Roger Devemy
1910–1998French politician
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Photo: MichelH59224 · CC BY-SA 3.0Roger Devemy, the French politician, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. The list has one more: the French association football player Guy Frappart. Just 4 mi away, Valenciennes’ list holds 202 names, Antoine Watteau the best known. Born in 1910, Roger Devemy is the first name on record, and Guy Frappart, born in 1960, the most recent.
French politician
French association football player
The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 1.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Of the towns around it, Valenciennes has the most on record: 202.
Valenciennes · 4 miAntoine Watteau & 201 more
Denain · 3 miFabien Gilot & 28 more
Trith-Saint-Léger · 2 miDaniel Leclercq & 6 more
Lourches · 4 miArthur Lamendin & 5 moreJDAulnoy-lez-Valenciennes · 4 miJean Dauby & 2 more
Douchy-les-Mines · 2 miRobert Mintkiewicz & 1 moreLGHérin · 3 miLéon Guéry & 1 moreJDHaveluy · 4 miJean-Baptiste Delille & 1 moreRoger Devemy (French politician) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Guy Frappart.
2 people born in Thiant 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, leaders: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Roger Devemy, born in 1910. The youngest on the list was born in 1960.
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