Paul Rivière
1912–1998French resistance fighter (1912–1998)
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Articles in 5 languages make the French resistance fighter Paul Rivière the best known. Behind the leader come Joannès Déchelette and Joseph Rivière. Only 17 of the 98 towns in Loire with anyone on record list more. Over 66 years of births, the list goes from Louis Déchelette (1848) to Joseph Rivière (1914).
Paul Rivière leads with articles in 5 languages, ahead of Joannès Déchelette (2) and Joseph Rivière (2).
French resistance fighter (1912–1998)
French politician (1864-1934)
French politician (1914-1984)
The 1910s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 3.2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
1 more, best known first.
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The neighbour with the most names is Roanne, at 120.
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Riorges · 9 miGuy RibesALVillerest · 10 miAntoine LacassagnePaul Rivière (French resistance fighter (1912–1998)) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Joannès Déchelette and Joseph Rivière.
4 people born in Montagny have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 6 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: 3 of the 4. That is 75% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Louis Déchelette, born in 1848. The youngest on the list was born in 1914.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Montagny 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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