Photo: Moreau.henri · CC BY-SA 4.0No one from Melgven is on the famous people list yet
Of its neighbours, Concarneau, 4 mi away, lists the most: 25, Stéphane Guivarc'h first. No town in Finistère lists more than Brest, with 389. After Brest, the next longest list in Finistère is Quimper’s, with 158. In all of Finistère, the famous people on record come from 165 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Melgven (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Melgven as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Melgven
The most names next door are in Concarneau: 25.
Rosporden · 4 miFirmin Le Bourhis & 4 more
Bannalec · 7 miArthur Hervet & 4 moreHRPont-Aven · 5 miHenri Rey & 2 more
Saint-Yvi · 6 miAlan Heusaff & 1 moreAGLa Forêt-Fouesnant · 6 miAnge Joseph Jean de Guernissac & 1 moreFPElliant · 7 miFañch Postic & 1 more
Riec-sur-Bélon · 8 miFrançois Cadoret & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Melgven
Who counts as from Melgven?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Melgven 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)
- Firmin Le Bourhis: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Hervet: This illustration was made by Peter Potrowl ., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Heusaff: Undenbennak, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- François Cadoret: Agence Mondial, 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.