Photo: Moreau.henri · CC BY 4.0Famous people from Pleuven
Just 6 mi away, Quimper’s list holds 158 names, René Laennec the best known. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Pleuven. The longest list in Finistère is Brest’s, with 389 names. 165 of the towns in Finistère list at least one person.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Pleuven (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Pleuven yet.
Famous people born near Pleuven
Quimper has the longest list next door: 158.
Quimper · 6 miRené Laennec & 157 moreSGConcarneau · 7 miStéphane Guivarc'h & 24 more
Ergué-Gabéric · 7 miJean-François de La Marche & 3 more
Fouesnant · 3 miJoseph Louis Antoine Marie Parquer & 1 moreAGLa Forêt-Fouesnant · 3 miAnge Joseph Jean de Guernissac & 1 more
Saint-Yvi · 6 miAlan Heusaff & 1 more
Plomelin · 5 miPierre SouvestreMBCombrit · 5 miMarc Le BotQuestions about famous people from Pleuven
Who counts as from Pleuven?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Pleuven 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 (5)
- René Laennec: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-François de La Marche: Hervé Queinnec (Archives diocésaines de Quimper), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Louis Antoine Marie Parquer: Joseph Louis Antoine Marie Parquer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Heusaff: Undenbennak, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Souvestre: Henri Manuel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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