Goulwena an Henaff
born 1978French talk show host, dubbing and actor
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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.
French talk show host, dubbing and actor
French politician
1 of them work in Film, TV & Stage, the biggest field.
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The longest list nearby is Quimper’s, with 158.
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.
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).
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 8% across French towns.
Jean-Marie de Leissègues de Rozaven, born in 1732. The youngest on the list was born in 1978.
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.
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