#1Jacques Tati
1907–1982French filmmaker (1907-1982)
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Most widely known is Jacques Tati, the French filmmaker, with articles in 57 languages. Second and third on the list are Pierre Régis and René Clérel de Tocqueville. Per head, the list is long: 1.9 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Yvelines has 0.4. Born in 1834, René Clérel de Tocqueville is the first name on record, and Pierre Régis, born in 1924, the most recent.
Leaders take two of the three places.
#1French filmmaker (1907-1982)
French politician and teacher (1924-1999)
#3French politician (1834-1917)
The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Saint-Germain-en-Laye has the longest list next door: 172.
Saint-Germain-en-Laye · 1 miClaude Debussy & 171 more
Chatou · 2 miGeorges Mandel & 32 more
Le Vésinet · 1 miJean-Louis Barrault & 9 more
Marly-le-Roi · 1 miAndré Theuriet & 7 more
Bougival · 2 miGeorges Lafosse & 5 more
Louveciennes · 2 miMiguel Zamacoïs & 4 moreLACroissy-sur-Seine · 2 miLouis Auguste-Dormeuil & 1 moreAGL'Étang-la-Ville · 2 miAlain Gournac & 1 moreJacques Tati (French filmmaker (1907-1982)) is the best known by our measure: 57 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Pierre Régis and René Clérel de Tocqueville.
3 people born in Le Pecq 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: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
René Clérel de Tocqueville, born in 1834. The youngest on the list was born in 1924.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Pecq 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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