Photo: Moreau.henri · CC BY 4.0Famous people from Gestel
The neighbour with the longest list is Lorient, 5 mi away: 164, led by Jean-Yves Le Drian. So far, no famous person on record was born in Gestel. The longest list of any town in Morbihan belongs to 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 Gestel (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 Gestel yet.
Famous people born near Gestel
Of the towns around it, Lorient has the most on record: 164.
Lorient · 5 miJean-Yves Le Drian & 163 more
Quimperlé · 7 miThéodore Hersart de La Villemarqué & 39 more
Ploemeur · 5 miHenri Dupuy de Lôme & 17 more
Caudan · 5 miMarcel Guieysse & 2 more
Pont-Scorff · 3 miArmand Penverne & 1 moreJLLanester · 6 miJean Lagarde & 1 moreLKQuéven · 2 miLouis KermabonLMGuidel · 2 miLouis Le MontagnerQuestions about famous people from Gestel
Who counts as from Gestel?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Gestel 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)
- Jean-Yves Le Drian: Mark Neyman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Théodore Hersart de La Villemarqué: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henri Dupuy de Lôme: Théodore Truchelut, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcel Guieysse: L'Heure Bretonne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Armand Penverne: Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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