Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée
1789–1874French botanist (1789-1874)
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Articles in 13 languages make the French botanist Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée the best known. Second place goes to the French sculptor Richard Dufour, third to Alain Boureaud. Most were born in the Belle Époque: 3 of them. The list’s best known name, Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée, dates from 1789.

Counted by languages, Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée is ahead of Richard Dufour and Alain Boureaud: 13, 4 and 1.
French botanist (1789-1874)
French sculptor (1888-1959)
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More were born in the 1780s than in any other decade: 1.
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The field with the most names is Science & Medicine: 2.
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The other 2 span the years 1895 to 1911.
No one matches both filters.
The longest list nearby is Châteauroux’s, with 117.
Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée (French botanist (1789-1874)) is the best known by our measure: 13 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Richard Dufour and Alain Boureaud.
5 people born in Ardentes 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, scientists and doctors: 2 of the 5. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 7% across French towns.
Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée, born in 1789. The youngest on the list was born in 1960.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Ardentes 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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