#1Jérémie Aliadière
born 1983French footballer (born 1983)
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Most widely known is Jérémie Aliadière, the French footballer, with articles in 31 languages. Ulysse Chevalier, the French historian, comes second, with Jean Aicardi third. The largest group, 10, was born between 1914 and 1969. Born in 1815, Edmond Texier is the first name on record, and Tim Dup, born in 1994, the most recent.
Compared with the usual town, scientists and doctors are the most over-represented field, at 3.1 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The 1980s top the chart, with 5 births in the decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Three names lead: Jérémie Aliadière (31 languages), Ulysse Chevalier (10) and Jean Aicardi (7).
#1French footballer (born 1983)
French historian (1841-1923)
French doctor (1926-2015)
Another 24, the earliest born in 1815.






French botanist and palaeobotanist (1836-1908)


French agricultural engineer and botanist (1877-1916)
No one matches both filters.
6 towns around it have someone on record.
Jérémie Aliadière (French footballer (born 1983)) is the best known by our measure: 31 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Ulysse Chevalier and Jean Aicardi.
27 people born in Rambouillet have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 37 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: 10 of the 27. That is 37% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Edmond Texier, born in 1815. The youngest on the list was born in 1994.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Rambouillet 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.
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a hospital, a neighbourhood or a wider area, another commune, or missing, or their articles may not name a birthplace. We only list people the sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations, how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each person) and French and English Wikipedia (each person’s articles confirm the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are matched to the commune by INSEE code and its history of mergers (INSEE COG 2026). Ranked by the number of articles. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across French towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the license below (our copy, resized).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.