PP#1
Famous people · Plancoët, Côtes-d'Armor
Pascal Poisson tops a list of 4 famous people born in Plancoët
Most widely known is Pascal Poisson, the road bicycle racer, with articles in 11 languages. The French footballer Robert Lemaître ranks second, ahead of Bernard Samson. Athletes make up the largest group, 3 of them. Births span 1929 to 1964, from Robert Lemaître to Sébastien Destremau.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Pascal Poisson
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1929
Robert Lemaître
Youngest
1964
Sébastien Destremau
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Plancoët
The three best known are all athletes.
RL#2
Sports
Robert Lemaître
1929–2019French footballer (1929-2019)
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
BS#3
Sports
Bernard Samson
1958–2025French association football player
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Plancoët’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1950s than in any other decade: 2.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Plancoët is known for
Plancoët has 4× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Plancoët
1 more, best known first.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Dinan has the most people on record, 87 of them.
Dinan · 9 miCharles Pinot Duclos & 86 moreRBBeaussais-sur-Mer · 5 miRobert Bouloux & 2 more
Val-d'Arguenon · 2 miCharles Rioust de Largentaye & 1 moreCJPleslin-Trigavou · 8 miCharles Josselin & 1 moreMCPleurtuit · 9 miMarcel Carfantan & 1 more
Jugon-les-Lacs · 9 miJean Robieux & 1 moreMBSaint-Cast-le-Guildo · 7 miMaurice BernardGSSaint-Lunaire · 9 miGeorges SpillmannQuestions about famous people from Plancoët
Who is the most famous person from Plancoët?
Pascal Poisson (Road bicycle racer) is the best known by our measure: 11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Robert Lemaître and Bernard Samson.
How many famous people were born in Plancoët?
4 people born in Plancoët have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
What is Plancoët known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 4. That is 75% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Plancoët?
Robert Lemaître, born in 1929. The youngest on the list was born in 1964.
Who counts as from Plancoët?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Plancoët 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)
- Sébastien Destremau: Eric HOUDAS, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Pinot Duclos: Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Rioust de Largentaye: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Robieux: Crobieux, 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.