#1Jean-Louis Barrault
1910–1994French actor and theatre director (1910–1994)
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At the top of the list is the French actor and theatre director Jean-Louis Barrault, covered in 42 languages. Jacques Herlin and Lucy Arbell follow. 6 of them were born between 1914 and 1969, more than in any other period. The oldest name on the list belongs to Lucy Arbell, born in 1878, the newest to Sylvine Delannoy, born in 1929.
Set against the usual town, performers come out 4.7 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Two of the three are performers.
#1French actor and theatre director (1910–1994)
French actor (1924–2014)
#3The 1920s alone account for 5 of the births charted here.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Of the other 7, 3 are leaders.

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Nearby, Saint-Germain-en-Laye has the most on record, with 172.
Saint-Germain-en-Laye · 2 miClaude Debussy & 171 more
Rueil-Malmaison · 3 miJean Dujardin & 38 more
Chatou · 1 miGeorges Mandel & 32 more
Marly-le-Roi · 2 miAndré Theuriet & 7 more
Bougival · 2 miGeorges Lafosse & 5 more
Louveciennes · 2 miMiguel Zamacoïs & 4 more
Le Pecq · 1 miJacques Tati & 2 moreLACroissy-sur-Seine · 1 miLouis Auguste-Dormeuil & 1 moreJean-Louis Barrault (French actor and theatre director (1910–1994)) is the best known by our measure: 42 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jacques Herlin and Lucy Arbell.
10 people born in Le Vésinet have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 35 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: 4 of the 10. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 8% across French towns.
Lucy Arbell, born in 1878. The youngest on the list was born in 1929.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Vésinet 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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