#1Eugénie Cotton
1881–1967French scientist and women's rights activist (1881–1967)
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Articles in 21 languages make the French scientist and women's rights activist Eugénie Cotton the best known. The list has one more: the French politician Paul Augustin Lozeau. The neighbour with the longest list is Rochefort, 2 mi away: 50, led by David Zurutuza. Paul Augustin Lozeau (1758) and Eugénie Cotton (1881) mark the two ends of the list.

#1French scientist and women's rights activist (1881–1967)
French politician (1758-1798)
Share of Soubise’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The longest list nearby is Rochefort’s, with 50.
Eugénie Cotton (French scientist and women's rights activist (1881–1967)) is the best known by our measure: 21 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Paul Augustin Lozeau.
2 people born in Soubise have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 7% across French towns.
Paul Augustin Lozeau, born in 1758. The youngest on the list was born in 1881.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Soubise 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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