#1Jacques Connan
1910–2003French writer
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Jacques Connan, the French writer, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. More than half were born between 1914 and 1969, 4 in all. Births span 1889 to 1941, from Pierre Guéguen to Olivier de Rohan-Chabot. Only 13 of the 162 towns in Côtes-d'Armor with anyone on record list more.
Three names lead: Jacques Connan (3 languages), Yann Goasdoué (2) and Olivier de Rohan-Chabot (1).
#1French writer
French philanthropist
The busiest decade was the 1930s, with 3 births.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Perros-Guirec has 2× the usual share of writers and artists.
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A further 3 follow, born between 1889 and 1939.

No one matches both filters.
Close by, the fullest list is Lannion’s, at 49 names.
Lannion · 5 miChristophe Le Mével & 48 more
Ploubezre · 8 miYves Guérin-Sérac & 4 moreNQLa Roche-Jaudy · 11 miNarcisse Quellien & 3 moreJBPleumeur-Bodou · 3 miJean-Pierre Le Bras & 2 moreCGPenvénan · 7 miCharles-Marie Guillois & 1 morePBLouannec · 2 miPierre BourdellèsPGTrébeurden · 6 miPhilippe GarelJacques Connan (French writer) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Yann Goasdoué and Olivier de Rohan-Chabot.
6 people born in Perros-Guirec have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 11 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, writers and artists: 3 of the 6. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Pierre Guéguen, born in 1889. The youngest on the list was born in 1941.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Perros-Guirec 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.
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