#1Yvonne Chollet
1897–1945French teacher and Resistance member
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Articles in 5 languages make the French teacher and Resistance member Yvonne Chollet the best known. Behind the leader come Bernard Pras and François Blaquart. Confolens, 10 mi away, has 17 on its list, the best known Émile Roux. The list runs from Yvonne Chollet, born in 1897, to François Blaquart, born in 1954.
Languages with an article: 5 for Yvonne Chollet, 2 for Bernard Pras, 1 for François Blaquart.
#1French teacher and Resistance member
French photographer
#3French association football manager
Share of Terres-de-Haute-Charente’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Close by, the fullest list is Confolens’, at 17 names.
Yvonne Chollet (French teacher and Resistance member) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Bernard Pras and François Blaquart.
3 people born in Terres-de-Haute-Charente have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 8 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, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 7% across French towns.
Yvonne Chollet, born in 1897. The youngest on the list was born in 1954.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Terres-de-Haute-Charente 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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