#1Gaël Monthurel
born 1966French handball player
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Articles in 10 languages make the French handball player Gaël Monthurel the best known. The French musician Pierre Labric ranks second, ahead of François Décorchemont. The list’s best known name, Gaël Monthurel, dates from 1966. In the Belle Époque, 4 were born, the most of any period.
By how many languages cover them, Gaël Monthurel comes first (10), then Pierre Labric (6) and François Décorchemont (4).
#1French handball player
French ceramist and stained-glass artist (1880-1971)
More were born in the 1920s than in any other decade: 2.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Leaders stand out most, at 1.6 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Still to come: 5 more, from 1763 to 1924.

No one matches both filters.
Nearby, Évreux has the most on record, with 119.
Gaël Monthurel (French handball player) is the best known by our measure: 10 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Pierre Labric and François Décorchemont.
8 people born in Conches-en-Ouche have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 13 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: 3 of the 8. That is 38% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Noël Bouquelon, born in 1763. The youngest on the list was born in 1966.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Conches-en-Ouche 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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