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18 novembre 2002, autour de Penvenan 2Photo: Syced · CC0
Famous people · Penvénan, Côtes-d'Armor

Penvénan is the birthplace of 2 famous people

Charles-Marie Guillois is the best known, with articles in 2 languages. The list has one more: the French politician and farmer Yves Le Cozannet. The earliest on the list is Yves Le Cozannet, born in 1898, and the youngest Charles-Marie Guillois, born in 1910. The neighbour with the longest list is Lannion, 9 mi away: 49, led by Christophe Le Mével.

Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Charles-Marie Guillois
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1898
Yves Le Cozannet
Youngest
1910
Charles-Marie Guillois
Most common field
Military
1 person
The best known

Born in Penvénan

CG#1
Military

Charles-Marie Guillois

1910–1994

(1910-1994)

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
YC#2
Politics & Law

Yves Le Cozannet

1898–1996

French politician and farmer (1898–1996)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Penvénan is known for

Share of Penvénan’s famous people in each field.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

The fullest list close by belongs to Lannion, with 49.

Questions about famous people from Penvénan

Who is the most famous person from Penvénan?

Charles-Marie Guillois ((1910-1994)) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Yves Le Cozannet.

How many famous people were born in Penvénan?

2 people born in Penvénan have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).

What is Penvénan known for?

Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 4% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Penvénan?

Yves Le Cozannet, born in 1898. The youngest on the list was born in 1910.

Who counts as from Penvénan?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Penvénan 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)

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.