Jean-Baptiste Girard
1775–1815French general (1775-1815)
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At the top of the list is the French general Jean-Baptiste Girard, covered in 9 languages. Second place goes to the French sailor Louis de Fabry, third to Louis Alexandre Gastin. Jean-Baptiste Girard was born in 1775. Only 14 of the 71 towns in Var with anyone on record list more.
Two of the three are soldiers and sailors.
French general (1775-1815)
French sailor
French politician
3 were born before the Revolution, and the 1770s alone saw 1.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Military leads the fields, with 2 people.
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1 more, best known first.
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Lorgues leads the towns around it, with 9 names.
Jean-Baptiste Girard (French general (1775-1815)) is the best known by our measure: 9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Louis de Fabry and Louis Alexandre Gastin.
4 people born in Aups 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, soldiers and sailors: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 4% across French towns.
Louis de Fabry, born in 1715. The youngest on the list was born in 1834.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Aups 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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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).
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