Henri Saint-Pierre-Lespéret
1761–1847French politician (1761-1847)
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Henri Saint-Pierre-Lespéret, the French politician, is the most widely known, written about in 2 languages. 3 of them were born before the Revolution, the first Jean-Jacques de Laterrade in 1758. Fewer than a quarter of the 95 towns in Gers with famous people list more. The longest list of any town in Gers belongs to Auch, with 77.
The 1800s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Henri Saint-Pierre-Lespéret, Alexandre Magenc and Jean-Jacques de Laterrade are written about in 2, 2 and 2 languages.
French politician (1761-1847)
French painter
French politician (1758–1794)
The largest field is Politics & Law, with 2 people.
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Another 4, the earliest born in 1782.
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Henri Saint-Pierre-Lespéret (French politician (1761-1847)) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Alexandre Magenc and Jean-Jacques de Laterrade.
7 people born in Plaisance have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 11 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: 2 of the 7. That is 29% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Jean-Jacques de Laterrade, born in 1758. The youngest on the list was born in 1921.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Plaisance 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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