Alain Desgages
born 1945French association football player
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At the top of the list is the French association football player Alain Desgages, covered in 2 languages. The only other name is the French politician Abraham Goyet-Dubignon. The neighbour with the longest list is Mayenne, 10 mi away: 47, led by Jean Lefebvre de Cheverus. The list’s best known name, Alain Desgages, dates from 1945.
French association football player
French politician
The field with the most names is Sports: 1.
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Mayenne leads the towns around it, with 47 names.
Alain Desgages (French association football player) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Abraham Goyet-Dubignon.
2 people born in Vautorte 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, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Abraham Goyet-Dubignon, born in 1747. The youngest on the list was born in 1945.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Vautorte 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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