No one from Plonéis is on the famous people list yet
Just 5 mi away, Quimper’s list holds 158 names, René Laennec the best known. The longest list in Finistère is Brest’s, with 389 names. Famous people are on record for 165 of the towns in Finistère.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Plonéis (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 Plonéis yet.
Famous people born near Plonéis
The best known from each town within 12 mi of Plonéis, with how many people each has.
Quimper · 5 miRené Laennec & 157 more
Douarnenez · 8 miRomain Danzé & 39 more
Ergué-Gabéric · 8 miJean-François de La Marche & 3 morePTPlozévet · 10 miPierre Trépos & 1 more
Pluguffan · 3 miAndrea Ar Gouilh
Plomelin · 6 miPierre SouvestreFGPlonéour-Lanvern · 9 miFélix Le GarrecMBCombrit · 9 miMarc Le BotQuestions about famous people from Plonéis
Who counts as from Plonéis?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Plonéis 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
- Romain Danzé: S. Plaine, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-François de La Marche: Hervé Queinnec (Archives diocésaines de Quimper), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrea Ar Gouilh: Kergourlay, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Souvestre: Henri Manuel, Public domain, 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.