#1Joseph Laniel
1889–1975Prime Minister of France (1889-1975)
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Articles in 28 languages make the prime Minister of France Joseph Laniel the best known. The next two names are Roland Armontel and Louis Charles Tillaye. More are leaders than anything else, 3 in all. Fewer than a quarter of the 102 towns in Orne with famous people list more.
Two of the three are leaders.
#1Prime Minister of France (1889-1975)
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#3French politician (1847–1913)
The 1880s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
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Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 3.2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
1 more, best known first.
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3 towns around it have someone on record.
Joseph Laniel (Prime Minister of France (1889-1975)) is the best known by our measure: 28 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Roland Armontel and Louis Charles Tillaye.
4 people born in Vimoutiers have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 8 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: 3 of the 4. That is 75% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Stanislas Gigon La Bertrie, born in 1794. The youngest on the list was born in 1901.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Vimoutiers 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.
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a hospital, a neighbourhood or a wider area, another commune, or missing, or their articles may not name a birthplace. We only list people the sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations, how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each person) and French and English Wikipedia (each person’s articles confirm the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are matched to the commune by INSEE code and its history of mergers (INSEE COG 2026). Ranked by the number of articles. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across French towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the license below (our copy, resized).
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