#1Jean-Luc Bleunven
born 1958French politician
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At the top of the list is the French politician Jean-Luc Bleunven, covered in 5 languages. Jean-Louis Goasduff, the French politician and bird breeder, comes second, with Paul Nimier third. The list’s best known name, Jean-Luc Bleunven, dates from 1958. Fewer than a quarter of the 165 towns in Finistère with famous people list more.

Two of the three are leaders.
#1French politician
French politician and bird breeder (1927–2013)
French engineer and inventor (1890-1939)
The 1950s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
1 more, best known first.
Around it, Brest has the most people on record, 389 of them.
Brest · 8 miGonzalo Higuaín & 388 moreRPLesneven · 7 miRené Pétillon & 21 more
Guipavas · 5 miRomain Le Roux & 4 moreCLLannilis · 7 miClaude-Marie Le Laé & 4 moreJBPlouvien · 3 miJean Bothorel & 2 more
Gouesnou · 4 miVirginie Cueff & 2 more
Le Relecq-Kerhuon · 7 miJean Callies & 2 more
Bourg-Blanc · 4 miLaurent Ségalen & 1 moreJean-Luc Bleunven (French politician) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jean-Louis Goasduff and Paul Nimier.
4 people born in Plabennec have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Paul Nimier, born in 1890. The youngest on the list was born in 1995.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Plabennec 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.
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).
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