#1Antoine Bertin
1752–1790French poet
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Articles in 6 languages make the French poet Antoine Bertin the best known. The list has one more: the French Reunionese singer and songwriter Maximin Boyer. Édouard Hervé tops the 57 names on record in Saint-Denis, 9 mi away. 21 towns across Réunion can name a famous person born there.

#1French poet
French Reunionese singer and songwriter
1 of them work in Writing & Arts, the biggest field.
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Saint-Denis leads the towns around it, with 57 names.
Antoine Bertin (French poet) is the best known by our measure: 6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Maximin Boyer.
2 people born in Sainte-Suzanne have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 9 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: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Antoine Bertin, born in 1752. The youngest on the list was born in 1956.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Sainte-Suzanne 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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