Patrick Beaudouin
born 1953French politician
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Photo: Samish de normandie · CC BY-SA 4.0Patrick Beaudouin, the French politician, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. Second and third on the list are Jacques Jacquesson and Pierre Jean Charles Lizot. A short trip away, Bernay (9 mi) counts 30 famous people, Christophe Cocard among them. The list’s best known name, Patrick Beaudouin, dates from 1953.
Patrick Beaudouin, Jacques Jacquesson and Pierre Jean Charles Lizot are written about in 4, 1 and 1 languages.
French politician
French military personnel
French politician and magistrate (1768-1827)
2 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Bernay has the longest list next door: 30.
Patrick Beaudouin (French politician) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jacques Jacquesson and Pierre Jean Charles Lizot.
3 people born in Brionne 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, leaders: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Pierre Jean Charles Lizot, born in 1768. The youngest on the list was born in 1953.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Brionne 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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