#1Christophe Dugarry
born 1972French footballer (born 1972)
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The best known is the French footballer Christophe Dugarry, with articles in 42 languages. Most were born since 1970: 4 of them. Half or more of the towns in Gironde have no one on record, but this one has 2.3 for every 10,000 residents. Only 19 of the 155 towns in Gironde with anyone on record list more.
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 3.5 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The 1990s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Christophe Dugarry leads with articles in 42 languages, ahead of Salif Sané (32) and Zaydou Youssouf (20).
#1French footballer (born 1972)
#2Senegalese and French footballer (born 1990)
Association football player
Still to come: 3 more, from 1834 to 1986.
French civil engineer (1900-1984)

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Bordeaux has the longest list next door: 1,067.
Christophe Dugarry (French footballer (born 1972)) is the best known by our measure: 42 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Salif Sané and Zaydou Youssouf.
6 people born in Lormont have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 8 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: 4 of the 6. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Théophile Labat, born in 1834. The youngest on the list was born in 1999.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Lormont 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.
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a hospital, a neighbourhood or a wider area, another commune, or missing, or their articles may not name a birthplace. We only list people the sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations, how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each person) and French and English Wikipedia (each person’s articles confirm the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are matched to the commune by INSEE code and its history of mergers (INSEE COG 2026). Ranked by the number of articles. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across French towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the license below (our copy, resized).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.