Louis Pasteur and 71 more famous people were born in Dole

Louis Pasteur (French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)) is the best known by our measure: 213 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Claude-François Malet and Antoine Béthouart.

72 people born in Dole have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 111 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: 19 of the 72. That is 26% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Antoine Brun, born in 1599. The youngest on the list was born in 1997.

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Dole 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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