Olivier Trassard
born 1962French association football player
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Olivier Trassard, the French association football player, is the most widely known, written about in one language. The other is Samuel Maréchal, the French politician. A short trip away, Chartres (5 mi) counts 160 famous people, Jacques Pierre Brissot among them. Born in 1962, Olivier Trassard is the first name on record, and Samuel Maréchal, born in 1967, the most recent.
French association football player
French politician
Athletes are the most numerous, 1 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The neighbour with the most names is Chartres, at 160.
Chartres · 5 miJacques Pierre Brissot & 159 more
Maintenon · 5 miMichel Joseph Maunoury & 9 moreMCÉpernon · 9 miMichel Chasles & 4 more
Luisant · 7 miMaurice Bourgès-Maunoury & 2 moreGGChamphol · 4 miGérard Du Doyer de Gastels & 1 moreMVGallardon · 6 miMichel Vovelle & 1 more
Lèves · 4 miBernard JumentierVMMainvilliers · 6 miVictor MeuteletOlivier Trassard (French association football player) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Samuel Maréchal.
2 people born in Jouy have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 4 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: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Olivier Trassard, born in 1962. The youngest on the list was born in 1967.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Jouy 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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