Jean-Marc Ferreri
born 1962French association football player
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Articles in 26 languages make the French association football player Jean-Marc Ferreri the best known. Between 1914 and 1969, 8 were born, the most of any period. Only 8 of the 98 towns in Loire with anyone on record list more. Per head, the list is long: 29.2 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Loire has 1.5.

Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 1.9 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Jean-Marc Ferreri leads with articles in 26 languages, ahead of Henri Villecourt (7) and Joëlle Bergeron (7).
French association football player
French basketball player
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More of them were born in the 1940s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The other 8 span the years 1756 to 1969.
French politician (1756-1828)

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Around it, Roanne has the most people on record, 120 of them.
Jean-Marc Ferreri (French association football player) is the best known by our measure: 26 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Henri Villecourt and Joëlle Bergeron.
11 people born in Charlieu have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 17 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, leaders: 5 of the 11. That is 45% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
François, Laurent Michelet De Rochemont, born in 1756. The youngest on the list was born in 1969.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Charlieu 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.
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a hospital, a neighbourhood or a wider area, another commune, or missing, or their articles may not name a birthplace. We only list people the sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations, how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each person) and French and English Wikipedia (each person’s articles confirm the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are matched to the commune by INSEE code and its history of mergers (INSEE COG 2026). Ranked by the number of articles. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across French towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the license below (our copy, resized).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.