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Famous people · Plouénan, Finistère

4 famous people were born in Plouénan

The best known is the French nun Yvonne Reungoat, with articles in 6 languages. The next two names are François Prigent and Jean-Claude Rohel. The oldest name on the list belongs to François Prigent, born in 1911, the newest to Jean-Jacques Lamour, born in 1962. Per head, the list is long: 15.3 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Finistère has 5.

#1 best knownYvonne ReungoatFaith · born 1945
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Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Yvonne Reungoat
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1911
François Prigent
Youngest
1962
Jean-Jacques Lamour
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known

Born in Plouénan

By how many languages cover them, Yvonne Reungoat comes first (6), then François Prigent (1) and Jean-Claude Rohel (1).

Yvonne Reungoat#1
Faith

Yvonne Reungoat

born 1945

French nun

6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
François Prigent#2
Politics & Law

François Prigent

1911–1986

French politician (1911-1986)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
JR#3
Politics & Law

Jean-Claude Rohel

1939–2009

French politician (1939-2009)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Through the years

When Plouénan’s famous people were born

The 1940s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.

Belle ÉpoqueThe 20th centuryToday190019502000Jean-Jacques LamourJean-Claude RohelFrançois Prigent
Politics & LawFaithSports

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

Known for

What Plouénan is known for

The largest field is Politics & Law, with 2 people.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Everyone

Everyone else born in Plouénan

1 more, best known first.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Around it, Morlaix has the most people on record, 96 of them.

Questions about famous people from Plouénan

Who is the most famous person from Plouénan?

Yvonne Reungoat (French nun) is the best known by our measure: 6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come François Prigent and Jean-Claude Rohel.

How many famous people were born in Plouénan?

4 people born in Plouénan 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 Plouénan 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 Plouénan?

François Prigent, born in 1911. The youngest on the list was born in 1962.

Who counts as from Plouénan?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Plouénan 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.