Jean Gabriel Marchand
1765–1851French general (1765–1851)
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At the top of the list is the French general Jean Gabriel Marchand, covered in 10 languages. Pierre Revol is second and Félix Penet third. For more famous names, Saint-Marcellin is 8 mi away: its list has 16, led by François Delattre. Born in 1748, Pierre Revol is the first name on record, and Félix Penet, born in 1782, the most recent.
Languages with an article: 10 for Jean Gabriel Marchand, 2 for Pierre Revol, 1 for Félix Penet.
French general (1765–1851)
French politician
French politician
Leaders are the most numerous, 2 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The most names next door are in Saint-Marcellin: 16.
Saint-Marcellin · 8 miFrançois Delattre & 15 moreTFTullins · 6 miThierry Frémaux & 7 more
Rives · 9 miRaphaël Poirée & 4 moreJPAutrans-Méaudre en Vercors · 6 miJordann Perret & 3 more
Voreppe · 10 miJacques Gay & 3 more
Moirans · 9 miJoseph Pâris Duverney & 2 more
Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs · 10 miRose Valland & 2 more
Chatte · 10 miClément Adrien Vincendon-Dumoulin & 1 moreJean Gabriel Marchand (French general (1765–1851)) is the best known by our measure: 10 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Pierre Revol and Félix Penet.
3 people born in L'Albenc have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 4 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: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Pierre Revol, born in 1748. The youngest on the list was born in 1782.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is L'Albenc 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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