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Famous people · Taulé, Finistère

2 famous people were born in Taulé

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.

#1 best knownJean Carrelet de LoisyMilitary · 1916–1944
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jean Carrelet de Loisy
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1916
Jean Carrelet de Loisy
Youngest
1918
José Bellec
Most common field
Military
1 person
The best known

Born in Taulé

Jean Carrelet de Loisy#1
Military

Jean Carrelet de Loisy

1916–1944

French officer (1916-1944)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
JB#2
Notable

José Bellec

1918–2004

French official (1918–2004)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Taulé is known for

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.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Morlaix leads the towns around it, with 96 names.

Questions about famous people from Taulé

Who is the most famous person from Taulé?

Jean 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.

How many famous people were born in Taulé?

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.

What is Taulé known for?

Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 4% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Taulé?

Jean Carrelet de Loisy, born in 1916. The youngest on the list was born in 1918.

Who counts as from Taulé?

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.

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.