Patrick Gallois
born 1956French flutist and conductor
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Most widely known is Patrick Gallois, the French flutist and conductor, with articles in 12 languages. The French basketball player Jean-Pierre Staelens ranks second, ahead of Arnaud-Dominique Houte. The largest group, 4, was born between 1914 and 1969. The list comes to 9.8 for every 10,000 residents, against 3.2 in the typical town in Nord.
More of them were born in the 1950s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Patrick Gallois leads with articles in 12 languages, ahead of Jean-Pierre Staelens (5) and Arnaud-Dominique Houte (2).
French flutist and conductor
French basketball player (1945–2000)
#3French historian
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 1.6 times.
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5 more, 3 of them leaders.

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Of the towns around it, Tourcoing has the most on record: 127.
Tourcoing · 4 miYohan Cabaye & 126 more
Comines · 3 miEdmond Decottignies & 11 moreHBRoncq · 2 miHenri Bouckaert & 10 moreLVWervicq-Sud · 3 miLéon Vandermeersch & 5 moreIDHalluin · 3 miIsidore Dumortier & 5 more
Wambrechies · 4 miMarie-Christine Debourse & 3 moreJGMarquette-lez-Lille · 5 miJean Van Gool & 3 moreJDBousbecque · 2 miJean Debuf & 1 morePatrick Gallois (French flutist and conductor) is the best known by our measure: 12 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jean-Pierre Staelens and Arnaud-Dominique Houte.
8 people born in Linselles have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 11 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: 3 of the 8. That is 38% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Pierre-François Lepoutre, born in 1735. The youngest on the list was born in 1977.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Linselles 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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