Michel Cartatéguy
born 1951French Roman-Catholic priest
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Michel Cartatéguy, the French Roman-Catholic priest, is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. The biggest group are writers and artists: 3. Born in 1819, Pascual Harriague is the first name on record, and Michel Cartatéguy, born in 1951, the most recent. The list comes to 13.1 for every 10,000 residents, against 3.2 in the typical town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Michel Cartatéguy, Ana Maria Bidegaray and Pascual Harriague are written about in 6, 5 and 5 languages.
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No decade has more births than the 1920s, at 3.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The largest field is Writing & Arts, with 3 people.
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10 people born in Hasparren have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 16 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: 3 of the 10. That is 30% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Pascual Harriague, born in 1819. The youngest on the list was born in 1951.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Hasparren 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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