#1Micheline Ostermeyer
1922–2001French athlete and piano concertist (1922–2001)
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Micheline Ostermeyer, the French athlete and piano concertist, is the most widely known, written about in 28 languages. The only other name is the Franco-German sculptor and engraver Martine Andernach. For more famous names, Berck is 3 mi away: its list has 14, led by Annette Messager. From Micheline Ostermeyer in 1922 to Martine Andernach in 1948, the births cover 26 years.


#1French athlete and piano concertist (1922–2001)
#2Franco-German sculptor and engraver
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Around it, Berck has the most people on record, 14 of them.
Micheline Ostermeyer (French athlete and piano concertist (1922–2001)) is the best known by our measure: 28 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Martine Andernach.
2 people born in Rang-du-Fliers have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 4 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: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Micheline Ostermeyer, born in 1922. The youngest on the list was born in 1948.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Rang-du-Fliers 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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