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Famous people · Pléneuf-Val-André, Côtes-d'Armor

3 famous people were born in Pléneuf-Val-André from 1804 to 1948

Articles in 5 languages make the French journalist Florian Le Roy the best known. Behind the leader come Joseph Édouard de La Motte-Rouge and Jean-Pierre Clech. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 7.5, close to the 5.6 of the typical Côtes-d'Armor town. Florian Le Roy was born in 1901.

#1 best knownFlorian Le RoyWriting & Arts · 1901–1959
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Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Florian Le Roy
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1804
Joseph Édouard de La Motte-Rouge
Youngest
1948
Jean-Pierre Clech
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known

Born in Pléneuf-Val-André

Writers and artists take two of the three places.

Florian Le Roy#1
Writing & Arts

Florian Le Roy

1901–1959

French journalist

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Joseph Édouard de La Motte-Rouge#2
Military

Joseph Édouard de La Motte-Rouge

1804–1883

French soldier, politician and officer (1804-1883)

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JC#3
Writing & Arts

Jean-Pierre Clech

born 1948

French production designer

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

What Pléneuf-Val-André is known for

Share of Pléneuf-Val-André’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

Close by, Saint-Brieuc counts 172 famous people, the most of its neighbours.

Questions about famous people from Pléneuf-Val-André

Who is the most famous person from Pléneuf-Val-André?

Florian Le Roy (French journalist) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Joseph Édouard de La Motte-Rouge and Jean-Pierre Clech.

How many famous people were born in Pléneuf-Val-André?

3 people born in Pléneuf-Val-André have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).

What is Pléneuf-Val-André known for?

Among its famous people, writers and artists: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Pléneuf-Val-André?

Joseph Édouard de La Motte-Rouge, born in 1804. The youngest on the list was born in 1948.

Who counts as from Pléneuf-Val-André?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Pléneuf-Val-André 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.