#1Louis Malle
1932–1995French film director, screenwriter, and producer (1932-1995)
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Best known of all is Louis Malle, written about in 54 languages. Close behind are Alexandre Coget and Ferdinand Béghin. Born in 1774, Alexandre Coget is the first name on record, and Thierry Denneulin, born in 1954, the most recent. Fewer than a quarter of the 279 towns in Nord with famous people list more.
Three names lead: Louis Malle (54 languages), Alexandre Coget (1) and Ferdinand Béghin (1).
#1French film director, screenwriter, and producer (1932-1995)
French politician
#3French sugar and papper industrialist (1902-1994)
Births peak in the 1930s, with 1 people born in that decade.
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Share of Thumeries’ famous people in each field.
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1 more, best known first.
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The most names next door are in Wahagnies: 4.
Wahagnies · 1 miAugustin Laurent & 3 more
Oignies · 3 miGuy Drut & 3 moreASLibercourt · 2 miAlexandre Stassievitch & 2 moreABAuby · 4 miAchille Blondeau & 2 moreMALeforest · 3 miMarie-Paul Armand & 1 moreADRaimbeaucourt · 3 miAndré Doye & 1 moreLNDourges · 4 miLéon Nowiasz & 1 more
Ostricourt · 2 miNoureddine KourichiLouis Malle (French film director, screenwriter, and producer (1932-1995)) is the best known by our measure: 54 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Alexandre Coget and Ferdinand Béghin.
4 people born in Thumeries 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, performers: 1 of the 4. That is 25% of the town’s list, against 8% across French towns.
Alexandre Coget, born in 1774. The youngest on the list was born in 1954.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Thumeries 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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