No one from Baye is on the famous people list yet
The neighbour with the longest list is Quimperlé, 3 mi away: 40, led by Théodore Hersart de La Villemarqué. No town in Finistère lists more than Brest, with 389. Quimper has the second-longest list in Finistère, after Brest, with 158. Across Finistère, 165 towns list someone born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Baye (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Baye yet.
Famous people born near Baye
The most names next door are in Quimperlé: 40.
Quimperlé · 3 miThéodore Hersart de La Villemarqué & 39 more
Bannalec · 7 miArthur Hervet & 4 more
Moëlan-sur-Mer · 4 miLéon Le Calvez & 2 moreHRPont-Aven · 7 miHenri Rey & 2 more
Riec-sur-Bélon · 4 miFrançois Cadoret & 1 more
Pont-Scorff · 9 miArmand Penverne & 1 more
Mellac · 3 miLouis Le PensecPCClohars-Carnoët · 5 miPierre Tal CoatQuestions about famous people from Baye
Who counts as from Baye?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Baye 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)
- Théodore Hersart de La Villemarqué: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Hervet: This illustration was made by Peter Potrowl ., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Léon Le Calvez: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- François Cadoret: Agence Mondial, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Armand Penverne: Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Le Pensec: jyc1, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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