#1Michel de Beaupuy
1755–1796French general (1755-1796)
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Most widely known is Michel de Beaupuy, the French general, with articles in 9 languages. Second and third on the list are Auguste Chastanet and Louis Philippe Maine. Michel de Beaupuy was born in 1755. Per head, the list is long: 14.4 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Dordogne has 4.
Soldiers and sailors take two of the three places.
#1French general (1755-1796)
#2French felibre (1825-1902)
#3French officer
The 1750s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Soldiers and sailors are the most numerous, 2 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
The most names next door are in Montpon-Ménestérol: 5.
Michel de Beaupuy (French general (1755-1796)) is the best known by our measure: 9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Auguste Chastanet and Louis Philippe Maine.
4 people born in Mussidan have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 9 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, soldiers and sailors: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 4% across French towns.
Michel de Beaupuy, born in 1755. The youngest on the list was born in 1932.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Mussidan 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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