#1Roy Bourgeois
born 1938Founder of the human rights group School of the Americas Watch
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Roy Bourgeois is the best known, with articles in 10 languages. The American musician Leon Roppolo ranks second, ahead of David Jones. The list is still growing: 2 were born since 1970. For every 10,000 residents there are 16.7 on the list, well above the typical Louisiana town’s 4.
The 1930s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Musicians take two of the three places.
#1Founder of the human rights group School of the Americas Watch
Musicians are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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Another 2, the earliest born in 1972.

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The neighbour with a name on record is Gramercy.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lutcher and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.