Osman Duquesnay
1846–1923French politician (1846–1923)
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Photo: Nawal · CC BY 2.0Most widely known is Osman Duquesnay, the French politician, with articles in 3 languages. Close behind are Gilbert Marguerite and Maurice. Per head, the list is long: 4.7 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Martinique has 3. Leaders make up the largest group, 2 of them.
Ranked by languages covered: Osman Duquesnay with 3, then Gilbert Marguerite with 1 and Maurice with 1.
French politician (1846–1923)
French association football player
French radio host
The 1840s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 2.
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The neighbour with the most names is Le François, at 7.
Osman Duquesnay (French politician (1846–1923)) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Gilbert Marguerite and Maurice.
4 people born in Le Marin have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 13 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 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Osman Duquesnay, born in 1846. The youngest on the list was born in 1965.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Marin 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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