#1Anthony Martial
born 1995French footballer (born 1995)
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Anthony Martial, the French footballer, is the most widely known, written about in 59 languages. Second and third on the list are Yaya Sanogo and Johan Martial. The largest group, 10, was born since 1970. Per head, the list is long: 1.9 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Essonne has 0.3.
Athletes stand out most, at 3.7 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The 1990s top the chart, with 6 births in the decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Counted by languages, Anthony Martial is ahead of Yaya Sanogo and Johan Martial: 59, 34 and 17.
#1French footballer (born 1995)
#2French footballer (born 1993)
#3The other 7 span the years 1977 to 2002.


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The neighbour with the most names is Longjumeau, at 52.
Longjumeau · 3 miJérémy Ménez & 51 moreAJAntony · 2 miAgnès Jaoui & 46 more
Châtenay-Malabry · 3 miAllan Saint-Maximin & 46 more
Palaiseau · 2 miSébastien Vigier & 15 more
Verrières-le-Buisson · 1 miMapie de Toulouse-Lautrec & 4 moreCLChamplan · 2 miCatherine Louveau & 2 more
Wissous · 3 miGaston Henry-Haye & 2 moreCAIgny · 2 miCécile Avezou & 1 moreAnthony Martial (French footballer (born 1995)) is the best known by our measure: 59 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Yaya Sanogo and Johan Martial.
10 people born in Massy have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 21 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: 7 of the 10. That is 70% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Christophe Beaugrand, born in 1977. The youngest on the list was born in 2002.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Massy 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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