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Assignan, birthplace of the French association football player Pierre Bourdel

Pierre Bourdel, the French association football player, was born in 1939. That places their birth between 1914 and 1969. Their story is told in one language so far. Go 8 mi to Puisserguier and the list grows to 5, with André Herrero at the top.

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1
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Best known
Pierre Bourdel
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1939
Pierre Bourdel
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known

Born in Assignan

PB#1
Sports

Pierre Bourdel

born 1939

French association football player

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
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Questions about famous people from Assignan

Who is the most famous person from Assignan?

Pierre Bourdel (French association football player) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.

How many famous people were born in Assignan?

1 people born in Assignan have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).

What is Assignan known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who counts as from Assignan?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Assignan 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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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.