Brandivy has yet to put a famous person on the list
Just 8 mi away, Baud’s list holds 5 names, Jean-Louis Le Ny the best known. 113 of the towns in Morbihan list at least one person. No town in Morbihan lists more than Lorient, with 164. Vannes has the second-longest list in Morbihan, after Lorient, with 138.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Brandivy (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 Brandivy yet.
Famous people born near Brandivy
The best known from each town within 12 mi of Brandivy, with how many people each has.
Baud · 8 miJean-Louis Le Ny & 4 moreHLLocminé · 8 miHervé Laudrin & 3 moreJBPluvigner · 4 miJoseph Le Bayon & 2 more
Plescop · 8 miGeorginio Rutter & 2 more
Camors · 5 miJean-Marie Goasmat & 1 moreGLPlumelin · 7 miGérard Lorgeoux & 1 moreJTGrand-Champ · 4 miJean-René ToumelinJBPlumergat · 4 miJérôme BuléonQuestions about famous people from Brandivy
Who counts as from Brandivy?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Brandivy 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 (3)
- Jean-Louis Le Ny: MFonzatti, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Georginio Rutter: Egghead06, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Marie Goasmat: Chemillé, 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.