#1André Lurçat
1894–1970French architect (1894–1970)
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Articles in 10 languages make the French architect André Lurçat the best known. Jean-Claude Miche, the French Catholic priest, comes second, with Henry Boucher third. 3 of them were born between the Revolution and the Second Empire, more than in any other period. Born in 1737, Antoine Jean Blaise Laurent is the first name on record, and Daniel Gremillet, born in 1953, the most recent.
Leaders stand out most, at 1.9 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
André Lurçat, Jean-Claude Miche and Henry Boucher are written about in 10, 6 and 5 languages.
#1French architect (1894–1970)
French Catholic priest (1805-1873)
#3French politician (1847–1927)
Count by decade and the 1890s come out on top, with 2 births.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
6 more, from 1737 to 1953.



French woman of letters
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Close by, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges counts 57 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
André Lurçat (French architect (1894–1970)) is the best known by our measure: 10 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jean-Claude Miche and Henry Boucher.
9 people born in Bruyères have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 16 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, writers and artists: 4 of the 9. That is 44% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Antoine Jean Blaise Laurent, born in 1737. The youngest on the list was born in 1953.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bruyères 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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