Photo: Journal La Dépêche de Brest et de l'Ouest" du 24 octobre 1937 · Public domainPenmarch has no famous person on record yet
A short trip away, Pont-l'Abbé (7 mi) counts 29 famous people, Régis Le Bris among them. 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. In Finistère, 165 towns have someone on the list.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Penmarch (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 4 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Penmarch as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Penmarch
The neighbour with the most names is Pont-l'Abbé, at 29.
Questions about famous people from Penmarch
Who counts as from Penmarch?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Penmarch 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 (2)
- Pierre-Jean Berrou: Claude PERON, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alain Le Breton: François BARGAIN, 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.