#1Michel Hidalgo
1933–2020French football player and manager (1933-2020)
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The best known is the French football player and manager Michel Hidalgo, with articles in 33 languages. The other is Christian Synaeghel, the footballer. Births span 1933 to 1951, from Michel Hidalgo to Christian Synaeghel. Within 3 mi, Dunkerque lists the most: 148, with Kristina Mladenovic first.


#1French football player and manager (1933-2020)
#2Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Dunkerque · 3 miKristina Mladenovic & 147 more
Bergues · 6 miCharles Pacôme & 18 more
Grande-Synthe · 7 miLucas Pouille & 15 moreBCCoudekerque-Branche · 3 miBarthélémy Chinenyeze & 3 more
Ghyvelde · 4 miFrédéric Jansoone & 3 morePNHondschoote · 8 miPierre-Antoine Herwyn de Nevèle & 3 moreEFBray-Dunes · 4 miEmmanuelle Farcy & 1 more
Cappelle-la-Grande · 5 miAlain Vasseur & 1 moreMichel Hidalgo (French football player and manager (1933-2020)) is the best known by our measure: 33 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Christian Synaeghel.
2 people born in Leffrinckoucke 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: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Michel Hidalgo, born in 1933. The youngest on the list was born in 1951.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Leffrinckoucke 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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