Jean-Joseph-Victor Genissieu
1749–1804French lawyer and politician
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At the top of the list is the French lawyer and politician Jean-Joseph-Victor Genissieu, covered in 5 languages. The first Lady of Guinea Lauriane Doumbouya ranks second, ahead of Jean Espérance Blandine de Laurencin. Jean-Joseph-Victor Genissieu was born in 1749. Only 13 of the 86 towns in Drôme with anyone on record list more.
Jean-Joseph-Victor Genissieu, Lauriane Doumbouya and Jean Espérance Blandine de Laurencin are written about in 5, 4 and 3 languages.
French lawyer and politician
#2First Lady of Guinea
#3French poet, fabulist
The 1740s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Share of Chabeuil’s famous people in each field.
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1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Nearby, Valence has the most on record, with 115.
Bourg-lès-Valence · 6 miRené Bérenger & 3 moreLJÉtoile-sur-Rhône · 8 miLucien Junillon & 2 more
Portes-lès-Valence · 7 miMarcelle Vioux & 1 moreRSSaint-Marcel-lès-Valence · 5 miRaphaël Smolin-FroissartJQAlixan · 5 miJérôme François QuiotJean-Joseph-Victor Genissieu (French lawyer and politician) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Lauriane Doumbouya and Jean Espérance Blandine de Laurencin.
4 people born in Chabeuil have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 6 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: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Ennemond Bonnefoy, born in 1536. The youngest on the list was born in 1980.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Chabeuil 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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