Jean Rameau
1858–1942French poet (1858-1942)
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Articles in 7 languages make the French poet Jean Rameau the best known. The list has one more: the French politician Jean Pécastaing. Of its neighbours, Dax, 6 mi away, lists the most: 114, Jean-Charles de Borda first. Births span 1858 to 1902, from Jean Rameau to Jean Pécastaing.
French poet (1858-1942)
French politician
The field with the most names is Writing & Arts: 1.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Dax has the longest list next door: 114.
Salies-de-Béarn · 11 miCharles Foix & 11 more
Peyrehorade · 6 miGeneviève Darrieussecq & 6 moreHJSaint-Paul-lès-Dax · 8 miHenriette Jelinek & 3 more
Narrosse · 6 miAndré Darrigade & 2 more
Saint-Geours-de-Maremne · 11 miGuy Lapébie & 1 moreABPouillon · 2 miAnthony BouthierJean Rameau (French poet (1858-1942)) is the best known by our measure: 7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jean Pécastaing.
2 people born in Gaas 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, writers and artists: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Jean Rameau, born in 1858. The youngest on the list was born in 1902.
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