Jean-Pierre Tizon
1920–2012French politician (1920-2012)
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Photo: Xfigpower · CC BY-SA 3.0Jean-Pierre Tizon, the French politician, is the most widely known, written about in 2 languages. The French missionary Louis Leroy ranks second, ahead of Gervais Sauvé. The list’s best known name, Jean-Pierre Tizon, dates from 1920. A short trip away, Avranches (5 mi) counts 37 famous people, Jean-Luc Ponty among them.
Two of the three are leaders.
French politician (1920-2012)
French missionary (1923-1961)
French politician (1735-1801)
Politics & Law leads the fields, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Around it, Avranches has the most people on record, 37 of them.
Avranches · 5 miJean-Luc Ponty & 36 more
Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët · 8 miMikaël Cherel & 14 moreELLouvigné-du-Désert · 12 miEugène Letendre & 4 moreMBSaint-James · 7 miMarie-Louise Bouglé & 3 more
Grandparigny · 10 miSimonne Caillère & 2 moreMFIsigny-le-Buat · 5 miMadeleine FoisilPTSartilly-Baie-Bocage · 12 miPaul ThoravalJean-Pierre Tizon (French politician (1920-2012)) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Louis Leroy and Gervais Sauvé.
3 people born in Ducey-Les Chéris have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 4 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 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Gervais Sauvé, born in 1735. The youngest on the list was born in 1923.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Ducey-Les Chéris 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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