Photo: Louis Marie Preau · CC BY-SA 4.0Next door to Bégard, Lannion lists 49 famous people
Not one famous person on record comes from Bégard yet. 162 towns in Côtes-d'Armor have at least one famous person on record. Saint-Brieuc’s 172 names make the longest list in Côtes-d'Armor. After Saint-Brieuc, the next longest list in Côtes-d'Armor is Dinan’s, with 87.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Bégard (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Bégard as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Bégard
The most names next door are in Lannion: 49.
Questions about famous people from Bégard
Who counts as from Bégard?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bégard 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.
Why is someone missing?
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).
Photo credits (4)
- Christophe Le Mével: Sanguinez, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Théodule Ribot: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robin Le Normand: Giovanni Batista Rodriguez from San Sebastian-Donostia, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Yves Guérin-Sérac: Gilbert Dréan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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