#1Antoine Ravel
1893–1970French politician (1893-1970)
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An article in one language makes the French politician Antoine Ravel the best known so far. Second place goes to the French politician Casimir Royer, third to Claude Ramel. Per head, the list is long: 8.6 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Loire has 1.5. Antoine Ravel, the best known, was born in 1893.

The three best known are all leaders.
#1French politician (1893-1970)
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More were born in the 1890s than in any other decade: 1.
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 3.4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
2 more names, born between 1889 and 1968.
No one matches both filters.
Close by, the fullest list is Saint-Priest-en-Jarez’s, at 16 names.
Saint-Priest-en-Jarez · 9 miFaouzi Ghoulam & 15 more
Chazelles-sur-Lyon · 5 miAlain Rousset & 6 more
Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise · 7 miAntoine Pinay & 5 more
Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert · 7 miSylvie Bonnet & 3 more
Veauche · 3 miFrançoise Héritier & 2 moreLMSury-le-Comtal · 7 miLouis Martin & 1 moreJCAndrézieux-Bouthéon · 5 miJean-Louis ChazelleFGSaint-Héand · 5 miFrédéric GirerdAntoine Ravel (French politician (1893-1970)) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Casimir Royer and Claude Ramel.
5 people born in Saint-Galmier have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 7 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: 4 of the 5. That is 80% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Claude Ramel, born in 1768. The youngest on the list was born in 1968.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Galmier 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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