Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge
1612–1660Governor of New France
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Most widely known is Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge, the governor of New france, with articles in 4 languages. Charles-Auguste Martenot is second and Charles Fournerat third. 3 of them were born between the Revolution and the Second Empire, more than in any other period. More are leaders than anything else, 4 in all.
No decade has more births than the 1850s, at 2.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge leads with articles in 4 languages, ahead of Charles-Auguste Martenot (2) and Charles Fournerat (1).
Governor of New France
French politician and engineer
French politician
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 3.4 times as common.
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The most names next door are in Tonnerre: 18.
Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge (Governor of New France) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Charles-Auguste Martenot and Charles Fournerat.
5 people born in Ancy-le-Franc have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 9 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: 4 of the 5. That is 80% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge, born in 1612. The youngest on the list was born in 1850.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Ancy-le-Franc 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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