#1Gilbert Poillerat
1902–1988Master ironworker (1902–1988)
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Most widely known is Gilbert Poillerat, the master ironworker, with articles in 2 languages. Close behind are Pierre Loison and Guy Ferchault. Fewer than a quarter of the 77 towns in Loir-et-Cher with famous people list more. 2 of them are writers and artists, more than in any other field.
Gilbert Poillerat has articles in 2 languages, Pierre Loison in 2 and Guy Ferchault in 1.
#1Master ironworker (1902–1988)
French sculptor
French musicologist and music critic
No decade has more births than the 1900s, at 2.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The largest field is Writing & Arts, with 2 people.
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Close by, Blois counts 140 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Gilbert Poillerat (Master ironworker (1902–1988)) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Pierre Loison and Guy Ferchault.
4 people born in Mer have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 10 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: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Pierre Loison, born in 1816. The youngest on the list was born in 1904.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Mer 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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