#1Jacques Triger
1801–1867French geologist (1801–1867)
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best known is the French geologist Jacques Triger, with articles in 13 languages. Only 2 towns in Sarthe list more. Guillaume Joseph Pelisson de Gennes (1753) and Fahd El Khoumisti (1993) mark the two ends of the list. The list comes to 30 for every 10,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical town in Sarthe.
Set against the usual town, scientists and doctors come out 2.8 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Scientists and doctors take two of the three places.
#1French geologist (1801–1867)
Moroccan and French footballer
French sociologist (1858–1935)
Births peak in the 1960s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
A further 12 follow, born between 1753 and 1969.


French politician (1770-1827)

No one matches both filters.
Jacques Triger (French geologist (1801–1867)) is the best known by our measure: 13 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Fahd El Khoumisti and Edmond Goblot.
15 people born in Mamers have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 24 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, leaders: 6 of the 15. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Guillaume Joseph Pelisson de Gennes, born in 1753. The youngest on the list was born in 1993.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Mamers 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.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations, how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each person) and French and English Wikipedia (each person’s articles confirm the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are matched to the commune by INSEE code and its history of mergers (INSEE COG 2026). Ranked by the number of articles. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across French towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the license below (our copy, resized).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.