Armand Lebailly
1838–1864French poet
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The best known is the French poet Armand Lebailly, with articles in 3 languages. The other is Bernard Beck. Go 12 mi to Granville and the list grows to 55, with Christian Dior at the top. Births span 1838 to 1914, from Armand Lebailly to Bernard Beck.
French poet
French politician, official and magistrate (1914–2009)
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Around it, Granville has the most people on record, 55 of them.
Granville · 12 miChristian Dior & 54 moreGGCoutances · 11 miGuillaume Le Gentil & 53 more
Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny · 7 miSophie Quinton & 5 more
Quettreville-sur-Sienne · 7 miJacques-Louis Daniel & 2 more
Percy-en-Normandie · 7 miGeorges Grente & 1 moreCLDonville-les-Bains · 11 miClaude Leteurtre & 1 more
Bréhal · 8 miGérard FéreyPTSartilly-Baie-Bocage · 12 miPaul ThoravalArmand Lebailly (French poet) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Bernard Beck.
2 people born in Gavray-sur-Sienne 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.
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Armand Lebailly, born in 1838. The youngest on the list was born in 1914.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Gavray-sur-Sienne 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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