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Julien Soucours
1926–2017French athletics competitor
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Photo: Kristof · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Tresses, Gironde
Tresses, birthplace of the French athletics competitor Julien Soucours
In 1926, the French athletics competitor Julien Soucours was born. That places their birth between 1914 and 1969. Their name appears in articles in 2 languages. Jérôme Fernandez heads the list in Cenon, 3 mi away, which has 12 names.
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Julien Soucours
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
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1926
Julien Soucours
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Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Cenon, with 12.
Questions about famous people from Tresses
Who is the most famous person from Tresses?
Julien Soucours (French athletics competitor) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
How many famous people were born in Tresses?
1 people born in Tresses have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
Who counts as from Tresses?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Tresses 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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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).
Photo credits (3)
- Alain Castet: MKoala, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christophe Dugarry: Christophe95, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- René Brunet: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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