Claude Sébastien Bourguignon
1760–1829French jurist
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At the top of the list is the French jurist Claude Sébastien Bourguignon, covered in 4 languages. The only other name is the French theologian Yves de La Brière. The neighbour with the longest list is Échirolles, 7 mi away: 35, led by Calogero. Claude Sébastien Bourguignon was born in 1760.

French jurist
#2French theologian (1877–1941)
The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 1.
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Échirolles leads the towns around it, with 35 names.
Vizille · 5 miFlorence Masnada & 5 morePPVillard-de-Lans · 6 miPatrice Pellat-Finet & 1 moreJSSaint-Georges-de-Commiers · 2 miJoseph-Claude-Louis Colaud de La SalcetteRRVarces-Allières-et-Risset · 3 miRené RizzardoGVClaix · 5 miGeymond VitalPCJarrie · 5 miPierre ClaretClaude Sébastien Bourguignon (French jurist) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Yves de La Brière.
2 people born in Vif have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 5 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: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Claude Sébastien Bourguignon, born in 1760. The youngest on the list was born in 1877.
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