#1Robert Hirsch
1925–2017French actor (1925–2017)
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Most widely known is Robert Hirsch, the French actor, with articles in 19 languages. Between 1914 and 1969, 6 were born, the most of any period. 4 were born in 1970 or later. From Léon Fort in 1870 to Jefferson Poirot in 1992, the births cover 122 years.
Births peak in the 1970s, with 3 people born in that decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
First, Robert Hirsch (19 languages), then Michèle Vergne (11) and Fabien Cool (10).
#1French actor (1925–2017)
#2French mathematician
Leaders are the most numerous, 4 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The rest number 10, with 4 leaders among them.






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The most names next door are in Beaumont-sur-Oise: 18.
Robert Hirsch (French actor (1925–2017)) is the best known by our measure: 19 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Michèle Vergne and Fabien Cool.
13 people born in L'Isle-Adam have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 20 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: 4 of the 13. That is 31% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Léon Fort, born in 1870. The youngest on the list was born in 1992.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is L'Isle-Adam 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.
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a hospital, a neighbourhood or a wider area, another commune, or missing, or their articles may not name a birthplace. We only list people the sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations, how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each person) and French and English Wikipedia (each person’s articles confirm the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are matched to the commune by INSEE code and its history of mergers (INSEE COG 2026). Ranked by the number of articles. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across French towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the license below (our copy, resized).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.