#1Pierre-François Chabaneau
1754–1842Chemist (1754 – 1842)
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Pierre-François Chabaneau, the chemist, is the most widely known, written about in 11 languages. Between the Revolution and the Second Empire, 8 were born, the most of any period. The list comes to 36 for every 10,000 residents, against 4 in the typical town in Dordogne. Over 150 years of births, the list goes from Pierre-François Chabaneau (1754) to Henri Laforest (1904).
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 2.3 times.
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The three are covered in 11, 7 and 5 languages: Pierre-François Chabaneau, Camille Chabaneau and Antonin Debidour.
#1Chemist (1754 – 1842)
#2French Romance philologist and felibre (1831–1908)
French historian (1847–1917)
Births peak in the 1830s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Another 8, the earliest born in 1796.

French politician, journalist and writer (1836-1918)



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Pierre-François Chabaneau (Chemist (1754 – 1842)) is the best known by our measure: 11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Camille Chabaneau and Antonin Debidour.
11 people born in Nontron have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 14 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 11. That is 55% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Pierre-François Chabaneau, born in 1754. The youngest on the list was born in 1904.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Nontron 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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