#1Hubert Curien
1924–2005French physicist
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The best known is the French physicist Hubert Curien, with articles in 17 languages. Close behind are Christophe Mengin and Yvon Mougel. Only 10 of the 130 towns in Vosges with anyone on record list more. The list comes to 26.4 for every 10,000 residents, against 4.8 in the typical town in Vosges.
More of them were born in the 1920s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Languages with an article: 17 for Hubert Curien, 16 for Christophe Mengin, 8 for Yvon Mougel.
#1French physicist
#2Politics & Law leads the fields, with 2 people.
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Of the other 5, 2 are leaders.



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Remiremont has the longest list next door: 57.
Hubert Curien (French physicist) is the best known by our measure: 17 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Christophe Mengin and Yvon Mougel.
8 people born in Cornimont have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 15 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 8. That is 25% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Albert Littolff, born in 1911. The youngest on the list was born in 1968.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Cornimont 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.
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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.