Jean Baptiste Henric dit Henry
1770–1846French officer (1770-1846)
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Photo: Region Roussillon · CC BY-SA 4.0Articles in 2 languages make the French officer Jean Baptiste Henric dit Henry the best known. Close behind are Georges Senal and Joseph Crouzat. The first birth on record is Joseph Crouzat’s, in 1735, and the last Georges Senal’s, in 1947. For every 10,000 residents there are 3.5 on the list, well above the typical Hérault town’s 1.7.
Soldiers and sailors take two of the three places.
French officer (1770-1846)
French rugby union player
2 of them work in Military, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Around it, Béziers has the most people on record, 221 of them.
Jean Baptiste Henric dit Henry (French officer (1770-1846)) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Georges Senal and Joseph Crouzat.
3 people born in Sérignan have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 9 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, soldiers and sailors: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 4% across French towns.
Joseph Crouzat, born in 1735. The youngest on the list was born in 1947.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Sérignan 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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