#1Benoni-Auran
1859–1944French painter (1859-1944)
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At the top of the list is the French painter Benoni-Auran, covered in 5 languages. The next two names are Rosa Bordas and Auguste Béraud. 3 of them were born between the Revolution and the Second Empire, more than in any other period. The list’s best known name, Benoni-Auran, dates from 1859.
Benoni-Auran leads with articles in 5 languages, ahead of Rosa Bordas (4) and Auguste Béraud (3).
#1French painter (1859-1944)
#2French singer (1840-1901)
#3French politician
No decade has more births than the 1850s, at 2.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The largest field is Politics & Law, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
A further 2 follow, born between 1898 and 1943.
No one matches both filters.
Nearby, Carpentras has the most on record, with 57.
Carpentras · 3 miÉdouard Daladier & 56 more
Pernes-les-Fontaines · 4 miJean Ragnotti & 5 more
Sorgues · 6 miPaul Pons & 5 moreGBMazan · 6 miGuy Barruol & 4 moreJBBédarrides · 5 miJacques Bérard & 2 moreMJSarrians · 4 miMichel Jean & 1 moreMFEntraigues-sur-la-Sorgue · 4 miMarius Frattini & 1 moreFRAubignan · 5 miFrédéric Richaud & 1 moreBenoni-Auran (French painter (1859-1944)) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Rosa Bordas and Auguste Béraud.
5 people born in Monteux have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 8 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: 2 of the 5. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Rosa Bordas, born in 1840. The youngest on the list was born in 1943.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Monteux 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.
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