#1Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg
1814–1874French Mesoamericanist (1814–1874)
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Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, the French mesoamericanist, is the most widely known, written about in 16 languages. Second and third on the list are Albert Courquin and Jean-Pierre Decool. Born in 1814, Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg is the first name on record, and Jean-Pierre Decool, born in 1952, the most recent. Fewer than a quarter of the 279 towns in Nord with famous people list more.
Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg leads with articles in 16 languages, ahead of Albert Courquin (4) and Jean-Pierre Decool (4).
#1French Mesoamericanist (1814–1874)
French association football player (1898-1940)
(1952) French politician
Births peak in the 1810s, with 1 people born in that decade.
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Politics & Law leads the fields, with 2 people.
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Nearby, Dunkerque has the most on record, with 148.
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Oye-Plage · 7 miPaul Machy & 1 moreCharles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg (French Mesoamericanist (1814–1874)) is the best known by our measure: 16 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Albert Courquin and Jean-Pierre Decool.
4 people born in Bourbourg have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 9 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.
Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, born in 1814. The youngest on the list was born in 1952.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bourbourg 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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