#1Casimir Zuraczek
born 1949French association football player
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Most widely known is Casimir Zuraczek, the French association football player, with articles in 3 languages. Second place goes to the French football manager Fabrice Vandeputte, third to Franck Dhersin. More than half were born between 1914 and 1969, 13 in all. From Bernard Stakowiak in 1939 to Anicet Saussé in 1969, the births cover 30 years.
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 3.3 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The 1960s alone account for 5 of the births charted here.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The three are covered in 3, 3 and 3 languages: Casimir Zuraczek, Fabrice Vandeputte and Franck Dhersin.
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Here are 10 more, born from 1939 to 1969.



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The longest list nearby is Bully-les-Mines’, with 19.
Bully-les-Mines · 1 miAndré Strappe & 18 more
Liévin · 4 miGeorges Carpentier & 14 more
Sains-en-Gohelle · 2 miJean-Claude Gautrand & 2 more
Nœux-les-Mines · 2 miRaymond Kopa & 2 more
Loos-en-Gohelle · 3 miLéon Louyet & 2 moreHLVermelles · 1 miHenri Lucas & 1 moreRDHersin-Coupigny · 3 miRaymond Derancy & 1 morePBGrenay · 2 miPierre BrasmeCasimir Zuraczek (French association football player) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Fabrice Vandeputte and Franck Dhersin.
13 people born in Mazingarbe have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 17 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: 8 of the 13. That is 62% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Bernard Stakowiak, born in 1939. The youngest on the list was born in 1969.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Mazingarbe 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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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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