#1Anne Charrier
born 1974French actress
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Anne Charrier, the French actress, is the most widely known, written about in 15 languages. Second and third on the list are Carl Tourenne and Ferdinand de Béhagle. 3 were born in 1970 or later. The list’s best known name, Anne Charrier, dates from 1974.
The three are covered in 15, 6 and 5 languages: Anne Charrier, Carl Tourenne and Ferdinand de Béhagle.
#1French actress
French footballer (born 1972)
#3French explorer
More of them were born in the 1970s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Athletes stand out most, at 1.6 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Another 7, the earliest born in 1769.


No one matches both filters.
1 towns around it have someone on record.
Anne Charrier (French actress) is the best known by our measure: 15 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Carl Tourenne and Ferdinand de Béhagle.
10 people born in Ruffec have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 16 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, athletes: 3 of the 10. That is 30% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Pierre-Armand Pinoteau, born in 1769. The youngest on the list was born in 1985.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Ruffec 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.
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a hospital, a neighbourhood or a wider area, another commune, or missing, or their articles may not name a birthplace. We only list people the sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
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.