#1Eugénie Marie Salanson
1836–1912French painter (1836-1912)
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Eugénie Marie Salanson, the French painter, is the most widely known, written about in 9 languages. The French politician Stéphane Demilly ranks second, ahead of Campocasso. For every 10,000 residents there are 18.9 on the list, well above the typical Somme town’s 2.3. 3 were born in 1970 or later.
Albert has 1.9× the usual share of leaders.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Eugénie Marie Salanson has articles in 9 languages, Stéphane Demilly in 5 and Campocasso in 4.
#1French painter (1836-1912)
#2French politician
#3French impresario (1833-1908)
The 1830s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
15 more, 7 of them leaders.


French politician (1763-1827)
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Around it, Corbie has the most people on record, 12 of them.
Eugénie Marie Salanson (French painter (1836-1912)) is the best known by our measure: 9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Stéphane Demilly and Campocasso.
18 people born in Albert have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 22 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: 8 of the 18. That is 44% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Louis-Ghislain de Bouteville du Metz, born in 1746. The youngest on the list was born in 1975.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Albert 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.