#1Military
François Flohic
1920–2018French admiral (1920-2018)
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Ploubazlanec, Côtes-d'Armor
Ploubazlanec is the birthplace of 4 famous people
François Flohic, the French admiral, is the most widely known, written about in 5 languages. Second and third on the list are Joseph Lec'hvien and Eugène-Joseph-Marie Le Bellec. Per head, the list is long: 13.6 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Côtes-d'Armor has 5.6. More are clergy and people of faith than anything else, 2 in all.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
François Flohic
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1890
Eugène-Joseph-Marie Le Bellec
Youngest
1920
François Flohic
Most common field
Faith
2 people
The best known
Born in Ploubazlanec
Clergy and people of faith take two of the three places.
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Faith
Joseph Lec'hvien
1919–2015Breton catholic priest and writer (1919–2015)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
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Eugène-Joseph-Marie Le Bellec
1890–1970Bishop of Vannes
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Through the years
When Ploubazlanec’s famous people were born
The 1890s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
FaithMilitaryPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Ploubazlanec is known for
The largest field is Faith, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Ploubazlanec
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Paimpol has the most on record: 31.
Questions about famous people from Ploubazlanec
Who is the most famous person from Ploubazlanec?
François Flohic (French admiral (1920-2018)) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Joseph Lec'hvien and Eugène-Joseph-Marie Le Bellec.
How many famous people were born in Ploubazlanec?
4 people born in Ploubazlanec have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Ploubazlanec known for?
Among its famous people, clergy and people of faith: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 3% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ploubazlanec?
Eugène-Joseph-Marie Le Bellec, born in 1890. The youngest on the list was born in 1920.
Who counts as from Ploubazlanec?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Ploubazlanec 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)
- François Flohic: Alexandre Moatti, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eugène-Joseph-Marie Le Bellec: Fab5669, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Étienne Didot: Luc-Éric Manneville, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Louis Hamon: Jean-Louis Hamon, Public domain, 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.