record, with 16.
Deauville · 9 miHélène Chanel & 15 moreMPTrouville-sur-Mer · 10 miMonique Pelletier & 14 moreJDCabourg · 3 miJean-François Dubos & 2 more
Hermanville-sur-Mer · 11 miAlain Touraine & 1 moreRBDives-sur-Mer · 2 miRaphaël BriardSBTouques · 10 miSimone Berriau
Argences · 11 miFrançois FaytFBDémouville · 11 miFrançois Antoine BonnetQuestions about famous people from Grangues
Who is the most famous person from Grangues?
Victor Blandin (French theater director) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
How many famous people were born in Grangues?
1 people born in Grangues have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Grangues known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 8% across French towns.
Who counts as from Grangues?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Grangues 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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Photo credits (3)
- Hélène Chanel: Aldo Grimaldi / Claudio Ragona, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alain Touraine: José Cruz/ABr, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- François Fayt: Lutz Edelhoff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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