#1Gabriel-Taurin Dufresse
1750–1815French bishop and saint (1750-1815)
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Most widely known is Gabriel-Taurin Dufresse, the French bishop and saint, with articles in 12 languages. Second place goes to the French poet Gabriel Marc, third to Jacques Santamaria. Only 10 of the 127 towns in Puy-de-Dôme with anyone on record list more. The biggest group are writers and artists: 2.

Three names lead: Gabriel-Taurin Dufresse (12 languages), Gabriel Marc (3) and Jacques Santamaria (1).
#1French bishop and saint (1750-1815)
French poet (1840-1901)
French writer and director
The 1750s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
2 of them work in Writing & Arts, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Of the towns nearby, Thiers lists the most people: 31.
Thiers · 8 miClaire Chazal & 30 moreMBMaringues · 7 miMathieu Baudet-Lafarge & 5 more
Pont-du-Château · 7 miAlain Rey & 4 more
Vertaizon · 6 miProsper Marilhat & 2 more
Billom · 8 miGeorges Bataille & 2 moreFCCourpière · 9 miFrançois Croze & 1 moreJMEnnezat · 9 miJean-Ossaye Mombur & 1 more
Lempdes · 10 miJean-Baptiste Lamy & 1 moreGabriel-Taurin Dufresse (French bishop and saint (1750-1815)) is the best known by our measure: 12 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Gabriel Marc and Jacques Santamaria.
4 people born in Lezoux have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 6 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, writers and artists: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Gabriel-Taurin Dufresse, born in 1750. The youngest on the list was born in 1947.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Lezoux 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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