Léon Guéry
1920–1995French association football player (1920-1995)
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Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0An article in one language makes the French association football player Léon Guéry the best known so far. The only other name is the French nurse Rosette Peschaud. The nearest list is in Valenciennes, 3 mi away: 202 names, starting with Antoine Watteau. Léon Guéry was born in 1920.
French association football player (1920-1995)
French nurse
Athletes are the most numerous, 1 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The longest list nearby is Valenciennes’, with 202.
Valenciennes · 3 miAntoine Watteau & 201 more
Denain · 3 miFabien Gilot & 28 more
Anzin · 3 miLouis Thiétard & 15 more
Trith-Saint-Léger · 2 miDaniel Leclercq & 6 more
Wallers · 3 miÉdouard Wojciak & 5 moreGBRaismes · 3 miGaston Blanquart & 4 moreJDHaveluy · 2 miJean-Baptiste Delille & 1 moreRDThiant · 3 miRoger Devemy & 1 moreLéon Guéry (French association football player (1920-1995)) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Rosette Peschaud.
2 people born in Hérin have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Léon Guéry, born in 1920. The youngest on the list was born in 1920.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Hérin 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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