#1Gérard Fromanger
1939–2021French painter (1939–2021)
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Gérard Fromanger, the French painter, is the most widely known, written about in 7 languages. Close behind are Marie-Thérèse Goutmann and Raymond Delange. Most were born between 1914 and 1969: 3 of them. From Georges Vally to Gérard Fromanger, the births on the list run from 1890 to 1939.
First, Gérard Fromanger (7 languages), then Marie-Thérèse Goutmann (4) and Raymond Delange (2).
#1French painter (1939–2021)
#2French politician (1933-2016)
French general (1898-1976)
More of them were born in the 1930s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Set against the usual town, writers and artists come out 2.4 times as common.
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2 more, from 1890 to 1933.

No one matches both filters.
The fullest list close by belongs to Trappes, with 20.
Montfort-l'Amaury · 5 miPierre Dupuis & 7 morePGNeauphle-le-Château · 1 miPaul-Adrien Gouny & 1 moreJMÉlancourt · 3 miJean-Philippe MendyJRPlaisir · 3 miJoël Regnault
Les Clayes-sous-Bois · 4 miJean-François Beltramini
Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis · 4 miAlain FontanelCTBeynes · 4 miCharles-Thomas ThibaultGérard Fromanger (French painter (1939–2021)) is the best known by our measure: 7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Marie-Thérèse Goutmann and Raymond Delange.
5 people born in Jouars-Pontchartrain have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 6 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.
Georges Vally, born in 1890. The youngest on the list was born in 1939.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Jouars-Pontchartrain 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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