Jean Adrien Queslin
1754–1821French politician
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Jean Adrien Queslin, the French politician, is the most widely known, written about in one language. The other is Jérôme Houyvet, the French photographer. The list’s best known name, Jean Adrien Queslin, dates from 1754. The longest list of any town in Manche belongs to Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, with 178.
French politician
French photographer
The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 1.
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Jean Adrien Queslin (French politician) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jérôme Houyvet.
2 people born in Barfleur 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: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Jean Adrien Queslin, born in 1754. The youngest on the list was born in 1970.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Barfleur 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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