Adrien Rougier
1892–1984French conductor and composer (1892–1984)
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Adrien Rougier, the French conductor and composer, is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. Close behind are Édith Bernardin and Alexandre-Amédée Dupuy Delaroche. From Alexandre-Amédée Dupuy Delaroche to Édith Bernardin, the births on the list run from 1819 to 1903. Per head, the list is long: 7.7 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Rhône has 1.4.

Writers and artists take two of the three places.
French conductor and composer (1892–1984)
#2French librarian and historian (1903-1994)
French painter (1819-1887)
The 1890s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The field with the most names is Writing & Arts: 2.
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The most names next door are in Saint-Genis-Laval: 9.
Adrien Rougier (French conductor and composer (1892–1984)) is the best known by our measure: 6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Édith Bernardin and Alexandre-Amédée Dupuy Delaroche.
4 people born in Vernaison have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Alexandre-Amédée Dupuy Delaroche, born in 1819. The youngest on the list was born in 1903.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Vernaison 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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