#1Jean Carrelet de Loisy
1916–1944French officer (1916-1944)
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Jean Carrelet de Loisy, the French officer, is the most widely known, written about in one language. The other is José Bellec, the French official. Of its neighbours, Morlaix, 4 mi away, lists the most: 96, Jean Victor Marie Moreau first. Births span 1916 to 1918, from Jean Carrelet de Loisy to José Bellec.

#1French officer (1916-1944)
French official (1918–2004)
Soldiers and sailors are the most numerous, 1 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Morlaix leads the towns around it, with 96 names.
Morlaix · 4 miJean Victor Marie Moreau & 95 more
Saint-Pol-de-Léon · 7 miLouis Floch & 23 more
Carantec · 4 miBernez Tangi & 3 more
Plouénan · 4 miYvonne Reungoat & 3 moreJBPleyber-Christ · 7 miJean Bourlès & 3 moreJWPlougasnou · 7 miJean-Claude Wuillemin & 3 moreMBSaint-Martin-des-Champs · 3 miMarc Bécam & 2 more
Saint-Thégonnec Loc-Eguiner · 7 miJakez Kerrien & 2 moreJean Carrelet de Loisy (French officer (1916-1944)) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come José Bellec.
2 people born in Taulé have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 3 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, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 4% across French towns.
Jean Carrelet de Loisy, born in 1916. The youngest on the list was born in 1918.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Taulé 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.
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