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Famous people · Plougonver, Côtes-d'Armor

From 1821 to 1960, Plougonver was the birthplace of 3 famous people

The best known is the French politician Annie Le Houérou, with articles in 6 languages. Henry-Noël Le Houérou, the French botanist, comes second, with Jean-François Huon third. Only 33 of the 162 towns in Côtes-d'Armor with anyone on record list more. The neighbour with the longest list is Guingamp, 11 mi away: 34, led by Théodule Ribot.

Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Annie Le Houérou
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1821
Jean-François Huon
Youngest
1960
Annie Le Houérou
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known

Born in Plougonver

Leaders take two of the three places.

AH#1
Politics & Law

Annie Le Houérou

born 1960

French politician

6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
HH#2
Science & Medicine

Henry-Noël Le Houérou

1928–2009

French botanist (1928-2009)

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
JH#3
Politics & Law

Jean-François Huon

1821–1879

French politician (1821-1879)

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

What Plougonver is known for

Politics & Law leads the fields, with 2 people.

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

The fullest list close by belongs to Guingamp, with 34.

Questions about famous people from Plougonver

Who is the most famous person from Plougonver?

Annie Le Houérou (French politician) is the best known by our measure: 6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Henry-Noël Le Houérou and Jean-François Huon.

How many famous people were born in Plougonver?

3 people born in Plougonver have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 4 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 Plougonver known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Plougonver?

Jean-François Huon, born in 1821. The youngest on the list was born in 1960.

Who counts as from Plougonver?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Plougonver 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 (1)

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.