Timothé Cognat
born 1998French association football player
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Photo: René Boncompain · CC BY-SA 3.0The best known is the French association football player Timothé Cognat, with articles in 11 languages. The French swimmer Théo Bussière ranks second, ahead of Jean Chaffanjon. Just 2 mi away, Villefranche-sur-Saône’s list holds 68 names, Benjamin Biolay the best known. Timothé Cognat was born in 1998.
Two of the three are athletes.
French association football player
French explorer, photographer and botanical collector (1854-1913)
Sports leads the fields, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Nearby, Villefranche-sur-Saône has the most on record, with 68.
Villefranche-sur-Saône · 2 miBenjamin Biolay & 67 moreDDTrévoux · 6 miDaniel Dagallier & 15 more
Gleizé · 1 miRudy Molard & 8 moreJPSaint-Georges-de-Reneins · 3 miJean Plattard & 3 moreEBAnse · 5 miEugène Bussy & 3 moreBPMontmerle-sur-Saône · 6 miBenoît Poncet & 2 more
Fareins · 3 miÉtienne Carjat
Limas · 3 miPierre CoquetTimothé Cognat (French association football player) is the best known by our measure: 11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Théo Bussière and Jean Chaffanjon.
3 people born in Arnas 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: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Jean Chaffanjon, born in 1854. The youngest on the list was born in 1998.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Arnas 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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