Pascal Lainé
1942–2024French writer (1942–2024)
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At the top of the list is the French writer Pascal Lainé, covered in 20 languages. Pierre Lenfant, the French painter, comes second, with Joseph Ambroise Lorette third. For every 10,000 residents there are 14.7 on the list, well above the typical Eure-et-Loir town’s 3.8. The list’s best known name, Pascal Lainé, dates from 1942.

Writers and artists take two of the three places.
French writer (1942–2024)
#2French painter (1704-1787)
French politician (1810–1874)
More of them were born in the 1940s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The largest field is Writing & Arts, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Dreux has the longest list next door: 71.
Dreux · 9 miFrançois-André Danican Philidor & 70 more
Pacy-sur-Eure · 11 miDenis Tristant & 5 more
Houdan · 9 miPierre Dumayet & 4 more
Ivry-la-Bataille · 2 miRaymond Bussières & 2 more
Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre · 11 miWilliam Henry Waddington & 1 more
Saint-André-de-l'Eure · 8 miDominique LacoutPCGambais · 12 miPierre Émile Arnaud Édouard de Colbert-ChabanaisPascal Lainé (French writer (1942–2024)) is the best known by our measure: 20 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Pierre Lenfant and Joseph Ambroise Lorette.
4 people born in Anet 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, writers and artists: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Pierre Lenfant, born in 1704. The youngest on the list was born in 1942.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Anet 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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