Jean-Marie Sermier
born 1961French politician
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Articles in 6 languages make the French politician Jean-Marie Sermier the best known. Close behind are Gilbert Cousin and Joseph-Marcellin Combette. Before the Revolution, 4 were born, the most of any period. As early as 1506, Gilbert Cousin was born here, one of 4 born before the Revolution.
More of them were born in the 1960s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Jean-Marie Sermier has articles in 6 languages, Gilbert Cousin in 3 and Joseph-Marcellin Combette in 2.
French politician
Humaniste et théologien
(1770-1840)
The largest field is Politics & Law, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Still to come: 2 more, from 1511 to 1786.
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Nearby, Champagnole has the most on record, with 13.
Jean-Marie Sermier (French politician) is the best known by our measure: 6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Gilbert Cousin and Joseph-Marcellin Combette.
5 people born in Nozeroy have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 11 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: 2 of the 5. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Gilbert Cousin, born in 1506. The youngest on the list was born in 1961.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Nozeroy 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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