André-Charles Brotier
1751–1798French royalist (1751-1798)
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André-Charles Brotier, the French royalist, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. Close behind are Gabriel Brottier and Sophie Leclair. Fewer than a quarter of the 93 towns in Nièvre with famous people list more. The biggest group are leaders: 2.
André-Charles Brotier leads with articles in 4 languages, ahead of Gabriel Brottier (3) and Sophie Leclair (2).
French royalist (1751-1798)
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More were born in the 1750s than in any other decade: 1.
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Leaders are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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Clamecy leads the towns around it, with 21 names.
André-Charles Brotier (French royalist (1751-1798)) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Gabriel Brottier and Sophie Leclair.
4 people born in Tannay have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 5 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.
Gabriel Brottier, born in 1723. The youngest on the list was born in 1925.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Tannay 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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