Gilles Lellouche
born 1972French actor, film director and screenwriter
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Best known of all is Gilles Lellouche, written about in 25 languages. Yoann Offredo is second and Claude Guyot third. Since 1970, 14 were born, the most of any period. The list comes to 7.2 for every 10,000 residents, against 0.3 in the typical town in Essonne.
The 1970s saw the most births of any decade: 9.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Performers stand out most, at 2.6 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Counted by languages, Gilles Lellouche is ahead of Yoann Offredo and Claude Guyot: 25, 18 and 10.
French actor, film director and screenwriter
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27 people born in Savigny-sur-Orge have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 42 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: 8 of the 27. That is 30% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Albert Lejeune, born in 1885. The youngest on the list was born in 1991.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Savigny-sur-Orge 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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