Antoine Le Picard de Phélippeaux
1767–1799French military personnel (1767-1799)
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Articles in 8 languages make the French military personnel Antoine Le Picard de Phélippeaux the best known. Behind the leader come Samuel Lhéritier de Chézelles and Aimé Octobre. The list reaches back to Julien Augustin Chasseloup de Chatillon, born in 1760, one of 3 born before the Revolution. Fewer than a quarter of the 84 towns in Vienne with famous people list more.
The busiest decade was the 1760s, with 2 births.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Two of the three are soldiers and sailors.
French military personnel (1767-1799)
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The field furthest above the usual share is soldiers and sailors, at 12.1 times.
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3 more, from 1760 to 1828.
French military personnel (1760-1800)
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The longest list nearby is Le Blanc’s, with 6.
Antoine Le Picard de Phélippeaux (French military personnel (1767-1799)) is the best known by our measure: 8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Samuel Lhéritier de Chézelles and Aimé Octobre.
6 people born in Angles-sur-l'Anglin 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, soldiers and sailors: 3 of the 6. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 4% across French towns.
Julien Augustin Chasseloup de Chatillon, born in 1760. The youngest on the list was born in 1868.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Angles-sur-l'Anglin 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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