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Jean-Claude Ogier
born 1938French rally driver
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Famous people · La Touche, Drôme
Jean-Claude Ogier is the only name on the La Touche list
Jean-Claude Ogier, the French rally driver, was born in 1938. Their birth falls between 1914 and 1969. One language has an article about them so far. The neighbour with the longest list is Montélimar, 7 mi away: 66, led by Charles Pic.
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Jean-Claude Ogier
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
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1938
Jean-Claude Ogier
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Questions about famous people from La Touche
Who is the most famous person from La Touche?
Jean-Claude Ogier (French rally driver) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
How many famous people were born in La Touche?
1 people born in La Touche have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
Who counts as from La Touche?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is La Touche 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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Photo credits (4)
- Charles Pic: Antigorky, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Sifrein Maury: Auteur non identifié, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- François Félix: Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Félix-Auguste Clément: Félix-Auguste Clément, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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