Pierre Torreilles
1921–2005French writer (1921–2005)
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At the top of the list is the French writer Pierre Torreilles, covered in 3 languages. Second and third on the list are François-Isidore de Ricard and François Joseph Pamphile de Lacroix. As early as 1774, François Joseph Pamphile de Lacroix was born here, one of 2 born before the Revolution. Most were born in the Belle Époque: 4 of them.

Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 3 times.
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The three are covered in 3, 2 and 2 languages: Pierre Torreilles, François-Isidore de Ricard and François Joseph Pamphile de Lacroix.
French writer (1921–2005)
#2French politician (1779-1849)
French writer (1774–1841)
The 1770s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The other 4 span the years 1879 to 1913.
No one matches both filters.
Close by, Lunel counts 30 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
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Aigues-Vives · 4 miGaston Doumergue & 1 morePierre Torreilles (French writer (1921–2005)) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come François-Isidore de Ricard and François Joseph Pamphile de Lacroix.
7 people born in Aimargues have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 21 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: 5 of the 7. That is 71% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
François Joseph Pamphile de Lacroix, born in 1774. The youngest on the list was born in 1921.
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