Jacques Lataste
1922–2011French fencer (1922-2011)
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Jacques Lataste, the French fencer, is the most widely known, written about in 17 languages. The French politician René Rieubon ranks second, ahead of Claude Sauzet. More than half were born between 1914 and 1969, 5 in all. Born in 1909, Louis Gibert is the first name on record, and Serge Saunière, born in 1947, the most recent.
Jacques Lataste leads with articles in 17 languages, ahead of René Rieubon (3) and Claude Sauzet (2).
French fencer (1922-2011)
French politician (1918-2011)
#3French painter
Count by decade and the 1910s come out on top, with 2 births.
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La Grand-Combe has 1.7× the usual share of writers and artists.
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Another 4, 2 of them writers and artists.


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Close by, Alès counts 103 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Jacques Lataste (French fencer (1922-2011)) is the best known by our measure: 17 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come René Rieubon and Claude Sauzet.
7 people born in La Grand-Combe have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 15 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, writers and artists: 3 of the 7. That is 43% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Louis Gibert, born in 1909. The youngest on the list was born in 1947.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is La Grand-Combe 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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