Jacques Corbin
1580–1653French poet
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The best known is the French poet Jacques Corbin, with articles in 2 languages. Second and third on the list are Henri Plisson and Joseph Lescot de la Millanderie. The list’s best known name, Jacques Corbin, dates from 1580. Only 9 of the 65 towns in Indre with anyone on record list more.
Two of the three are writers and artists.
French poet
French painter (1908-2002)
French politician
The 1580s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Share of Saint-Gaultier’s famous people in each field.
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1 more, best known first.
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Around it, Argenton-sur-Creuse has the most people on record, 19 of them.
Jacques Corbin (French poet) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Henri Plisson and Joseph Lescot de la Millanderie.
4 people born in Saint-Gaultier have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 6 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, writers and artists: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Jacques Corbin, born in 1580. The youngest on the list was born in 1908.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Gaultier 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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