#1René Barjavel
1911–1985French writer (1911–1985)
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The best known is the French writer René Barjavel, with articles in 27 languages. The largest group, 3, was born in the Belle Époque. Per head, the list is long: 10.3 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Drôme has 2.8. The first birth on record is Antoine-Alexandre Romieu’s, in 1764, and the last Pascal Morin’s, in 1969.
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 2.4 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Languages with an article: 27 for René Barjavel, 3 for Émile Lisbonne, 2 for Eugène Lisbonne.
#1French writer (1911–1985)
French politician (1876–1947)
#3French politician (1818–1891)
More of them were born in the 1910s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
4 more, 2 of them leaders.


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Close by, Valréas counts 17 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
René Barjavel (French writer (1911–1985)) is the best known by our measure: 27 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Émile Lisbonne and Eugène Lisbonne.
7 people born in Nyons have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 10 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: 4 of the 7. That is 57% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Antoine-Alexandre Romieu, born in 1764. The youngest on the list was born in 1969.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Nyons 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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