Photo: chisloup · CC BY 3.0No famous person yet from Pacé
Go 5 mi to Rennes and the list grows to 542, with François-Henri Pinault at the top. Rennes has the most of any town in Ille-et-Vilaine: 542. After Rennes, the next longest list in Ille-et-Vilaine is Saint-Malo’s, with 182. The Ille-et-Vilaine lists hold names for 105 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Pacé (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Pacé as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Pacé
Rennes leads the towns around it, with 542 names.
Questions about famous people from Pacé
Who counts as from Pacé?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Pacé 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 (4)
- François-Henri Pinault: Leafar, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Armand Duval: JPLeRouzic, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Émile Burgault: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gérard Cousseau: Régis THOMAS, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.



