Claude Guillemot
born 1937French painter
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Claude Guillemot, the French painter, is the most widely known, written about in one language. The French politician Léon Jégorel ranks second, ahead of Mathurin Le Crom. The neighbour with the longest list is Pontivy, 10 mi away: 44, led by Audrey Cordon-Ragot. The list’s best known name, Claude Guillemot, dates from 1937.
Three names lead: Claude Guillemot (1 languages), Léon Jégorel (1) and Mathurin Le Crom (1).
French painter
French politician (1907-1986)
French politician
Share of Crédin’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Around it, Pontivy has the most people on record, 44 of them.
Pontivy · 10 miAudrey Cordon-Ragot & 43 more
Loudéac · 9 miMarylise Lebranchu & 25 more
Josselin · 12 miFrançois-Marie Picaud & 9 moreJGÉvellys · 7 miJean Gainche & 3 moreHLLocminé · 12 miHervé Laudrin & 3 more
Noyal-Pontivy · 6 miFrançois Cadic & 2 more
Bignan · 11 miThomas Denis & 1 more
Plémet · 12 miMarsel Klerg & 1 moreClaude Guillemot (French painter) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Léon Jégorel and Mathurin Le Crom.
3 people born in Crédin have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Mathurin Le Crom, born in 1800. The youngest on the list was born in 1937.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Crédin 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.
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