No famous person born in Guimaëc is listed yet
Go 8 mi to Morlaix and the list grows to 96, with Jean Victor Marie Moreau at the top. 165 towns in Finistère have at least one famous person on record. Brest’s 389 names make the longest list in Finistère. After Brest, the next longest list in Finistère is Quimper’s, with 158.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Guimaëc (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Guimaëc yet.
Famous people born near Guimaëc
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Morlaix · 8 miJean Victor Marie Moreau & 95 more
Ploubezre · 12 miYves Guérin-Sérac & 4 moreJWPlougasnou · 5 miJean-Claude Wuillemin & 3 moreALPlouigneau · 7 miAlphonse Fleuriot de Langle & 3 more
Carantec · 10 miBernez Tangi & 3 moreMBSaint-Martin-des-Champs · 9 miMarc Bécam & 2 moreJBPleumeur-Bodou · 11 miJean-Pierre Le Bras & 2 more
Taulé · 10 miJean Carrelet de Loisy & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Guimaëc
Who counts as from Guimaëc?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Guimaëc 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)
- Jean Victor Marie Moreau: François Gérard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Yves Guérin-Sérac: Gilbert Dréan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bernez Tangi: Nonpara, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Carrelet de Loisy: Chobnest, 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.