Merléac has no famous person on record yet
Within 10 mi, Loudéac lists the most: 26, with Marylise Lebranchu first. Across Côtes-d'Armor, 162 towns list someone born there. The longest list of any town in Côtes-d'Armor belongs to Saint-Brieuc, with 172. Dinan has the second-longest list in Côtes-d'Armor, after Saint-Brieuc, with 87.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Merléac (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Merléac as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Merléac
The longest list nearby is Loudéac’s, with 26.
Questions about famous people from Merléac
Who counts as from Merléac?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Merléac 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)
- Marylise Lebranchu: Marylise-Lebranchu.jpg : jyc1 derivative work: Jack Rabbit Slim's, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jules Lequier: Mathurin Le Gal Lasalle (1814-1904)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Ange Marie Le Bris: Le Tour du monde (based on a photography), Public domain, 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.