Jean-Xavier de Lestrade
born 1963French writer, director and producer of films and television series
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With articles in 5 languages, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade is the most widely known. Close behind are Bernadette Suau and Jean Cabannes. The list comes to 28.9 for every 10,000 residents, against 15.9 in the typical town in Gers. Over 215 years of births, the list goes from François Bousquet (1748) to Thierry de Lestrade (1963).
The busiest decade was the 1960s, with 3 births.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Writers and artists take two of the three places.
French writer, director and producer of films and television series
French archivist and historian (1942-2013)
French jurist (1925–2020)
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.6 times.
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Of the other 7, 3 are athletes.


No one matches both filters.
The longest list nearby is Pavie’s, with 2.
Jean-Xavier de Lestrade (French writer, director and producer of films and television series) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Bernadette Suau and Jean Cabannes.
10 people born in Mirande have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 19 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: 3 of the 10. That is 30% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
François Bousquet, born in 1748. The youngest on the list was born in 1963.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Mirande 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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