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Famous people · Plabennec, Finistère

Plabennec’s famous people span 105 years: 4 births from 1890 to 1995

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.

#1 best knownJean-Luc BleunvenPolitics & Law · born 1958
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jean-Luc Bleunven
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1890
Paul Nimier
Youngest
1995
Tony Périou
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known

Born in Plabennec

Two of the three are leaders.

Jean-Luc Bleunven#1
Politics & Law

Jean-Luc Bleunven

born 1958

French politician

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
JG#2
Politics & Law

Jean-Louis Goasduff

1927–2013

French politician and bird breeder (1927–2013)

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
PN#3
Science & Medicine

Paul Nimier

1890–1939

French engineer and inventor (1890-1939)

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Through the years

When Plabennec’s famous people were born

The 1950s saw the most births of any decade: 1.

Belle ÉpoqueThe 20th centuryToday190019502000Tony PériouPaul NimierJean-Louis GoasduffJean-Luc Bleunven
Politics & LawScience & MedicineSports

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Plabennec is known for

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.

Everyone

Everyone else born in Plabennec

1 more, best known first.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Around it, Brest has the most people on record, 389 of them.

Questions about famous people from Plabennec

Who is the most famous person from Plabennec?

Jean-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.

How many famous people were born in Plabennec?

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.

What is Plabennec known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Plabennec?

Paul Nimier, born in 1890. The youngest on the list was born in 1995.

Who counts as from Plabennec?

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.

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.