No one from Le Leslay is on the famous people list yet
Just 11 mi away, Saint-Brieuc’s list holds 172 names, Patrick Dewaere the best known. 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. In all of Côtes-d'Armor, the famous people on record come from 162 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Leslay (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Le Leslay yet.
Famous people born near Le Leslay
The fullest list close by belongs to Saint-Brieuc, with 172.
Saint-Brieuc · 11 miPatrick Dewaere & 171 more
Quintin · 3 miJules Lequier & 16 moreABChâtelaudren-Plouagat · 8 miAugustin Beauverger & 4 moreYCPordic · 12 miYvon Cloarec & 2 moreFAPlélo · 9 miFrançois Auffray
Ploufragan · 9 miJérémy Le DouaronMGPlédran · 10 miMaurice Le Guilloux
Plœuc-L'Hermitage · 10 miDanielle BousquetQuestions about famous people from Le Leslay
Who counts as from Le Leslay?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Leslay 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)
- Patrick Dewaere: Fabiàn Cevallos, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jules Lequier: Mathurin Le Gal Lasalle (1814-1904)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jérémy Le Douaron: SonoGrazy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danielle Bousquet: JulieSavary, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.