Ernest Renan
1823–1892French philosopher and writer (1823–1892)
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Ernest Renan, the French philosopher and writer, has articles in 82 languages. Second place goes to the French writer Henriette Renan, third to Viviane Le Dissez. 6 of them are leaders, 1.7 times the share across French towns. The largest group, 7, was born between 1914 and 1969.
The three are covered in 82, 4 and 4 languages: Ernest Renan, Henriette Renan and Viviane Le Dissez.
French philosopher and writer (1823–1892)
French writer (1811-1861)
French politician
Tréguier has 1.7× the usual share of leaders.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Count by decade and the 1950s come out on top, with 4 births.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Another 12, 5 of them leaders.
Franch resistance fighter and writer (1916–2006)
No one matches both filters.
Close by, the fullest list is Lannion’s, at 49 names.
Lannion · 11 miChristophe Le Mével & 48 more
Paimpol · 8 miÉtienne Didot & 30 more
Perros-Guirec · 10 miJacques Connan & 5 more
Ploubezre · 11 miYves Guérin-Sérac & 4 moreNQLa Roche-Jaudy · 3 miNarcisse Quellien & 3 more
Ploubazlanec · 9 miFrançois Flohic & 3 moreCGPenvénan · 4 miCharles-Marie Guillois & 1 morePBLouannec · 8 miPierre BourdellèsErnest Renan (French philosopher and writer (1823–1892)) is the best known by our measure: 82 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Henriette Renan and Viviane Le Dissez.
15 people born in Tréguier have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 20 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, writers and artists: 6 of the 15. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Nicolas Yves Borie, born in 1757. The youngest on the list was born in 1973.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Tréguier 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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