Robert Chancel
1924–2018French racing driver
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At the top of the list is the French racing driver Robert Chancel, covered in 2 languages. Behind the leader come Jean-Baptiste Gros and Jules-Antoine Badal. Robert Chancel was born in 1924. More are leaders than anything else, 2 in all.
Ranked by languages covered: Robert Chancel with 2, then Jean-Baptiste Gros with 1 and Jules-Antoine Badal with 1.
French racing driver
French politician
French ophthalmologist
The 1920s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
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The largest field is Politics & Law, with 2 people.
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Of the towns nearby, Mauriac lists the most people: 9.
Robert Chancel (French racing driver) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jean-Baptiste Gros and Jules-Antoine Badal.
4 people born in Salers 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, leaders: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Jean-Baptiste Gros, born in 1759. The youngest on the list was born in 1924.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Salers 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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