#1Erik Satie
1866–1925French composer and pianist (1866-1925)
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Erik Satie, the French composer and pianist, is the most widely known, written about in 84 languages. Second place goes to the French painter Eugène Boudin, third to Henri de Régnier. 10 of them were born before the Revolution, the first Jehan Denis in 1450. The largest group, 15, was born between the Revolution and the Second Empire.
Compared with the usual town, soldiers and sailors are the most over-represented field, at 4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Two of the three are writers and artists.
#1French composer and pianist (1866-1925)
#2French painter (1824-1898)
#3French poet (1864-1936)
The 1860s alone account for 5 of the births charted here.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
33 more names, born between 1450 and 1968.




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8 towns around it have someone on record.
Le Havre · 8 miRaymond Queneau & 132 more
Harfleur · 7 miVikash Dhorasoo & 23 moreÉMMontivilliers · 10 miÉdouard Mendy & 16 more
Deauville · 8 miHélène Chanel & 15 moreMPTrouville-sur-Mer · 7 miMonique Pelletier & 14 moreMBPont-l'Évêque · 9 miMaurice Bucaille & 8 more
La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur · 1 miFrédéric Le Play & 2 more
Beuzeville · 7 miJohn Batho & 1 moreErik Satie (French composer and pianist (1866-1925)) is the best known by our measure: 84 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Eugène Boudin and Henri de Régnier.
36 people born in Honfleur have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 66 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: 10 of the 36. That is 28% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Jehan Denis, born in 1450. The youngest on the list was born in 1968.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Honfleur 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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