#1Bernard Derosier
born 1939French politician
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Most widely known is Bernard Derosier, the French politician, with articles in 5 languages. Robert Porchon is second and Isabelle Le Dû third. For every 10,000 residents there are 15 on the list, well above the typical Loiret town’s 1.6. Fewer than a quarter of the 100 towns in Loiret with famous people list more.
By how many languages cover them, Bernard Derosier comes first (5), then Robert Porchon (3) and Isabelle Le Dû (2).
#1French politician
#2French military personnel (1894-1915)
French association football player
The busiest decade was the 1930s, with 1 births.
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Share of Chevilly’s famous people in each field.
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1 more, best known first.
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Close by, the fullest list is Orléans’, at 368 names.
Orléans · 10 miRobert II de France & 367 more
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Saint-Jean-de-Braye · 9 miHenri Gaudier-Brzeska & 5 moreDPNeuville-aux-Bois · 8 miDamien Plessis & 2 more
Saint-Jean-le-Blanc · 10 miRené Dupont & 2 moreADLa Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin · 10 miAlain Drufin & 1 morePBSaint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle · 8 miPhilippe Bertrand
Loury · 10 miAntoine MassonBernard Derosier (French politician) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Robert Porchon and Isabelle Le Dû.
4 people born in Chevilly 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, leaders: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Louis Darblay, born in 1851. The youngest on the list was born in 1958.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Chevilly 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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