Photo: LPLT · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people born near Le Faouët
For more famous names, Quimperlé is 12 mi away: its list has 40, led by Théodore Hersart de La Villemarqué. Not one famous person on record comes from Le Faouët yet. 113 towns across Morbihan can name a famous person born there. The longest list of any town in Morbihan belongs to Lorient, with 164.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Faouët (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 8 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Le Faouët as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Le Faouët
Of the towns nearby, 5 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Le Faouët
Who counts as from Le Faouët?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Faouët 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)
- Théodore Hersart de La Villemarqué: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Hervet: This illustration was made by Peter Potrowl ., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Youenn Gwernig: Herle Denez, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Le Pensec: jyc1, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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