#1Jacques Secrétin
1949–2020French table tennis player (1949-2022)
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At the top of the list is the French table tennis player Jacques Secrétin, covered in 15 languages. Hermeline Malherbe is second and Jo Manix third. Nearby, Courrières, 2 mi away, lists 10, led by Jules Breton. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 1.7, close to the 2.3 of the typical Pas-de-Calais town.
Ranked by languages covered: Jacques Secrétin with 15, then Hermeline Malherbe with 5 and Jo Manix with 1.
#1French table tennis player (1949-2022)
#2French politician
French comics artist (1966-2001)
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Close by, the fullest list is Courrières’, at 10 names.
Jacques Secrétin (French table tennis player (1949-2022)) is the best known by our measure: 15 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Hermeline Malherbe and Jo Manix.
3 people born in Carvin 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, athletes: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Jacques Secrétin, born in 1949. The youngest on the list was born in 1969.
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