Photo: Infernal Quack (Shif… · CC BY-SA 3.0No famous person yet from Pléchâtel
Bain-de-Bretagne, 3 mi away, has 8 on its list, the best known Adolphe Orain. Across Ille-et-Vilaine, the lists cover 105 towns. The longest list of any town in Ille-et-Vilaine belongs to Rennes, with 542. After Rennes, the next longest list in Ille-et-Vilaine is Saint-Malo’s, with 182.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Pléchâtel (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 Pléchâtel yet.
Famous people born near Pléchâtel
Nearby, Bain-de-Bretagne has the most on record, with 8.
Questions about famous people from Pléchâtel
Who counts as from Pléchâtel?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Pléchâtel 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 (2)
- Adolphe Orain: Société Photographique de Rennes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Marie Valentin: Guillard Gérard, 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.