Jean-Claude Décosse
born 1949French athletics competitor
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Most widely known is Jean-Claude Décosse, the French athletics competitor, with articles in 3 languages. Second and third on the list are Charles Ambroise Bertrand de L'Hodiesnière and Émile Halbout. Guy Mollet heads the list in Flers, 2 mi away, which has 18 names. The list’s best known name, Jean-Claude Décosse, dates from 1949.
Two of the three are leaders.
French athletics competitor
French politician
French politician (1905–1997)
The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 2.
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The fullest list close by belongs to Flers, with 18.
Domfront en Poiraie · 12 miAuguste Chevalier & 12 moreJDCondé-en-Normandie · 8 miJules Dumont d’Urville & 11 more
Tinchebray-Bocage · 6 miAndré Breton & 6 moreJLAthis-Val de Rouvre · 6 miJean-François Leroy & 3 more
Valdallière · 10 miPierre Maubant & 2 moreAPSaint-Georges-des-Groseillers · 1 miAloïs PottierJean-Claude Décosse (French athletics competitor) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Charles Ambroise Bertrand de L'Hodiesnière and Émile Halbout.
3 people born in La Lande-Patry 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: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Charles Ambroise Bertrand de L'Hodiesnière, born in 1756. The youngest on the list was born in 1949.
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