Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
1633–1707French military engineer (1633–1707)
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Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, the French military engineer, is the most widely known, written about in 55 languages. The other is Armand Simonnot, the French politician. Within 10 mi, Avallon lists the most: 30, with Bryan Mbeumo first. Fewer than a quarter of the 112 towns in Yonne with famous people list more.
French military engineer (1633–1707)
French politician
Share of Saint-Léger-Vauban’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Of the towns around it, Avallon has the most on record: 30.
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (French military engineer (1633–1707)) is the best known by our measure: 55 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Armand Simonnot.
2 people born in Saint-Léger-Vauban have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 3 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, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 4% across French towns.
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, born in 1633. The youngest on the list was born in 1908.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Léger-Vauban 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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