Jean-Claude Lemoult
born 1960French association football player
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Most widely known is Jean-Claude Lemoult, the French association football player, with articles in 15 languages. The next two names are François Rauber and Stéphan Grégoire. The list reaches back to Dominique-François Rivard, born in 1697, one of 8 born before the Revolution. Between 1914 and 1969, 10 were born, the most of any period.
Set against the usual town, scientists and doctors come out 1.9 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Languages with an article: 15 for Jean-Claude Lemoult, 12 for François Rauber, 8 for Stéphan Grégoire.
French association football player
French composer (1933-2003)
Births peak in the 1940s, with 4 people born in that decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Another 26, 11 of them leaders.


French General during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars (1763–1849)

French mathematician and philosopher (1697-1778)




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Jean-Claude Lemoult (French association football player) is the best known by our measure: 15 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come François Rauber and Stéphan Grégoire.
29 people born in Neufchâteau have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 45 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: 11 of the 29. That is 38% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Dominique-François Rivard, born in 1697. The youngest on the list was born in 1989.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Neufchâteau 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.
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