Photo: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.0Merlevenez has yet to put a famous person on the list
Lorient, 7 mi off, can claim 164 famous people, the best known Jean-Yves Le Drian. 113 towns across Morbihan can name a famous person born there. The longest list of any town in Morbihan belongs to Lorient, with 164. After Lorient, the next longest list in Morbihan is Vannes’, with 138.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Merlevenez (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 Merlevenez yet.
Famous people born near Merlevenez
Close by, the fullest list is Lorient’s, at 164 names.
Lorient · 7 miJean-Yves Le Drian & 163 more
Hennebont · 5 miWarren Barguil & 30 more
Port-Louis · 5 miZacharie Allemand & 7 moreFFKervignac · 2 miFrançois Marie Falquerho & 1 more
Plouhinec · 3 miChristian Le Squer & 1 moreJLLanester · 5 miJean Lagarde & 1 moreFBRiantec · 4 miFrancis Le BléJMLocmiquélic · 5 miJean-Yves MonnatQuestions about famous people from Merlevenez
Who counts as from Merlevenez?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Merlevenez 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)
- Jean-Yves Le Drian: Mark Neyman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Warren Barguil: Kdraw (Clémence LN), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zacharie Allemand: Antoine Maurin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christian Le Squer: Christian Le Squer, CC BY 2.0, 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.