Arzon has yet to put a famous person on the list
The neighbour with the longest list is Vannes, 10 mi away: 138, led by Alain Resnais. Lorient has the most of any town in Morbihan: 164. Across Morbihan, the lists cover 113 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Arzon (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 Arzon yet.
Famous people born near Arzon
Nearby, Vannes has the most on record, with 138.
Questions about famous people from Arzon
Who counts as from Arzon?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Arzon 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 (5)
- Alain Resnais: Studio Harcourt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeanne de Laval: Louis Boudan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- François Mahé: NL-HaNA, ANEFO / neg. stroken, 1945-1989, 2.24.01.05, item number 915-3100, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marie Le Franc: AUBRY Sophie, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Le Brix: Le nouvelliste du Morbihan, Public domain, 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.