FrançaisGuest, Sign inJoin
Famous people · Locronan, Finistère

Locronan’s famous people span 246 years: 2 births from 1732 to 1978

Goulwena an Henaff leads the list, covered in 3 languages. The other is Jean-Marie de Leissègues de Rozaven, the French politician. The neighbour with the longest list is Quimper, 9 mi away: 158, led by René Laennec. The list’s best known name, Goulwena an Henaff, dates from 1978.

Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Goulwena an Henaff
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1732
Jean-Marie de Leissègues de Rozaven
Youngest
1978
Goulwena an Henaff
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 person
The best known

Born in Locronan

GH#1
Film, TV & Stage

Goulwena an Henaff

born 1978

French talk show host, dubbing and actor

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
JR#2
Politics & Law

Jean-Marie de Leissègues de Rozaven

1732–1802

French politician

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Locronan is known for

1 of them work in Film, TV & Stage, the biggest field.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

The longest list nearby is Quimper’s, with 158.

Questions about famous people from Locronan

Who is the most famous person from Locronan?

Goulwena an Henaff (French talk show host, dubbing and actor) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jean-Marie de Leissègues de Rozaven.

How many famous people were born in Locronan?

2 people born in Locronan have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).

What is Locronan known for?

Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 8% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Locronan?

Jean-Marie de Leissègues de Rozaven, born in 1732. The youngest on the list was born in 1978.

Who counts as from Locronan?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Locronan 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)

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.