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Famous people · Évran, Côtes-d'Armor

Évran is the birthplace of 3 famous people

The best known is the Catholic bishop Auguste Haouissée, with articles in 9 languages. Victor Douceré and Jean-Baptiste Lecorgne de Bonabry follow. A short trip away, Dinan (6 mi) counts 87 famous people, Charles Pinot Duclos among them. Over 91 years of births, the list goes from Jean-Baptiste Lecorgne de Bonabry (1786) to Auguste Haouissée (1877).

Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Auguste Haouissée
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1786
Jean-Baptiste Lecorgne de Bonabry
Youngest
1877
Auguste Haouissée
Most common field
Faith
2 people
The best known

Born in Évran

The three are covered in 9, 7 and 1 languages: Auguste Haouissée, Victor Douceré and Jean-Baptiste Lecorgne de Bonabry.

AH#1
Faith

Auguste Haouissée

1877–1948

Catholic bishop (1877–1948)

9 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
VD#2
Faith

Victor Douceré

1857–1939

French catholic priest (1857-1939)

7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JB#3
Politics & Law

Jean-Baptiste Lecorgne de Bonabry

1786–1843

French politician

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Évran is known for

Faith leads the fields, with 2 people.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

7 towns around it have someone on record.

Questions about famous people from Évran

Who is the most famous person from Évran?

Auguste Haouissée (Catholic bishop (1877–1948)) is the best known by our measure: 9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Victor Douceré and Jean-Baptiste Lecorgne de Bonabry.

How many famous people were born in Évran?

3 people born in Évran have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

What is Évran known for?

Among its famous people, clergy and people of faith: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 3% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Évran?

Jean-Baptiste Lecorgne de Bonabry, born in 1786. The youngest on the list was born in 1877.

Who counts as from Évran?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Évran 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)

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.