Michel Lotito
1950–2006French eater (1950-2007)
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Photo: Patafisik · CC BY-SA 4.0Most widely known is Michel Lotito, the French eater, with articles in 26 languages. Henri Legarda, the French president and chief executive officer, comes second, with Marguerite Cottave-Berbeyer third. Just 4 mi away, Domène’s list holds 5 names, Lise Lesèvre the best known. Half or more of the towns in Isère have no one on record, but this one has 4 for every 10,000 residents.
Michel Lotito leads with articles in 26 languages, ahead of Henri Legarda (1) and Marguerite Cottave-Berbeyer (1).
French eater (1950-2007)
French president and chief executive officer
French painter (1904-1991)
1 of them work in Film, TV & Stage, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Around it, Domène has the most people on record, 5 of them.
Michel Lotito (French eater (1950-2007)) is the best known by our measure: 26 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Henri Legarda and Marguerite Cottave-Berbeyer.
3 people born in Villard-Bonnot 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, performers: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 8% across French towns.
Marguerite Cottave-Berbeyer, born in 1904. The youngest on the list was born in 1950.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Villard-Bonnot 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.
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a hospital, a neighbourhood or a wider area, another commune, or missing, or their articles may not name a birthplace. We only list people the sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations, how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each person) and French and English Wikipedia (each person’s articles confirm the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are matched to the commune by INSEE code and its history of mergers (INSEE COG 2026). Ranked by the number of articles. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across French towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the license below (our copy, resized).
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