#1Maurice Dupuis
1914–1977French association football player (1914-1977)
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Articles in 4 languages make the French association football player Maurice Dupuis the best known. The only other name is the Algerian handball player Omar Benali. For more famous names, Ermont is 1 mi away: its list has 34, led by Alice Taglioni. Maurice Dupuis (1914) and Omar Benali (1983) mark the two ends of the list.


#1French association football player (1914-1977)
#2Algerian handball player
The largest field is Sports, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Ermont has the longest list next door: 34.
Ermont · 1 miAlice Taglioni & 33 more
Sannois · 2 miJean Chalopin & 13 moreLDCormeilles-en-Parisis · 2 miLouis Daguerre & 13 more
Eaubonne · 2 miSébastien Lecornu & 11 more
Saint-Leu-la-Forêt · 2 miClaire Voisin & 5 moreJLBeauchamp · 2 miJean Ledoux & 3 more
Le Plessis-Bouchard · 1 miStéphanie Frappart & 2 moreJDTaverny · 2 miJoffre Dumazedier & 2 moreMaurice Dupuis (French association football player (1914-1977)) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Omar Benali.
2 people born in Franconville have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 7 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: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Maurice Dupuis, born in 1914. The youngest on the list was born in 1983.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Franconville 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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