No one born in Le Drennec has made the famous people list yet
Just 8 mi away, Landerneau’s list holds 34 names, Aude Biannic the best known. The longest list of any town in Finistère belongs to Brest, with 389. After Brest, the next longest list in Finistère is Quimper’s, with 158. Across Finistère, 165 towns list someone born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Drennec (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 Le Drennec yet.
Famous people born near Le Drennec
The most names next door are in Landerneau: 34.
Landerneau · 8 miAude Biannic & 33 moreRPLesneven · 4 miRené Pétillon & 21 more
Guipavas · 7 miRomain Le Roux & 4 moreCLLannilis · 8 miClaude-Marie Le Laé & 4 more
Plabennec · 3 miJean-Luc Bleunven & 3 moreJAPlouguerneau · 9 miJean-Pierre Allemand & 3 moreJBPlouvien · 4 miJean Bothorel & 2 more
Gouesnou · 7 miVirginie Cueff & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Le Drennec
Who counts as from Le Drennec?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Drennec 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)
- 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
- 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.