#1Charles Hermite
1822–1901French mathematician (1822-1901)
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Charles Hermite, the French mathematician, is the most widely known, written about in 54 languages. The French painter Émile Friant ranks second, ahead of Charles-Louis de Ficquelmont. Between the Revolution and the Second Empire, 5 were born, the most of any period. From Nicolas Louis Crousse to Christine Herzog, the births on the list run from 1747 to 1968.
By how many languages cover them, Charles Hermite comes first (54), then Émile Friant (40) and Charles-Louis de Ficquelmont (15).
#1French mathematician (1822-1901)
French painter (1863-1932)
#3Austrian politician (1777-1857)
Dieuze has 1.9× the usual share of leaders.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The 1900s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Of the other 10, 5 are leaders.

French journalist and politician (1817-1892)
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The most names next door are in Morhange: 4.
Charles Hermite (French mathematician (1822-1901)) is the best known by our measure: 54 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Émile Friant and Charles-Louis de Ficquelmont.
13 people born in Dieuze have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 25 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: 6 of the 13. That is 46% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Nicolas Louis Crousse, born in 1747. The youngest on the list was born in 1968.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Dieuze 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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