#1Jacques Gay
1851–1925French painter (1851-1925)
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Jacques Gay, the French painter, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. Second place goes to the French politician François Gerboud, third to Hugues Picard. Only 17 of the 165 towns in Isère with anyone on record list more. Writers and artists make up the largest group, 2 of them.

Writers and artists take two of the three places.
#1French painter (1851-1925)
French politician
French painter
More of them were born in the 1850s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
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Writing & Arts leads the fields, with 2 people.
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1 more, best known first.
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The fullest list close by belongs to Voiron, with 30.
Jacques Gay (French painter (1851-1925)) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come François Gerboud and Hugues Picard.
4 people born in Voreppe 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 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Auguste Jean-Baptiste Debelle, born in 1781. The youngest on the list was born in 1881.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Voreppe 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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