Le Quiou has no famous person on record yet
Charles Pinot Duclos heads the list in Dinan, 7 mi away, which has 87 names. Across Côtes-d'Armor, the lists cover 162 towns. No town in Côtes-d'Armor lists more than Saint-Brieuc, with 172.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Quiou (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 Quiou yet.
Famous people born near Le Quiou
Dinan has the longest list next door: 87.
Dinan · 7 miCharles Pinot Duclos & 86 more
Montauban-de-Bretagne · 10 miJacques Félix Jan de La Hamelinaye & 3 moreLBMesnil-Roc'h · 9 miLouis Bourgain & 2 more
Tinténiac · 8 miEugène Durand & 1 moreBLCaulnes · 8 miBernard Lemarié & 1 moreFGPleudihen-sur-Rance · 12 miFrançois Gay & 1 moreNFSaint-Domineuc · 6 miNicolas FaisantKLanvallay · 7 miKlineQuestions about famous people from Le Quiou
Who counts as from Le Quiou?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Quiou 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?
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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 (3)
- Charles Pinot Duclos: Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Félix Jan de La Hamelinaye: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eugène Durand: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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