#1Georges Martin
1930–2017French engineer (1930-2017)
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Articles in 6 languages make the French engineer Georges Martin the best known. Maurice Bouilloux-Lafont is second and Daniel Pautrat third. Nearby, Milly-la-Forêt, 7 mi away, lists 3, led by Wulfram de Sens. From Maurice Bouilloux-Lafont to Daniel Pautrat, the births on the list run from 1875 to 1938.



By how many languages cover them, Georges Martin comes first (6), then Maurice Bouilloux-Lafont (5) and Daniel Pautrat (2).
#1French engineer (1930-2017)
#2French politician (1875–1937)
#3French journalist
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.
The fullest list close by belongs to Milly-la-Forêt, with 3.
Georges Martin (French engineer (1930-2017)) is the best known by our measure: 6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Maurice Bouilloux-Lafont and Daniel Pautrat.
3 people born in La Ferté-Alais have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 4 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 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 7% across French towns.
Maurice Bouilloux-Lafont, born in 1875. The youngest on the list was born in 1938.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is La Ferté-Alais 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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