Paul Bernard
1929–2015French archaeologist and hellenist (1929–2015)
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Photo: Capelletti · CC BY-SA 4.0The best known is the French archaeologist and hellenist Paul Bernard, with articles in 5 languages. The only other name is the French industrialist and essayist Michel Barba. Born in 1925, Michel Barba is the first name on record, and Paul Bernard, born in 1929, the most recent. Of its neighbours, Fréjus, 10 mi away, lists the most: 45, Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès first.
French archaeologist and hellenist (1929–2015)
French industrialist and essayist
Scientists and doctors are the most numerous, 1 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Fréjus has the longest list next door: 45.
Fréjus · 10 miEmmanuel-Joseph Sieyès & 44 moreCSaint-Raphaël · 11 miCapucine & 19 more
Gassin · 5 miEmmanuelle Béart & 15 more
Saint-Tropez · 4 miMarcel Aubour & 12 more
Le Muy · 11 miJean-Michel Couve & 2 moreMDGrimaud · 5 miMichel Darluc & 1 moreJGPuget-sur-Argens · 10 miJacques Garello & 1 moreLSLe Plan-de-la-Tour · 4 miLouis SigallasPaul Bernard (French archaeologist and hellenist (1929–2015)) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Michel Barba.
2 people born in Sainte-Maxime 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, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 7% across French towns.
Michel Barba, born in 1925. The youngest on the list was born in 1929.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Sainte-Maxime 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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