Joël Hallais
born 1947French sports coach
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The French sports coach Joël Hallais was born in 1947. That places their birth between 1914 and 1969. 2 languages have an article about them. Christian Dior tops the 55 names on record in Granville, 11 mi away.
French sports coach
Granville has the longest list next door: 55.
Joël Hallais (French sports coach) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
1 people born in Bacilly have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
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