#1René Lalique
1860–1945French glass designer (1860–1945)
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Articles in 35 languages make the French glass designer René Lalique the best known. 5 of them were born in the Belle Époque, more than in any other period. The list runs from Pierre-Charles Alexandre Louis, born in 1787, to Laurent Fourrier, born in 1965. Half or more of the towns in Marne have no one on record, but this one has 19.6 for every 10,000 residents.
Writers and artists take two of the three places.
#1French glass designer (1860–1945)
#2French physician (1787-1872)
French painter (1875–1953)
No decade has more births than the 1870s, at 3.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Writing & Arts leads the fields, with 3 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Another 7, 3 of them leaders.

French artist, active 1905-1926 (1878-1952)

No one matches both filters.
Of the towns nearby, 3 have famous names listed.
René Lalique (French glass designer (1860–1945)) is the best known by our measure: 35 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Pierre-Charles Alexandre Louis and Étienne-Auguste Krier.
10 people born in Aÿ-Champagne have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 19 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: 3 of the 10. That is 30% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Pierre-Charles Alexandre Louis, born in 1787. The youngest on the list was born in 1965.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Aÿ-Champagne 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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