Guillaume-François Rouelle
1703–1770French chemist (1703-1770)
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The best known is the French chemist Guillaume-François Rouelle, with articles in 16 languages. The French chemist Hilaire-Marin Rouelle ranks second, ahead of Fulgence Fresnel. As early as 1703, Guillaume-François Rouelle was born here, one of 2 born before the Revolution. Only 13 of the 122 towns in Calvados with anyone on record list more.
No decade has more births than the 1700s, at 1.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Guillaume-François Rouelle leads with articles in 16 languages, ahead of Hilaire-Marin Rouelle (16) and Fulgence Fresnel (11).
French chemist (1703-1770)
French chemist
French Orientalist (1795-1855)
Compared with the usual town, scientists and doctors are the most over-represented field, at 8.3 times.
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A further 2 follow, born between 1908 and 1920.
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The longest list nearby is Caen’s, with 366.
Guillaume-François Rouelle (French chemist (1703-1770)) is the best known by our measure: 16 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Hilaire-Marin Rouelle and Fulgence Fresnel.
5 people born in Mathieu 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, scientists and doctors: 3 of the 5. That is 60% of the town’s list, against 7% across French towns.
Guillaume-François Rouelle, born in 1703. The youngest on the list was born in 1920.
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