Brandérion has yet to put a famous person on the list
Warren Barguil heads the list in Hennebont, 4 mi away, which has 31 names. Across Morbihan, the lists cover 113 towns. The longest list in Morbihan is Lorient’s, with 164 names. After Lorient, the next longest list in Morbihan is Vannes’, with 138.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Brandérion (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 Brandérion yet.
Famous people born near Brandérion
Hennebont leads the towns around it, with 31 names.
Hennebont · 4 miWarren Barguil & 30 more
Caudan · 7 miMarcel Guieysse & 2 moreFFKervignac · 3 miFrançois Marie Falquerho & 1 moreGCLanguidic · 3 miGilbert Le Chenadec & 1 moreJGInzinzac-Lochrist · 4 miJean Giovannelli & 1 moreJLLanester · 7 miJean Lagarde & 1 more
Plouhinec · 7 miChristian Le Squer & 1 more
Landévant · 4 miJoseph JacobQuestions about famous people from Brandérion
Who counts as from Brandérion?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Brandérion 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)
- Warren Barguil: Kdraw (Clémence LN), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcel Guieysse: L'Heure Bretonne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christian Le Squer: Christian Le Squer, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Jacob: Maurice Dulac, 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.