#1Émile Roux
1853–1933French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist (1853-1933)
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With articles in 33 languages, Émile Roux is the most widely known. Marguerite Martel and Vincent Perrot follow. The list reaches back to Jean-Baptiste Mémineau, born in 1746, one of 5 born before the Revolution. The largest group, 6, was born between the Revolution and the Second Empire.
Set against the usual town, scientists and doctors come out 2.4 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Three names lead: Émile Roux (33 languages), Marguerite Martel (4) and Vincent Perrot (4).
#1French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist (1853-1933)
French athletics competitor (1924–2023)
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More of them were born in the 1920s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Of the other 14, 9 are leaders.




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Of the towns around it, Terres-de-Haute-Charente has the most on record: 3.
Émile Roux (French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist (1853-1933)) is the best known by our measure: 33 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Marguerite Martel and Vincent Perrot.
17 people born in Confolens have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 24 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: 9 of the 17. That is 53% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Jean-Baptiste Mémineau, born in 1746. The youngest on the list was born in 1965.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Confolens 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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From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations, how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each person) and French and English Wikipedia (each person’s articles confirm the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are matched to the commune by INSEE code and its history of mergers (INSEE COG 2026). Ranked by the number of articles. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across French towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the license below (our copy, resized).
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.