#1Françoise Leclercq
1908–1983French resistance fighter and political activist
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Françoise Leclercq leads the list, covered in 3 languages. Most were born between 1914 and 1969: 4 of them. The list’s best known name, Françoise Leclercq, dates from 1908. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 3.2, close to the 3.2 of the typical Nord town.
Françoise Leclercq has articles in 3 languages, Jacques Rose in 2 and André Cauty in 1.
#1French resistance fighter and political activist
#2French footballer
French linguist
No decade has more births than the 1940s, at 2.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The largest field is Politics & Law, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
3 more names, born between 1861 and 1963.
No one matches both filters.
Of the towns around it, Roubaix has the most on record: 241.
Roubaix · 2 miBernard Arnault & 240 moreCDCroix · 2 miCorinne Diacre & 28 more
Wattrelos · 3 miHector Tiberghien & 22 moreAFVilleneuve-d'Ascq · 3 miAlexis Flips & 21 moreMBMons-en-Barœul · 4 miMichel Butor & 4 moreGLLys-lez-Lannoy · 1 miGilbert Lannoy & 3 more
Wasquehal · 3 miHenri Dorgères & 3 moreADToufflers · 2 miAndré DesmulliezFrançoise Leclercq (French resistance fighter and political activist) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jacques Rose and André Cauty.
6 people born in Hem 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, leaders: 2 of the 6. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Henri Delecroix, born in 1861. The youngest on the list was born in 1963.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Hem 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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