Théodore Szkudlapski
1935–2006French association football player (1935-2006)
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Photo: Maitre So · Public domainArticles in 4 languages make the French association football player Théodore Szkudlapski the best known. The next two names are Jean Wyart and Jérémy Lorca. The largest group, 5, was born between 1914 and 1969. Born in 1902, Jean Wyart is the first name on record, and Jérémy Lorca, born in 1982, the most recent.
Avion has 4× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
No decade has more births than the 1930s, at 2.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Languages with an article: 4 for Théodore Szkudlapski, 2 for Jean Wyart, 2 for Jérémy Lorca.
French association football player (1935-2006)
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Of the other 5, 5 are athletes.
No one matches both filters.
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Vimy · 3 miClaude Guéant & 5 moreBLSallaumines · 2 miBruno Léchevin & 3 moreHTFouquières-lès-Lens · 3 miHenri Tincq & 3 moreCHMéricourt · 2 miCharles Humez & 2 moreJOBilly-Montigny · 4 miJean Ooghe & 2 more
Noyelles-sous-Lens · 2 miEdita Piekha & 1 moreThéodore Szkudlapski (French association football player (1935-2006)) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jean Wyart and Jérémy Lorca.
8 people born in Avion have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 12 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, athletes: 6 of the 8. That is 75% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Jean Wyart, born in 1902. The youngest on the list was born in 1982.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Avion 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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