#1François Mathey
1917–1993French curator (1917-1993)
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The best known is the French curator François Mathey, with articles in 7 languages. The next two names are Georges Parcheminey and Alfred Clerget. The largest group, 3, was born between 1914 and 1969. Max Teysseyre, born in 1927, is the youngest, and Édouard Candlot, born in 1858, the first on record.
Languages with an article: 7 for François Mathey, 3 for Georges Parcheminey, 2 for Alfred Clerget.
#1French curator (1917-1993)
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The 1910s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The largest field is Science & Medicine, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Still to come: 3 more, from 1858 to 1927.
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Close by, Belfort counts 145 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Héricourt · 11 miJean-Luc Lagarce & 20 moreTPLure · 6 miThibaut Pinot & 9 more
Champagney · 2 miMaurice Ehlinger & 2 more
Valdoie · 10 miAndré Maschinot & 2 morePPEssert · 10 miPierre Joseph Petit & 1 more
Bavilliers · 11 miJean-Michel Villaumé & 1 moreMGGiromagny · 9 miMaurice GeorgesFrançois Mathey (French curator (1917-1993)) is the best known by our measure: 7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Georges Parcheminey and Alfred Clerget.
6 people born in Ronchamp have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 7 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, scientists and doctors: 2 of the 6. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 7% across French towns.
Édouard Candlot, born in 1858. The youngest on the list was born in 1927.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Ronchamp 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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