#1Thierry Henry
born 1977French association football player and manager
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Most widely known is Thierry Henry, the French association football player and manager, with articles in 103 languages. Second and third on the list are Moussa Marega and Noémie Lenoir. Since 1970, 7 were born, the most of any period. From Thierry Henry to Tristan Dingomé, the births on the list run from 1977 to 1991.
Three names lead: Thierry Henry (103 languages), Moussa Marega (25) and Noémie Lenoir (24).
#1French association football player and manager
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The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 4.5 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The 1970s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
4 more names, born between 1979 and 1991.

No one matches both filters.
Nearby, Palaiseau has the most on record, with 16.
Thierry Henry (French association football player and manager) is the best known by our measure: 103 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Moussa Marega and Noémie Lenoir.
7 people born in Les Ulis have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 8 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: 6 of the 7. That is 86% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Thierry Henry, born in 1977. The youngest on the list was born in 1991.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Les Ulis 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.
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a hospital, a neighbourhood or a wider area, another commune, or missing, or their articles may not name a birthplace. We only list people the sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations, how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each person) and French and English Wikipedia (each person’s articles confirm the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are matched to the commune by INSEE code and its history of mergers (INSEE COG 2026). Ranked by the number of articles. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across French towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the license below (our copy, resized).
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