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Goulven Morvan
1819–1891French Catholic priest
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Famous people · La Forest-Landerneau, Finistère
La Forest-Landerneau, birthplace of the French Catholic priest Goulven Morvan
Goulven Morvan, the French Catholic priest, was born in 1819. That places their birth between the Revolution and the Second Empire. Articles about them exist in 4 languages. Within 8 mi, Brest lists the most: 389, with Gonzalo Higuaín first.
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Goulven Morvan
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
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1819
Goulven Morvan
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Born in La Forest-Landerneau
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 mi of La Forest-Landerneau, with how many people each has.
Brest · 8 miGonzalo Higuaín & 388 more
Landerneau · 3 miAude Biannic & 33 more
Guipavas · 4 miRomain Le Roux & 4 moreFGPlougastel-Daoulas · 5 miFrançois-Mathurin Gourvès & 4 more
Plabennec · 7 miJean-Luc Bleunven & 3 more
Le Relecq-Kerhuon · 4 miJean Callies & 2 more
Gouesnou · 7 miVirginie Cueff & 2 moreRLLoperhet · 4 miRené du Louët & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from La Forest-Landerneau
Who is the most famous person from La Forest-Landerneau?
Goulven Morvan (French Catholic priest) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
How many famous people were born in La Forest-Landerneau?
1 people born in La Forest-Landerneau have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is La Forest-Landerneau known for?
Among its famous people, clergy and people of faith: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 3% across French towns.
Who counts as from La Forest-Landerneau?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is La Forest-Landerneau 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 (6)
- Gonzalo Higuaín: Кирилл Венедиктов, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aude Biannic: Cs-wolves, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Romain Le Roux: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Luc Bleunven: LeCardinal, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Callies: Unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Virginie Cueff: Nicola, 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.