Jean Vallée
1899–1979French film director (1899-1979)
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Jean Vallée, the French film director, is the most widely known, written about in 5 languages. The only other name is the French writer Gisèle Guillemot. Go 2 mi to Caen and the list grows to 366, with Daniel François Esprit Auber at the top. The oldest name on the list belongs to Jean Vallée, born in 1899, the newest to Gisèle Guillemot, born in 1922.

French film director (1899-1979)
#21 of them work in Film, TV & Stage, the biggest field.
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Nearby, Caen has the most on record, with 366.
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Ifs · 2 miRobert TournièresJMBretteville-sur-Odon · 4 miJack MutelJean Vallée (French film director (1899-1979)) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Gisèle Guillemot.
2 people born in Mondeville have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 4 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, performers: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 8% across French towns.
Jean Vallée, born in 1899. The youngest on the list was born in 1922.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Mondeville 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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