Jean-Pierre Velly
1943–1990French painter and engraver (1943-1990)
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At the top of the list is the French painter and engraver Jean-Pierre Velly, covered in 3 languages. Second and third on the list are Jacques Le Gall and Jean Perrot. From Jean-Baptiste Delecluze in 1751 to Jean-Pierre Velly in 1943, the births cover 192 years. Between 1914 and 1969, 5 were born, the most of any period.
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 1.9 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Three names lead: Jean-Pierre Velly (3 languages), Jacques Le Gall (3) and Jean Perrot (3).
French painter and engraver (1943-1990)
French resistance fighter (1921–2021)
#3French politician and farmer (1889-1976)
No decade has more births than the 1920s, at 3.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
6 more names, born between 1751 and 1923.

No one matches both filters.
Close by, Douarnenez counts 40 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Jean-Pierre Velly (French painter and engraver (1943-1990)) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jacques Le Gall and Jean Perrot.
9 people born in Audierne have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 17 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: 4 of the 9. That is 44% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Jean-Baptiste Delecluze, born in 1751. The youngest on the list was born in 1943.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Audierne 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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