#1Frédéric Macler
1869–1938French Armenologist (1869-1938)
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At the top of the list is the French armenologist Frédéric Macler, covered in 11 languages. The only other name is the French mycologist Frédéric Bataille. For more famous names, Montbéliard is 4 mi away: its list has 83, led by René Thom. Over 19 years of births, the list goes from Frédéric Bataille (1850) to Frédéric Macler (1869).


#1French Armenologist (1869-1938)
#2French mycologist (1850-1946)
Scientists and doctors are the most numerous, 1 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Montbéliard · 4 miRené Thom & 82 more
Audincourt · 3 miBenoît Pedretti & 14 more
Valentigney · 1 miJules Goux & 7 moreÉRSeloncourt · 2 miÉlisabeth Renaud & 2 more
Hérimoncourt · 3 miJean Pierre Mégnin & 2 moreHRPont-de-Roide-Vermondans · 5 miHenry Racamier & 2 more
Exincourt · 4 miJacques Fatton & 1 moreMJSochaux · 5 miMichel Jacques & 1 moreFrédéric Macler (French Armenologist (1869-1938)) is the best known by our measure: 11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Frédéric Bataille.
2 people born in Mandeure 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, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 7% across French towns.
Frédéric Bataille, born in 1850. The youngest on the list was born in 1869.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Mandeure 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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