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Famous people · Ploufragan, Côtes-d'Armor

One famous person was born in Ploufragan

Jérémy Le Douaron, the French football player, was born in 1998. Their story is told in 8 languages. The neighbour with the longest list is Saint-Brieuc, 2 mi away: 172, led by Patrick Dewaere. Across Côtes-d'Armor, the lists cover 162 towns.

#1 best knownJérémy Le DouaronSports · born 1998
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Jérémy Le Douaron
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
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1998
Jérémy Le Douaron
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known

Born in Ploufragan

Jérémy Le Douaron#1
Sports

Jérémy Le Douaron

born 1998

French football player

8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door

Of the towns around it, Saint-Brieuc has the most on record: 172.

Questions about famous people from Ploufragan

Who is the most famous person from Ploufragan?

Jérémy Le Douaron (French football player) is the best known by our measure: 8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.

How many famous people were born in Ploufragan?

1 people born in Ploufragan have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 2 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 Ploufragan known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who counts as from Ploufragan?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Ploufragan 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).

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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.