Antoine Joseph Secrétan
1773–1837French military personnel
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Antoine Joseph Secrétan, the French military personnel, was born in 1773. That places their birth before the Revolution. One language has an article about them so far. For more famous names, Lons-le-Saunier is 7 mi away: its list has 80, led by Jean-François Stévenin.
French military personnel
Nearby, Lons-le-Saunier has the most on record, with 80.
Antoine Joseph Secrétan (French military personnel) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
1 people born in Val-Sonnette have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 2 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, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 4% across French towns.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Val-Sonnette 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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