#1Jules Goux
1885–1965French racing driver (1885-1965)
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Jules Goux, the French racing driver, is the most widely known, written about in 13 languages. In the Belle Époque, 5 were born, the most of any period. Half or more of the towns in Doubs have no one on record, but this one has 7.6 for every 10,000 residents. The earliest on the list is Jules Rolland, born in 1877, and the youngest Joël Pelier, born in 1962.
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 3.3 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Jules Goux has articles in 13 languages, Georges Boillot in 12 and André Boillot in 8.
#1French racing driver (1885-1965)
#2French racing driver (1884–1916)
#3French auto racing driver (1891-1932)
The busiest decade was the 1880s, with 2 births.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The other 5 span the years 1877 to 1962.

No one matches both filters.
Nearby, Montbéliard has the most on record, with 83.
Montbéliard · 3 miRené Thom & 82 more
Audincourt · 1 miBenoît Pedretti & 14 more
Beaucourt · 5 miMarguerite Steinheil & 4 moreÉRSeloncourt · 1 miÉlisabeth Renaud & 2 more
Hérimoncourt · 3 miJean Pierre Mégnin & 2 more
Mandeure · 1 miFrédéric Macler & 1 more
Exincourt · 2 miJacques Fatton & 1 moreMJSochaux · 3 miMichel Jacques & 1 moreJules Goux (French racing driver (1885-1965)) is the best known by our measure: 13 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Georges Boillot and André Boillot.
8 people born in Valentigney have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 12 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: 5 of the 8. That is 63% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Jules Rolland, born in 1877. The youngest on the list was born in 1962.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Valentigney 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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