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Famous people · Pordic, Côtes-d'Armor

3 famous people were born in Pordic

At the top of the list is the French track cyclist Yvon Cloarec, covered in 5 languages. Franck Nivault is second and Jean Épivent third. For more famous names, Saint-Brieuc is 5 mi away: its list has 172, led by Patrick Dewaere. The earliest on the list is Jean Épivent, born in 1877, and the youngest Yvon Cloarec, born in 1960.

Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Yvon Cloarec
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1877
Jean Épivent
Youngest
1960
Yvon Cloarec
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known

Born in Pordic

Athletes take two of the three places.

FN#2
Sports

Franck Nivault

1948–2011

French association football player (1948-2011)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
JÉ#3
Politics & Law

Jean Épivent

1877–1939

French politician and farmer (1877-1939)

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

What Pordic is known for

2 of them work in Sports, the biggest 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 Pordic

Who is the most famous person from Pordic?

Yvon Cloarec (French track cyclist) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Franck Nivault and Jean Épivent.

How many famous people were born in Pordic?

3 people born in Pordic 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 Pordic known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Pordic?

Jean Épivent, born in 1877. The youngest on the list was born in 1960.

Who counts as from Pordic?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Pordic 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 (6)

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.