#1Louis Jouvet
1887–1951French actor (1887-1951)
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Louis Jouvet, the French actor, is the most widely known, written about in 42 languages. The French professor and politician André Lespagnol ranks second, ahead of Joseph Velly. Between 1914 and 1969, 4 were born, the most of any period. Per head, the list is long: 10.7 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Finistère has 5.
First, Louis Jouvet (42 languages), then André Lespagnol (5) and Joseph Velly (5).
#1French actor (1887-1951)
French professor and politician (1943-2020)
#3French bicycle racer (1938–2016)
The 1930s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Performers are the most numerous, 2 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Here are 5 more, born from 1793 to 1990.

French school teacher, politician, school teacher and catholic priest

No one matches both filters.
Close by, Brest counts 389 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Louis Jouvet (French actor (1887-1951)) is the best known by our measure: 42 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come André Lespagnol and Joseph Velly.
8 people born in Crozon have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 10 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, performers: 2 of the 8. That is 25% of the town’s list, against 8% across French towns.
Joseph-Marie Graveran, born in 1793. The youngest on the list was born in 1990.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Crozon 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.
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).
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.