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Politics & Law
Pierre Antoine Paul Delafenestre
1764–1838French politician
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Famous people · Saint-Maigrin, Charente-Maritime
Saint-Maigrin has one famous person on record
The French politician Pierre Antoine Paul Delafenestre was born in 1764. That places their birth before the Revolution. Readers can find them written up in one language. For more famous names, Jonzac is 8 mi away: its list has 20, led by Jean Hyppolite.
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Pierre Antoine Paul Delafenestre
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1764
Pierre Antoine Paul Delafenestre
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Politics & Law
1 person
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Famous people from the towns next door
Jonzac leads the towns around it, with 20 names.
Questions about famous people from Saint-Maigrin
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Maigrin?
Pierre Antoine Paul Delafenestre (French politician) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
How many famous people were born in Saint-Maigrin?
1 people born in Saint-Maigrin have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Saint-Maigrin known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Who counts as from Saint-Maigrin?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Maigrin 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.
Why is someone missing?
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Photo credits (2)
- Jean Hyppolite: Pep.per de Ré, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Simone Rollin: Kaomik, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.