#1Jean-Jacques Vlody
born 1967French politician
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Articles in 3 languages make the French politician Jean-Jacques Vlody the best known. Over 167 years of births, the list goes from Aristide Patu de Rosemont (1800) to Jean-Jacques Vlody (1967). For every 10,000 residents there are 2.6 on the list, well above the typical Réunion town’s 1.4. Only 4 of the 21 towns in Réunion with anyone on record list more.
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 3.4 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Three names lead: Jean-Jacques Vlody (3 languages), Auguste Brunet (2) and Bertho Audifax (2).
#1French politician
#2French politician and poet (1878-1957)
French politician
Count by decade and the 1960s come out on top, with 2 births.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Another 7, the earliest born in 1800.
No one matches both filters.
Close by, the fullest list is Saint-André’s, at 4 names.
Jean-Jacques Vlody (French politician) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Auguste Brunet and Bertho Audifax.
10 people born in Saint-Benoît have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 29 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: 8 of the 10. That is 80% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Aristide Patu de Rosemont, born in 1800. The youngest on the list was born in 1967.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Benoît 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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