Philippe Hinschberger
born 1959French association football player and manager
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The best known is the French association football player and manager Philippe Hinschberger, with articles in 14 languages. The largest group, 8, was born between 1914 and 1969. The list is still growing: 3 were born since 1970. The first birth on record is Josef Wagner’s, in 1899, and the last Aurélien Salmon’s, in 1987.
More of them were born in the 1950s than in any other ten years, 5 in all.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Athletes stand out most, at 2 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Two of the three are leaders.
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Of the towns nearby, Thionville lists the most people: 103.
Thionville · 4 miFrédéric Weis & 102 moreRSNilvange · 1 miRené Schwartz & 2 more
Knutange · 2 miClaude Frisoni & 2 moreJMFontoy · 3 miJean-Pierre Mérot & 2 morePGTerville · 4 miPierre Gillet & 1 moreEBFlorange · 4 miEl Hedi Belameiri & 1 more
Hayange · 2 miMathieu JaminetAGSerémange-Erzange · 3 miAimé GoriPhilippe Hinschberger (French association football player and manager) is the best known by our measure: 14 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Josef Wagner and Christian Eckert.
13 people born in Algrange have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 18 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, athletes: 5 of the 13. That is 38% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Josef Wagner, born in 1899. The youngest on the list was born in 1987.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Algrange 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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