Pierre-Jules Boulanger
1885–1950French engineer (1885–1950)
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The best known is the French engineer Pierre-Jules Boulanger, with articles in 13 languages. Maurice Allard is second and Simonne Ratel third. 4 of them were born in the Belle Époque, more than in any other period. The earliest on the list is Jules Leconte, born in 1867, and the youngest Jean-Marc Caré, born in 1944.
No other field is as far above the usual share as writers and artists, at 2.3 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
By how many languages cover them, Pierre-Jules Boulanger comes first (13), then Maurice Allard (5) and Simonne Ratel (4).
French engineer (1885–1950)
French musician (1923-2004)
#3French writer (1900–1948)
The busiest decade was the 1920s, with 2 births.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The rest number 6, with 4 writers and artists among them.


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Douai has the longest list next door: 158.
Douai · 2 miCharles Alexandre de Calonne & 157 moreFDMasny · 4 miFrançois Debève & 5 more
Waziers · 2 miGeorges Pretre & 4 more
Lambres-lez-Douai · 2 miVictoire Berteau & 2 moreATCourchelettes · 2 miAlfred Trannin & 2 moreSVDechy · 1 miSéverine VandenhendeRCGuesnain · 2 miRoman ChtiejALCuincy · 3 miAndré Joseph LemairePierre-Jules Boulanger (French engineer (1885–1950)) is the best known by our measure: 13 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Maurice Allard and Simonne Ratel.
9 people born in Sin-le-Noble 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, writers and artists: 5 of the 9. That is 56% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Jules Leconte, born in 1867. The youngest on the list was born in 1944.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Sin-le-Noble 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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