Jean-Louis Chastanet
1882–1946French politician (1882-1946)
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At the top of the list is the French politician Jean-Louis Chastanet, covered in 3 languages. In the Belle Époque, 4 were born, the most of any period. The first birth on record is Jean-Louis Rivière’s, in 1766, and the last Charles Ceyrac’s, in 1919. Only 7 of the 82 towns in Corrèze with anyone on record list more.
Meyssac has 3.2× the usual share of leaders.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
All three are leaders.
French politician (1882-1946)
French politician (1919-1998)
French magistrate (1915-1998)
More were born in the 1910s than in any other decade: 3.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
5 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
The fullest list close by belongs to Brive-la-Gaillarde, with 97.
Jean-Louis Chastanet (French politician (1882-1946)) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Charles Ceyrac and Henri Charliac.
8 people born in Meyssac have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 10 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: 6 of the 8. That is 75% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Jean-Louis Rivière, born in 1766. The youngest on the list was born in 1919.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Meyssac 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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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.