#1Jacques Fatton
1925–2011Swiss footballer (1925-2011)
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At the top of the list is the Swiss footballer Jacques Fatton, covered in 20 languages. The other is Claude Nicolas, the French athletics competitor. The earliest on the list is Jacques Fatton, born in 1925, and the youngest Claude Nicolas, born in 1941. Just 2 mi away, Montbéliard’s list holds 83 names, René Thom the best known.

#1Swiss footballer (1925-2011)
French athletics competitor
The field with the most names is Sports: 1.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Around it, Montbéliard has the most people on record, 83 of them.
Montbéliard · 2 miRené Thom & 82 more
Audincourt · 1 miBenoît Pedretti & 14 more
Valentigney · 2 miJules Goux & 7 moreÉRSeloncourt · 3 miÉlisabeth Renaud & 2 moreMJSochaux · 1 miMichel Jacques & 1 moreJVGrand-Charmont · 2 miJean Vernier & 1 more
Mandeure · 4 miFrédéric Macler & 1 more
Étupes · 2 miJules-André PeugeotJacques Fatton (Swiss footballer (1925-2011)) is the best known by our measure: 20 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Claude Nicolas.
2 people born in Exincourt have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 3 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, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Jacques Fatton, born in 1925. The youngest on the list was born in 1941.
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