#1Jean-Marie Louvel
1900–1970French politician (1900-1970)
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Jean-Marie Louvel, the French politician, is the most widely known, written about in 8 languages. Between the Revolution and the Second Empire, 4 were born, the most of any period. More are writers and artists than anything else, 4 in all. The list’s best known name, Jean-Marie Louvel, dates from 1900.
More were born in the 1960s than in any other decade: 2.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The three are covered in 8, 7 and 6 languages: Jean-Marie Louvel, Antoine Goulard and Franck Goldnadel.
#1French politician (1900-1970)
Former director of Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport
La Ferté Macé has 1.4× the usual share of writers and artists.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
9 more names, born between 1840 and 2004.


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Close by, Rives d'Andaine counts 3 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Jean-Marie Louvel (French politician (1900-1970)) is the best known by our measure: 8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Antoine Goulard and Franck Goldnadel.
12 people born in La Ferté Macé have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 19 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: 4 of the 12. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Louis Duval, born in 1840. The youngest on the list was born in 2004.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is La Ferté Macé 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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