Jean-Baptiste Veillet-Dufrêche
1838–1892French politician (1838–1892)
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At the top of the list is the French politician Jean-Baptiste Veillet-Dufrêche, covered in 3 languages. Second place goes to the French politician and military personnel Jules de Kerjegu, third to François Félix Monjaret de Kerjégu. 4 of them are leaders, more than in any other field. Jean-Baptiste Veillet-Dufrêche, born in 1838, is the youngest, and François Félix Monjaret de Kerjégu, born in 1781, the first on record.
The three best known are all leaders.
French politician (1838–1892)
French politician and military personnel (1816–1880)
French politician
The 1810s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
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1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
The most names next door are in Lamballe-Armor: 21.
Jean-Baptiste Veillet-Dufrêche (French politician (1838–1892)) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jules de Kerjegu and François Félix Monjaret de Kerjégu.
4 people born in Moncontour 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: 4 of the 4. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
François Félix Monjaret de Kerjégu, born in 1781. The youngest on the list was born in 1838.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Moncontour 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.