#1François Delattre
born 1963French diplomat
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The best known is the French diplomat François Delattre, with articles in 12 languages. As early as 1491, Aymar du Rivail was born here, one of 6 born before the Revolution. Fewer than a quarter of the 165 towns in Isère with famous people list more. For every 10,000 residents the town has 20.8, while at least half the towns in Isère list nobody born there.
Saint-Marcellin has 1.6× the usual share of leaders.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Births peak in the 1960s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
François Delattre has articles in 12 languages, Antoine Brenier de Montmorand in 4 and Alexis-Paul Pachot d'Arzac in 2.
#1French diplomat
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A further 13 follow, born between 1491 and 1963.

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The best known from each town within 12 mi of Saint-Marcellin, with how many people each has.
François Delattre (French diplomat) is the best known by our measure: 12 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Antoine Brenier de Montmorand and Alexis-Paul Pachot d'Arzac.
16 people born in Saint-Marcellin have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 24 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: 6 of the 16. That is 38% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Aymar du Rivail, born in 1491. The youngest on the list was born in 1963.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Marcellin 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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