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Film, TV & Stage
Jean-Marie Robain
1913–2004French actor (1913–2004)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Famous people · Biard, Vienne
The French actor Jean-Marie Robain is the one famous person from Biard
Jean-Marie Robain, the French actor, was born in 1913. Their birth falls in the Belle Époque. 3 languages have an article about them. The neighbour with the longest list is Poitiers, 2 mi away: 238, led by Michel Foucault.
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Jean-Marie Robain
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
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1913
Jean-Marie Robain
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Film, TV & Stage
1 person
The best known
Born in Biard
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Poitiers’, at 238 names.
Questions about famous people from Biard
Who is the most famous person from Biard?
Jean-Marie Robain (French actor (1913–2004)) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
How many famous people were born in Biard?
1 people born in Biard have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Biard known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 8% across French towns.
Who counts as from Biard?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Biard 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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- André Leclercq: Claude PIARD, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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