#1François Beaugendre
1880–1936French cyclist (1880–1936)
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The best known is the French cyclist François Beaugendre, with articles in 12 languages. Omer Beaugendre is second and Joseph Moingt third. Over 35 years of births, the list goes from François Beaugendre (1880) to Joseph Moingt (1915). Per head, the list is long: 8.3 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Loir-et-Cher has 3.




Athletes take two of the three places.
#1French cyclist (1880–1936)
#2French cyclist (1883–1954)
#3French theologian (1915–2020)
The 1880s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
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Sports leads the fields, with 2 people.
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François Beaugendre (French cyclist (1880–1936)) is the best known by our measure: 12 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Omer Beaugendre and Joseph Moingt.
4 people born in Salbris have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 5 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, athletes: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
François Beaugendre, born in 1880. The youngest on the list was born in 1915.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Salbris 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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