#1Constant Ménager
1889–1970Road bicycle racer (1889-1970)
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Constant Ménager, the road bicycle racer, is the most widely known, written about in 10 languages. Second and third on the list are Francis Van Londersele and Maurice Borrel. The list’s best known name, Constant Ménager, dates from 1889. Only 15 of the 132 towns in Oise with anyone on record list more.

Ranked by languages covered: Constant Ménager with 10, then Francis Van Londersele with 4 and Maurice Borrel with 4.
#1Road bicycle racer (1889-1970)
French directeur sportif
French sculptor, engraver and medallist (1804–1882)
No decade has more births than the 1880s, at 1.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Politics & Law leads the fields, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Still to come: 2 more, from 1833 to 1904.
No one matches both filters.
Nearby, Creil has the most on record, with 35.
Constant Ménager (Road bicycle racer (1889-1970)) is the best known by our measure: 10 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Francis Van Londersele and Maurice Borrel.
5 people born in Montataire have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 9 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: 2 of the 5. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Maurice Borrel, born in 1804. The youngest on the list was born in 1953.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Montataire 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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