Jean Guillou
1830–1887French catholic priest and composer (1830-1887)
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Most widely known is Jean Guillou, the French Catholic priest and composer, with articles in 3 languages. Second place goes to the French writer Vincent Favé, third to Visant Seité. The list’s best known name, Jean Guillou, dates from 1830. Writers and artists make up the largest group, 2 of them.

Writers and artists take two of the three places.
French catholic priest and composer (1830-1887)
#2French writer (1902–1997)
French writer
Count by decade and the 1900s come out on top, with 2 births.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
2 of them work in Writing & Arts, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Still to come: 2 more, from 1921 to 1940.
No one matches both filters.
The best known from each town within 12 mi of Cléder, with how many people each has.
Saint-Pol-de-Léon · 6 miLouis Floch & 23 moreRPLesneven · 11 miRené Pétillon & 21 more
Landivisiau · 11 miDavid Gaudu & 8 more
Plouescat · 3 miDom Duff & 5 more
Plouénan · 7 miYvonne Reungoat & 3 more
Carantec · 9 miBernez Tangi & 3 moreFKRoscoff · 7 miFrançois Nicolas Pascal de Kerenveyer & 2 more
Plouvorn · 7 miYvon Le Roux & 1 moreJean Guillou (French catholic priest and composer (1830-1887)) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Vincent Favé and Visant Seité.
5 people born in Cléder have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 8 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 2 of the 5. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Jean Guillou, born in 1830. The youngest on the list was born in 1940.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Cléder 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.
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