Robert Dorgebray
1915–2005Olympic cyclist (1915-2005)
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Articles in 17 languages make the Olympic cyclist Robert Dorgebray the best known. The next two names are Jean Bossu and Auguste Charles César de Flahaut de La Billarderie. Robert Dorgebray was born in 1915. More are writers and artists than anything else, 2 in all.
Three names lead: Robert Dorgebray (17 languages), Jean Bossu (3) and Auguste Charles César de Flahaut de La Billarderie (1).
Olympic cyclist (1915-2005)
French architect (1912–1983)
French general (1724-1811)
More were born in the 1910s than in any other decade: 3.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The field with the most names is Writing & Arts: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
1 more, best known first.
French historian and politician (1919–2012)
No one matches both filters.
The most names next door are in Beaumont-sur-Oise: 18.
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Frépillon · 5 miGeorges PaulmierRobert Dorgebray (Olympic cyclist (1915-2005)) is the best known by our measure: 17 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jean Bossu and Auguste Charles César de Flahaut de La Billarderie.
4 people born in Nesles-la-Vallée have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 5 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, writers and artists: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Auguste Charles César de Flahaut de La Billarderie, born in 1724. The youngest on the list was born in 1919.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Nesles-la-Vallée 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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