#1Marylise Lebranchu
born 1947French politician
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The best known is the French politician Marylise Lebranchu, with articles in 15 languages. Second and third on the list are Pape Sy and Fabrice Jeandesboz. The largest group, 9, was born since 1970. René Charles Loncle des Aleux (1753) and Nolann Mahoudo (2002) mark the two ends of the list.
No decade has more births than the 1980s, at 5.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Counted by languages, Marylise Lebranchu is ahead of Pape Sy and Fabrice Jeandesboz: 15, 14 and 12.
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Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 1.5 times.
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Of the towns nearby, 4 have famous names listed.
Marylise Lebranchu (French politician) is the best known by our measure: 15 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Pape Sy and Fabrice Jeandesboz.
26 people born in Loudéac have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 32 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
Among its famous people, leaders: 9 of the 26. That is 35% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
René Charles Loncle des Aleux, born in 1753. The youngest on the list was born in 2002.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Loudéac 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.
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).
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.