#1Jean-Pierre Changeux
born 1936French biologist and neuroscietist (born 1936)
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Articles in 19 languages make the French biologist and neuroscietist Jean-Pierre Changeux the best known. Vincent Pajot and Rémi Maréval follow. The largest group, 9, was born since 1970. From Eugène Houdry to Romain Gutierrez, the births on the list run from 1892 to 1992.
Births peak in the 1980s, with 4 people born in that decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 2.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
By how many languages cover them, Jean-Pierre Changeux comes first (19), then Vincent Pajot (19) and Rémi Maréval (13).
#1French biologist and neuroscietist (born 1936)
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Another 9, the earliest born in 1892.




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The fullest list close by belongs to Montmorency, with 37.
Soisy-sous-Montmorency · 3 miAdrian Mannarino & 28 more
Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt · 3 miRené Dubos & 5 more
Écouen · 2 miHuguette Arthur Bertrand & 2 moreFPÉzanville · 1 miFrançois Place & 1 moreCSMontlignon · 3 miClovis Sagot & 1 moreJAGroslay · 3 miJean-Noël Aletti & 1 moreJNMargency · 3 miJacques de NervoJean-Pierre Changeux (French biologist and neuroscietist (born 1936)) is the best known by our measure: 19 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Vincent Pajot and Rémi Maréval.
12 people born in Domont 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, athletes: 6 of the 12. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Eugène Houdry, born in 1892. The youngest on the list was born in 1992.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Domont 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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