#1Jean-Luc Lagarce
1957–1995French librettist, playwright and writer (1957–1995)
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Jean-Luc Lagarce is the best known, with articles in 16 languages. Behind the leader come Adolphe Kégresse and Henri Pavillard. Between 1914 and 1969, 10 were born, the most of any period. Per head, the list is long: 19.8 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Haute-Saône has 7.
The field furthest above the usual share is musicians, at 3.3 times.
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Languages with an article: 16 for Jean-Luc Lagarce, 14 for Adolphe Kégresse, 9 for Henri Pavillard.
#1French librettist, playwright and writer (1957–1995)
French engineer (1879–1943)
#3French association football player (1905-1978)
Births peak in the 1940s, with 3 people born in that decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
18 more, 4 of them writers and artists.





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8 towns around it have someone on record.
Montbéliard · 5 miRené Thom & 82 moreJVGrand-Charmont · 4 miJean Vernier & 1 more
Bavilliers · 5 miJean-Michel Villaumé & 1 morePPEssert · 5 miPierre Joseph Petit & 1 moreMJSochaux · 5 miMichel Jacques & 1 more
Exincourt · 6 miJacques Fatton & 1 moreNZBethoncourt · 3 miNora ZaïdiJean-Luc Lagarce (French librettist, playwright and writer (1957–1995)) is the best known by our measure: 16 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Adolphe Kégresse and Henri Pavillard.
21 people born in Héricourt have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 31 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, writers and artists: 5 of the 21. That is 24% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Pierre-Frédéric Minal, born in 1789. The youngest on the list was born in 1960.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Héricourt 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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