Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
1929–2017French film editor (1929–2017)
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Photo: Frachet · CC BY-SA 3.0Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte, the French film editor, is the most widely known, written about in 5 languages. Second place goes to the rugby union player Julien Saby, third to Marie-Angèle Blin. 4 of them were born between 1914 and 1969, more than in any other period. Fewer than a quarter of the 126 towns in Rhône with famous people list more.
Athletes take two of the three places.
French film editor (1929–2017)
Rugby union player (1902-1992)
French association football player
Count by decade and the 1930s come out on top, with 2 births.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 3.2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
A further 2 follow, born between 1930 and 1935.
French association football player (1935-2009)
No one matches both filters.
Oullins-Pierre-Bénite leads the towns around it, with 47 names.
Oullins-Pierre-Bénite · 2 miClément Turpin & 46 more
Lyon 3e · 3 miBruno Grua & 40 more
Vénissieux · 1 miMaxime Gonalons & 32 moreDMLyon 2e · 4 miDominique Marais & 31 moreÉPBron · 3 miÉric Poulat & 29 more
Saint-Genis-Laval · 3 miÉric Abidal & 8 moreABLa Mulatière · 3 miAlain Bublex & 3 more
Lyon 7e · 3 miVincent Crouzet & 1 moreMarie-Josèphe Yoyotte (French film editor (1929–2017)) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Julien Saby and Marie-Angèle Blin.
5 people born in Saint-Fons have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 7 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: 3 of the 5. That is 60% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Julien Saby, born in 1902. The youngest on the list was born in 1966.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Fons 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.
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a hospital, a neighbourhood or a wider area, another commune, or missing, or their articles may not name a birthplace. We only list people the sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
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