#1Jean-Paul Béchat
1942–2014French businessman (1942–2014)
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Most widely known is Jean-Paul Béchat, the French businessman, with articles in 4 languages. Denis Joly and Jean Dunot follow. For more famous names, Brétigny-sur-Orge is 3 mi away: its list has 10, led by Grégory Sertic. Born in 1906, Denis Joly is the first name on record, and Jean-Paul Béchat, born in 1942, the most recent.



First, Jean-Paul Béchat (4 languages), then Denis Joly (2) and Jean Dunot (2).
#1French businessman (1942–2014)
#2French organist and composer (1906-1979)
#3French actor (1906–1968)
Business leads the fields, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Close by, Brétigny-sur-Orge counts 10 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Jean-Paul Béchat (French businessman (1942–2014)) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Denis Joly and Jean Dunot.
3 people born in Montlhéry have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 5 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, business people: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 2% across French towns.
Denis Joly, born in 1906. The youngest on the list was born in 1942.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Montlhéry 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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