Charles Piroth
1906–1954French Army officer (1906-1954)
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Most widely known is Charles Piroth, the French Army officer, with articles in 9 languages. More than half were born before the Revolution, 6 in all. As early as 1540, Jean Richardot was born here, one of 6 born before the Revolution. Only 4 of the 88 towns in Haute-Saône with anyone on record list more.
The 1890s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 1.9 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Charles Piroth leads with articles in 9 languages, ahead of Charles Prévost (5) and Claude-Christophe Gourdan (4).
French Army officer (1906-1954)
French chemist (1899-1983)
French politician (1754-1804)
Another 8, 4 of them leaders.
French politician (1739-1794)
No one matches both filters.
Charles Piroth (French Army officer (1906-1954)) is the best known by our measure: 9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Charles Prévost and Claude-Christophe Gourdan.
11 people born in Champlitte have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 18 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: 5 of the 11. That is 45% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Jean Richardot, born in 1540. The youngest on the list was born in 1930.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Champlitte 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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