#1Arthur Lamendin
1852–1920French politician (1852–1920)
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Arthur Lamendin, the French politician, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. The French politician Henri Fiévez ranks second, ahead of Ernest Cartigny. Per head, the list is long: 16.1 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Nord has 3.2. 3 of them were born in the Belle Époque, more than in any other period.

No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 2.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The three are covered in 4, 4 and 2 languages: Arthur Lamendin, Henri Fiévez and Ernest Cartigny.
#1French politician (1852–1920)
French politician (1909–1997)
French politician
Births peak in the 1850s, with 1 people born in that decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
3 more names, born between 1879 and 1945.
No one matches both filters.
The neighbour with the most names is Denain, at 29.
Denain · 2 miFabien Gilot & 28 more
Bouchain · 3 miTimothée Trimm & 8 moreÉSEscaudain · 1 miÉdouard Stako & 3 more
Douchy-les-Mines · 2 miRobert Mintkiewicz & 1 more
Abscon · 3 miJoseph Bouliez & 1 moreJDHaveluy · 3 miJean-Baptiste Delille & 1 moreRDThiant · 4 miRoger Devemy & 1 moreFBRœulx · 1 miFélix-Gaspard Thieffries de BeauvoisArthur Lamendin (French politician (1852–1920)) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Henri Fiévez and Ernest Cartigny.
6 people born in Lourches 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: 4 of the 6. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Arthur Lamendin, born in 1852. The youngest on the list was born in 1945.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Lourches 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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