#1Michel Hervé
born 1945French politician
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Articles in 4 languages make the French politician Michel Hervé the best known. Behind the leader come Jean-Marie Morisset and Nelzir Allard. The largest group, 6, was born between 1914 and 1969. Arnaud Tiercelin, born in 1981, is the youngest, and François Mimault, born in 1580, the first on record.
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 2.2 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The three are covered in 4, 3 and 3 languages: Michel Hervé, Jean-Marie Morisset and Nelzir Allard.
#1French politician
French politician
#3French politician (1798-1877)
The 1940s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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The best known from each town within 12 mi of Parthenay, with how many people each has.
Michel Hervé (French politician) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jean-Marie Morisset and Nelzir Allard.
19 people born in Parthenay have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 31 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: 10 of the 19. That is 53% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
François Mimault, born in 1580. The youngest on the list was born in 1981.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Parthenay 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).
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