René Paulhan
1921–1990French politician (1921-1990)
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René Paulhan, the French politician, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. The French sports journalist Jean Raynal ranks second, ahead of Élise Rieuf. Most were born between 1914 and 1969: 3 of them. The earliest on the list is Jean Brugerolle, born in 1840, and the youngest Jean Raynal, born in 1929.
Writers and artists take two of the three places.
French politician (1921-1990)
French sports journalist (1929-2015)
French painter (1897-1990)
Count by decade and the 1920s come out on top, with 3 births.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Set against the usual town, writers and artists come out 2.4 times as common.
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A further 2 follow, born between 1840 and 1924.
No one matches both filters.
Close by, Brioude counts 36 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
René Paulhan (French politician (1921-1990)) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jean Raynal and Élise Rieuf.
5 people born in Massiac 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, writers and artists: 3 of the 5. That is 60% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Jean Brugerolle, born in 1840. The youngest on the list was born in 1929.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Massiac 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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