#1Norbert Abramov
born 1993French ice hockey player
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The best known is the French ice hockey player Norbert Abramov, with articles in 3 languages. The only other name is the French association football player Guillaume Le Boëdec. Go 2 mi to Pontoise and the list grows to 72, with Nicolas Flamel at the top. Guillaume Le Boëdec, born in 1929, is the earliest name and Norbert Abramov, born in 1993, the latest.

#1French ice hockey player
French association football player (1929-1989)
Of the towns nearby, 7 have famous names listed.
Norbert Abramov (French ice hockey player) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Guillaume Le Boëdec.
2 people born in Cergy have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 4 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: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Guillaume Le Boëdec, born in 1929. The youngest on the list was born in 1993.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Cergy 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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