Guillaume Mauviel
1757–1814French constitutional bishop
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Most widely known is Guillaume Mauviel, the French constitutional bishop, with articles in 3 languages. Close behind are Jules Delafosse and Jean-Claude Lemoine. More are leaders than anything else, 2 in all. Fewer than a quarter of the 123 towns in Manche with famous people list more.
First, Guillaume Mauviel (3 languages), then Jules Delafosse (3) and Jean-Claude Lemoine (2).
French constitutional bishop
French politician (1841-1916)
French politician (1931-2007)
The 1750s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The largest field is Politics & Law, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Around it, Saint-Lô has the most people on record, 60 of them.
Saint-Lô · 10 miUrbain Le Verrier & 59 more
Torigny-les-Villes · 5 miJacques de Monaco & 5 more
Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny · 12 miSophie Quinton & 5 more
Souleuvre en Bocage · 9 miBrigitte Le Brethon & 4 moreAGNoues de Sienne · 9 miAllain Gaussin & 3 more
Percy-en-Normandie · 7 miGeorges Grente & 1 more
Condé-sur-Vire · 6 miJean de Brébeuf
Bourgvallées · 6 miFernand Le RachinelGuillaume Mauviel (French constitutional bishop) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jules Delafosse and Jean-Claude Lemoine.
4 people born in Tessy-Bocage have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Guillaume Mauviel, born in 1757. The youngest on the list was born in 1931.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Tessy-Bocage 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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