Jean Desbordes
1906–1944French poet (1906-1944)
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The best known is the French poet Jean Desbordes, with articles in 5 languages. Behind the leader come Albert Montémont and Benoît Tremsal. Jean Desbordes was born in 1906. Only 13 of the 130 towns in Vosges with anyone on record list more.
Jean Desbordes, Albert Montémont and Benoît Tremsal are written about in 5, 4 and 3 languages.
French poet (1906-1944)
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More were born in the 1900s than in any other decade: 1.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
No other field is as far above the usual share as writers and artists, at 2.4 times.
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2 more names, born between 1869 and 1915.

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Saint-Nabord · 8 miMaurice FlayelleJean Desbordes (French poet (1906-1944)) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Albert Montémont and Benoît Tremsal.
5 people born in Rupt-sur-Moselle have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 7 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: 3 of the 5. That is 60% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Albert Montémont, born in 1788. The youngest on the list was born in 1952.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Rupt-sur-Moselle 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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