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Famous people · Châteaulin, Finistère

13 famous people were born in Châteaulin from 1675 to 2000

Yves-Marie André is the best known, with articles in 12 languages. The largest group, 5, was born between the Revolution and the Second Empire. The list is still growing: 2 were born since 1970. Fewer than a quarter of the 165 towns in Finistère with famous people list more.

#1 best knownYves-Marie AndréScience & Medicine · 1675–1764
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Born here
13
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Yves-Marie André
12 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1675
Yves-Marie André
Youngest
2000
Victor Guernalec
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
The best known

Born in Châteaulin

Two of the three are athletes.

Yves-Marie André#1
Science & Medicine

Yves-Marie André

1675–1764

French Jesuit mathematician, philosopher, and essayist, best known for his Essai sur le Beau, a 1741 philosophical work on aesthetics

12 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Camille Danguillaume#2
Sports

Camille Danguillaume

1919–1950

French cyclist (1919–1950)

11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
TG#3
Sports

Thibault Guernalec

born 1997

French racing cyclist

10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years

When Châteaulin’s famous people were born

The 1870s saw the most births of any decade: 2.

Ancien RégimeRevolution to EmpireBelle ÉpoqueThe 20th centuryToday1700175018001850190019502000Armand GassisVictor GuernalecJulien Marie Cosmao-KerjulienCamille DanguillaumeYves-Marie André
Politics & LawSportsScience & MedicineMilitaryFaithWriting & Arts

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Châteaulin is known for

The largest field is Politics & Law, with 4 people.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Everyone

Everyone else born in Châteaulin

Of the other 10, 4 are leaders.

Julien Marie Cosmao-Kerjulien

Julien Marie Cosmao-Kerjulien

1761–1825

French admiral (1761-1825)

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Armand Gassis

1839–1915

French politician, entrepreneur and architect (1839–1915)

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Close by, the fullest list is Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch’s, at 4 names.

Questions about famous people from Châteaulin

Who is the most famous person from Châteaulin?

Yves-Marie André (French Jesuit mathematician, philosopher, and essayist, best known for his Essai sur le Beau, a 1741 philosophical work on aesthetics) is the best known by our measure: 12 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Camille Danguillaume and Thibault Guernalec.

How many famous people were born in Châteaulin?

13 people born in Châteaulin have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 17 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 Châteaulin known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 4 of the 13. That is 31% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Châteaulin?

Yves-Marie André, born in 1675. The youngest on the list was born in 2000.

Who counts as from Châteaulin?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Châteaulin 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 (7)

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.