SG#1
Sports
Stéphane Guivarc'h
born 1970French footballer (born 1970)
34 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Concarneau, Finistère
25 famous people from Concarneau, many of them writers and artists
Articles in 34 languages make the French footballer Stéphane Guivarc'h the best known. Behind the leader come Jean-Marie Le Bris and Michel Desjoyeaux. Between 1914 and 1969, 14 were born, the most of any period. The list comes to 12 for every 10,000 residents, against 5 in the typical town in Finistère.
Born here
25
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Stéphane Guivarc'h
34 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1587
Guillaume Le Prestre de Lézonnet
Youngest
1989
Guillaume Jannez
Most common field
Writing & Arts
10 people
What stands out about Concarneau’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Concarneau’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1970s, at 5.
Writing & ArtsSportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawNotableMilitaryScience & MedicineFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Concarneau is known for
Concarneau has 1.6× the usual share of writers and artists.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Concarneau
The three are covered in 34, 15 and 15 languages: Stéphane Guivarc'h, Jean-Marie Le Bris and Michel Desjoyeaux.
#2Notable
Jean-Marie Le Bris
1817–1872French aviation pioneer (1817–1872)
15 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Concarneau
22 more, 10 of them writers and artists.
Pascal Fouché
born 1956French historian, editor and writer (born 1956)
Writing & ArtsWikipedia (French) ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Rosporden has the most on record: 5.
Rosporden · 7 miFirmin Le Bourhis & 4 moreHRPont-Aven · 7 miHenri Rey & 2 moreAGLa Forêt-Fouesnant · 4 miAnge Joseph Jean de Guernissac & 1 more
Fouesnant · 5 miJoseph Louis Antoine Marie Parquer & 1 more
Saint-Yvi · 6 miAlan Heusaff & 1 moreFPElliant · 9 miFañch Postic & 1 moreBKNévez · 8 miBruno KrebsQuestions about famous people from Concarneau
Who is the most famous person from Concarneau?
Stéphane Guivarc'h (French footballer (born 1970)) is the best known by our measure: 34 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jean-Marie Le Bris and Michel Desjoyeaux.
How many famous people were born in Concarneau?
25 people born in Concarneau have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 37 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 Concarneau known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 10 of the 25. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Concarneau?
Guillaume Le Prestre de Lézonnet, born in 1587. The youngest on the list was born in 1989.
Who counts as from Concarneau?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Concarneau 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 (14)
- Jean-Marie Le Bris: Fusain de Henri Schneider, Brest (France), 1965., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michel Desjoyeaux: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Florian Guillou: Thomas Ducroquet, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jocelyn Rico: Panini Group, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Kerhervé: Akerherv, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Paul Ollivier: Tusco, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Guillaume Jannez: Hypotypose1, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Paul Thaéron: Ggal, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Claire Hellio: David.Monniaux, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Marie Martin: Alice35136, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pascal Fouché: librairie mollat, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Firmin Le Bourhis: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Louis Antoine Marie Parquer: Joseph Louis Antoine Marie Parquer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Heusaff: Undenbennak, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.