Pierre Tornade
1930–2012French actor (1930–2012)
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Articles in 17 languages make the French actor Pierre Tornade the best known. Second place goes to the French footballer Daniel Dutuel, third to Florence Quentin. From Germain Bouchon-Brandely in 1847 to Daniel Dutuel in 1967, the births cover 120 years. The biggest group are performers: 3.
Counted by languages, Pierre Tornade is ahead of Daniel Dutuel and Florence Quentin: 17, 7 and 6.
French actor (1930–2012)
French screenwriter and film director
No decade has more births than the 1930s, at 3.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Performers stand out most, at 3.6 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
A further 7 follow, born between 1847 and 1934.
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Pierre Tornade (French actor (1930–2012)) is the best known by our measure: 17 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Daniel Dutuel and Florence Quentin.
10 people born in Bort-les-Orgues have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 13 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, performers: 3 of the 10. That is 30% of the town’s list, against 8% across French towns.
Germain Bouchon-Brandely, born in 1847. The youngest on the list was born in 1967.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bort-les-Orgues 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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