NG#1
Business
Noël Le Graët
born 1941French businessman, politician, and football official (born 1941)
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Bourbriac, Côtes-d'Armor
5 famous people were born in Bourbriac from 1821 to 1941
Noël Le Graët leads the list, covered in 8 languages. Second and third on the list are Michel Le Guern and Étienne Rivoallan. More than half were born between 1914 and 1969, 3 in all. The list’s best known name, Noël Le Graët, dates from 1941.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Noël Le Graët
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1821
Joseph Laurent Hillion
Youngest
1941
Noël Le Graët
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Bourbriac
Noël Le Graët, Michel Le Guern and Étienne Rivoallan are written about in 8, 3 and 3 languages.
MG#2
Science & Medicine
Michel Le Guern
1937–2016French linguist and philosopher (1937-2016)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
ÉR#3
Music
Étienne Rivoallan
1931–1961French musician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Through the years
When Bourbriac’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1930s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Politics & LawBusinessScience & MedicineMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Bourbriac is known for
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.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Bourbriac
Another 2, 2 of them leaders.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Guingamp has the most on record: 34.
Questions about famous people from Bourbriac
Who is the most famous person from Bourbriac?
Noël Le Graët (French businessman, politician, and football official (born 1941)) is the best known by our measure: 8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Michel Le Guern and Étienne Rivoallan.
How many famous people were born in Bourbriac?
5 people born in Bourbriac have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Bourbriac known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 5. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bourbriac?
Joseph Laurent Hillion, born in 1821. The youngest on the list was born in 1941.
Who counts as from Bourbriac?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bourbriac 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 (2)
- 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
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.