Augustin Cabanès
1862–1928French doctor, historian and writer (1862-1928)
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Augustin Cabanès is the best known, with articles in 6 languages. 3 of them were born before the Revolution, more than in any other period. As early as 1746, François Marie Louis Barrairon was born here, one of 3 born before the Revolution. The list comes to 19 for every 10,000 residents, against 10.9 in the typical town in Lot.
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 2.1 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The 1860s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Augustin Cabanès has articles in 6 languages, Pierre Pélissier in 5 and Jean-Paul Planchou in 3.
French doctor, historian and writer (1862-1928)
#2French poet (1814-1863)
French politician
The rest number 5, with 3 leaders among them.

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Augustin Cabanès (French doctor, historian and writer (1862-1928)) is the best known by our measure: 6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Pierre Pélissier and Jean-Paul Planchou.
8 people born in Gourdon have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 16 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 8. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
François Marie Louis Barrairon, born in 1746. The youngest on the list was born in 1948.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Gourdon 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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