Jean-Pierre Pénicaut
1937–2021French politician (1937–2021)
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Articles in 2 languages make the French politician Jean-Pierre Pénicaut the best known. Jean Goze and Aimé Luquet follow. Just 7 mi away, Orthez’s list holds 49 names, Alain Ducasse the best known. The list’s best known name, Jean-Pierre Pénicaut, dates from 1937.
Counted by languages, Jean-Pierre Pénicaut is ahead of Jean Goze and Aimé Luquet: 2, 2 and 1.
French politician (1937–2021)
French politician
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Politics & Law leads the fields, with 2 people.
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Close by, Orthez counts 49 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Jean-Pierre Pénicaut (French politician (1937–2021)) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jean Goze and Aimé Luquet.
3 people born in Amou have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Jean Goze, born in 1749. The youngest on the list was born in 1937.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Amou 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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