#1Jean-Pierre Dufau
born 1943French politician
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The best known is the French politician Jean-Pierre Dufau, with articles in 3 languages. The French sculptor and medallist Georges-Henri Prud'Homme ranks second, ahead of Dominique Soulé. The list comes to 5.4 for every 10,000 residents, against 1.3 in the typical town in Landes. Only 7 of the 92 towns in Landes with anyone on record list more.
Jean-Pierre Dufau leads with articles in 3 languages, ahead of Georges-Henri Prud'Homme (2) and Dominique Soulé (1).
#1French politician
#2French sculptor and medallist (1873-1947)
Roman Catholic archbishop
No decade has more births than the 1940s, at 1.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Share of Capbreton’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
2 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
The most names next door are in Boucau: 13.
Boucau · 9 miRoland Bierge & 12 moreADSoustons · 9 miAndré Dupuy & 11 more
Ondres · 6 miJean Duhau & 1 moreLJSaint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse · 6 miLouis Junquas & 1 moreDATarnos · 7 miDominique Arnaud & 1 moreDLSaint-Martin-de-Seignanx · 8 miDaniel Labadie & 1 more
Saint-Geours-de-Maremne · 10 miGuy Lapébie & 1 moreCASoorts-Hossegor · 2 miClaudine Amiel-TisonJean-Pierre Dufau (French politician) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Georges-Henri Prud'Homme and Dominique Soulé.
5 people born in Capbreton 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 5. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Jacques Thomas Lahary, born in 1752. The youngest on the list was born in 1943.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Capbreton 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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