#1Raoul Diagne
1910–2002French footballer (1910–2002)
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The best known is the French footballer Raoul Diagne, with articles in 23 languages. The next two names are Florian Jozefzoon and Oriane Jean-François. Most were born since 1970: 5 of them. Half or more of the towns in French Guiana have no one on record, but this one has 1.7 for every 10,000 residents.
Athletes stand out most, at 2.9 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The 1990s saw the most births of any decade: 3.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
All three are athletes.
#1French footballer (1910–2002)
Surinamese, former Netherlands, association football player
#3French women's football player
Still to come: 6 more, from 1936 to 1992.

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Raoul Diagne (French footballer (1910–2002)) is the best known by our measure: 23 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Florian Jozefzoon and Oriane Jean-François.
9 people born in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 17 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: 5 of the 9. That is 56% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Raoul Diagne, born in 1910. The youngest on the list was born in 2001.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni 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.