André Herrero
1938–2025French rugby union footballer
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The best known is the French rugby union footballer André Herrero, with articles in 7 languages. The next two names are Joseph-Pierre Lanet and Daniel Herrero. In the Belle Époque, 3 were born, the most of any period. Per head, the list is long: 16.2 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Hérault has 1.7.
Athletes take two of the three places.
French rugby union footballer
#2French politician (1912-1974)
The 1930s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 2.5 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Still to come: 2 more, from 1876 to 1886.

No one matches both filters.
Capestang has the longest list next door: 4.
Cazouls-lès-Béziers · 4 miAmédée Borrel & 3 more
Nissan-lez-Enserune · 7 miMarcel Delhommeau & 2 moreRNCuxac-d'Aude · 8 miRobert Navarro & 2 moreRISallèles-d'Aude · 9 miRené Iché & 2 moreODMontady · 5 miOswald DurandAMMaraussan · 6 miAlphonse MasCGThézan-lès-Béziers · 7 miCharles GriffeAndré Herrero (French rugby union footballer) is the best known by our measure: 7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Joseph-Pierre Lanet and Daniel Herrero.
5 people born in Puisserguier have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 8 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: 3 of the 5. That is 60% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Charles Guilhaumon, born in 1876. The youngest on the list was born in 1948.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Puisserguier 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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