Darry Cowl
1925–2006French actor and musician (1925–2006)
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Articles in 18 languages make the French actor and musician Darry Cowl the best known. The next two names are Henri Varroy and Michèle Bernard-Requin. 5 of them were born between 1914 and 1969, more than in any other period. Over 146 years of births, the list goes from Henri Varroy (1826) to Sébastien Serrière (1972).
Darry Cowl, Henri Varroy and Michèle Bernard-Requin are written about in 18, 4 and 2 languages.
French actor and musician (1925–2006)
#2French politician (1826-1883)
French lawyer
No decade has more births than the 1940s, at 3.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The field with the most names is Film, TV & Stage: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Here are 4 more, born from 1946 to 1972.

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The neighbour with the most names is Mirecourt, at 26.
Darry Cowl (French actor and musician (1925–2006)) is the best known by our measure: 18 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Henri Varroy and Michèle Bernard-Requin.
7 people born in Vittel have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 14 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, performers: 2 of the 7. That is 29% of the town’s list, against 8% across French towns.
Henri Varroy, born in 1826. The youngest on the list was born in 1972.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Vittel 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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