#1Alfred Poizat
1863–1936French literary critic (1863-1936)
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The best known is the French literary critic Alfred Poizat, with articles in 2 languages. Since 1970, 3 were born, the most of any period. The list’s best known name, Alfred Poizat, dates from 1863. Half or more of the towns in Isère have no one on record, but this one has 7 for every 10,000 residents.
No decade has more births than the 1860s, at 1.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
First, Alfred Poizat (2 languages), then Benjamin Arnaud (2) and Agnès Laury (1).
#1French literary critic (1863-1936)
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Share of Roussillon’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The other 3 span the years 1965 to 1989.

No one matches both filters.
Of the towns around it, Pélussin has the most on record: 7.
Condrieu · 7 miJean-Christophe Rolland & 5 moreWPSaint-Rambert-d'Albon · 5 miWilfride Piollet & 3 moreGVAmpuis · 8 miGabriel Vanel & 2 moreJGChanas · 4 miJoseph Giray & 1 moreBBAnneyron · 8 miBlanche Balain & 1 more
Davézieux · 10 miÉtienne Montgolfier & 1 moreJDLe Péage-de-Roussillon · 1 miJean-Baptiste DufeuAlfred Poizat (French literary critic (1863-1936)) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Benjamin Arnaud and Agnès Laury.
6 people born in Roussillon have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 10 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 6. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Alfred Poizat, born in 1863. The youngest on the list was born in 1992.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Roussillon 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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