#1Jean-Marie Charles Abrial
1879–1962French Admiral and Naval Minister
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The best known is the French admiral and Naval minister Jean-Marie Charles Abrial, with articles in 9 languages. Second place goes to the French writer and poet Louisa Paulin, third to François Henri Nazon. Most were born in the Belle Époque: 4 of them. The list’s best known name, Jean-Marie Charles Abrial, dates from 1879.
Writers and artists take two of the three places.
#1French Admiral and Naval Minister
French writer and poet (1888–1944)
#3French genre artist (1821-1902)
The 1900s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
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Share of Réalmont’s famous people in each field.
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4 more, best known first.
French explorer (1814–1882)
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Albi has the longest list next door: 130.
Jean-Marie Charles Abrial (French Admiral and Naval Minister) is the best known by our measure: 9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Louisa Paulin and François Henri Nazon.
7 people born in Réalmont have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 13 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, soldiers and sailors: 2 of the 7. That is 29% of the town’s list, against 4% across French towns.
Augustin de Marliave, born in 1806. The youngest on the list was born in 1908.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Réalmont 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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