Photo: Citizen lambda · CC BY-SA 3.0No famous person from Bénodet yet, but Quimper next door has 158
Across Finistère, 165 towns list someone born there. No town in Finistère lists more than Brest, with 389. Quimper’s list is led by René Laennec.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Bénodet (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Bénodet as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Bénodet
Close by, Quimper counts 158 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Quimper · 8 miRené Laennec & 157 moreRBPont-l'Abbé · 6 miRégis Le Bris & 28 more
Fouesnant · 3 miJoseph Louis Antoine Marie Parquer & 1 moreCCLoctudy · 6 miCorentin Cariou & 1 moreAGLa Forêt-Fouesnant · 6 miAnge Joseph Jean de Guernissac & 1 more
Plobannalec-Lesconil · 8 miAlain Le Breton & 1 moreMBCombrit · 3 miMarc Le Bot
Plomelin · 5 miPierre SouvestreQuestions about famous people from Bénodet
Who counts as from Bénodet?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bénodet 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)
- René Laennec: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Louis Antoine Marie Parquer: Joseph Louis Antoine Marie Parquer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alain Le Breton: François BARGAIN, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Souvestre: Henri Manuel, 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.