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Famous people · Crédin, Morbihan

Crédin’s famous people span 137 years: 3 births from 1800 to 1937

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.

Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Claude Guillemot
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1800
Mathurin Le Crom
Youngest
1937
Claude Guillemot
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known

Born in Crédin

Three names lead: Claude Guillemot (1 languages), Léon Jégorel (1) and Mathurin Le Crom (1).

CG#1
Writing & Arts

Claude Guillemot

born 1937

French painter

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
LJ#2
Politics & Law

Léon Jégorel

1907–1986

French politician (1907-1986)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
MC#3
Politics & Law

Mathurin Le Crom

1800–1876

French politician

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Crédin is known for

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.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Around it, Pontivy has the most people on record, 44 of them.

Questions about famous people from Crédin

Who is the most famous person from Crédin?

Claude 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.

How many famous people were born in Crédin?

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).

What is Crédin known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Crédin?

Mathurin Le Crom, born in 1800. The youngest on the list was born in 1937.

Who counts as from Crédin?

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.

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 (6)

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.