André Le Dissez
1929–2018Road bicycle racer (1929–2018)
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Moreau.henri · CC BY-SA 3.0The best known is the road bicycle racer André Le Dissez, with articles in 9 languages. The list has one more: the French sculptor Yann Larc'hantec. Within 6 mi, Morlaix lists the most: 96, with Jean Victor Marie Moreau first. André Le Dissez was born in 1929.
Road bicycle racer (1929–2018)
French sculptor
The largest field is Sports, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Morlaix has the longest list next door: 96.
Morlaix · 6 miJean Victor Marie Moreau & 95 moreALPlouigneau · 3 miAlphonse Fleuriot de Langle & 3 moreJBPleyber-Christ · 6 miJean Bourlès & 3 moreJWPlougasnou · 12 miJean-Claude Wuillemin & 3 moreMBSaint-Martin-des-Champs · 6 miMarc Bécam & 2 more
Saint-Thégonnec Loc-Eguiner · 10 miJakez Kerrien & 2 more
Taulé · 9 miJean Carrelet de Loisy & 1 more
Plourin-lès-Morlaix · 4 miOlivier SouêtreAndré Le Dissez (Road bicycle racer (1929–2018)) is the best known by our measure: 9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Yann Larc'hantec.
2 people born in Plougonven have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 6 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.
Yann Larc'hantec, born in 1829. The youngest on the list was born in 1929.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Plougonven 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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