#1Michel Berson
1945–2021French politician (1945-2021)
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Michel Berson, the French politician, is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. The only other name is the Canadian humorist Eddy King. Just 3 mi away, Gonesse’s list holds 40 names, Axel Disasi the best known. The earliest on the list is Michel Berson, born in 1945, and the youngest Eddy King, born in 1982.


#1French politician (1945-2021)
#2Canadian humorist
The largest field is Politics & Law, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Close by, Gonesse counts 40 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Gonesse · 3 miAxel Disasi & 39 more
Villiers-le-Bel · 3 miMarie-Laure Delie & 12 more
Garges-lès-Gonesse · 5 miMr Brainwash & 5 more
Louvres · 2 miAndré Lefèbvre & 2 morePDArnouville · 4 miPatricia Demilly & 2 more
Écouen · 4 miHuguette Arthur Bertrand & 2 moreFPÉzanville · 5 miFrançois Place & 1 moreMCRoissy-en-France · 3 miMaurice Gabriel de Riquet de CaramanMichel Berson (French politician (1945-2021)) is the best known by our measure: 6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Eddy King.
2 people born in Goussainville have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 6 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: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Michel Berson, born in 1945. The youngest on the list was born in 1982.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Goussainville 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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