Photo: Philiwik · CC BY-SA 3.0No one from Hillion is on the famous people list yet
Patrick Dewaere heads the list in Saint-Brieuc, 5 mi away, which has 172 names. In Côtes-d'Armor, 162 towns have someone on the list. The longest list of any town in Côtes-d'Armor belongs to Saint-Brieuc, with 172. 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 Hillion (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 Hillion as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Hillion
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Saint-Brieuc · 5 miPatrick Dewaere & 171 more
Lamballe-Armor · 6 miBruno Cornillet & 20 more
Plérin · 5 miJean-Olivier Briand & 8 more
Pléneuf-Val-André · 8 miFlorian Le Roy & 2 moreYCPordic · 9 miYvon Cloarec & 2 moreBHYffiniac · 2 miBernard Hinault & 1 moreMGPlédran · 6 miMaurice Le Guilloux
Ploufragan · 7 miJérémy Le DouaronQuestions about famous people from Hillion
Who counts as from Hillion?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Hillion 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 (5)
- Patrick Dewaere: Fabiàn Cevallos, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruno Cornillet: Eric HOUDAS, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Olivier Briand: Attributed to Louis-Chrétien de Heer (1760-before 1808), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Florian Le Roy: Ouest-Eclair, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jérémy Le Douaron: SonoGrazy, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.