#1Yvette Lundy
1916–2019French resistance fighter (1916–2019)
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At the top of the list is the French resistance fighter Yvette Lundy, covered in 9 languages. Behind the leader come Antoine-Claude-Pierre Masson de La Motte-Conflans and Fernand Moulet. As early as 1727, Antoine-Claude-Pierre Masson de La Motte-Conflans was born here, one of 2 born before the Revolution. Half or more of the towns in Marne have no one on record, but this one has 19.5 for every 10,000 residents.
Blancs-Coteaux has 9.2× the usual share of scientists and doctors.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Count by decade and the 1910s come out on top, with 1 births.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Counted by languages, Yvette Lundy is ahead of Antoine-Claude-Pierre Masson de La Motte-Conflans and Fernand Moulet: 9, 5 and 4.
#1French resistance fighter (1916–2019)
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The longest list nearby is Épernay’s, with 54.
Yvette Lundy (French resistance fighter (1916–2019)) is the best known by our measure: 9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Antoine-Claude-Pierre Masson de La Motte-Conflans and Fernand Moulet.
6 people born in Blancs-Coteaux have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 10 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, scientists and doctors: 4 of the 6. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 7% across French towns.
Antoine-Claude-Pierre Masson de La Motte-Conflans, born in 1727. The youngest on the list was born in 1916.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Blancs-Coteaux 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.
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a hospital, a neighbourhood or a wider area, another commune, or missing, or their articles may not name a birthplace. We only list people the sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations, how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each person) and French and English Wikipedia (each person’s articles confirm the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are matched to the commune by INSEE code and its history of mergers (INSEE COG 2026). Ranked by the number of articles. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across French towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the license below (our copy, resized).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.