Maurice Pottecher
1867–1960French playwright (1867-1960)
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Articles in 4 languages make the French playwright Maurice Pottecher the best known. Behind the leader come Dylan Pelot and Daniel Perrin. Maurice Pottecher, the best known, was born in 1867. Only 14 of the 130 towns in Vosges with anyone on record list more.
Writers and artists take two of the three places.
French playwright (1867-1960)
French illustrator
French mathematician
The busiest decade was the 1960s, with 2 births.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The largest field is Writing & Arts, with 2 people.
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1 more, best known first.
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The longest list nearby is Cornimont’s, with 8.
Cornimont · 5 miHubert Curien & 7 moreJDRupt-sur-Moselle · 10 miJean Desbordes & 4 more
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Saulxures-sur-Moselotte · 6 miJean PoirotMGGiromagny · 10 miMaurice GeorgesMaurice Pottecher (French playwright (1867-1960)) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Dylan Pelot and Daniel Perrin.
4 people born in Bussang have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 6 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: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Maurice Pottecher, born in 1867. The youngest on the list was born in 1969.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bussang 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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