#1Joseph Sayrou
1898–1975French rugby union player (1898–1975)
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In 1898, the French rugby union player Joseph Sayrou was born. Their birth falls in the Belle Époque. Readers can find them written up in 2 languages. For more famous names, Perpignan is 4 mi away: its list has 297, led by Hyacinthe Rigaud.

#1French rugby union player (1898–1975)
Perpignan leads the towns around it, with 297 names.
Perpignan · 4 miHyacinthe Rigaud & 296 more
Thuir · 5 miJean-Pierre Romeu & 8 more
Saint-Féliu-d'Avall · 4 miErnest Camo & 3 more
Bages · 5 miJean-Pierre Serre & 3 morePBPézilla-la-Rivière · 4 miPaul Bergue & 2 more
Le Soler · 2 miJoseph Bonafont & 1 moreJLPonteilla · 3 miJoseph de Lacroix & 1 more
Canohès · 1 miRichard MilianJoseph Sayrou (French rugby union player (1898–1975)) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
1 people born in Toulouges have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 3 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 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
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