Édouard Stako
1934–2008French association football player (1934-2008)
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Photo: JÄNNICK Jérémy · Public domainArticles in 6 languages make the French association football player Édouard Stako the best known. Behind the leader come Charles Samoy and Pierre Lefebvre. Births span 1887 to 1939, from André Canivez to Charles Samoy. Fewer than a quarter of the 279 towns in Nord with famous people list more.
Two of the three are athletes.
French association football player (1934-2008)
French politician (Escaudain 1938-Dechy 2026)
Most were born between 1914 and 1969 (3); the busiest decade is the 1930s (3).
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Sports leads the fields, with 2 people.
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The longest list nearby is Denain’s, with 29.
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Douchy-les-Mines · 3 miRobert Mintkiewicz & 1 moreÉdouard Stako (French association football player (1934-2008)) is the best known by our measure: 6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Charles Samoy and Pierre Lefebvre.
4 people born in Escaudain have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 7 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: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
André Canivez, born in 1887. The youngest on the list was born in 1939.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Escaudain 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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