#1Georginio Rutter
born 2002French footballer (born 2002)
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best known is the French footballer Georginio Rutter, with articles in 21 languages. The French poet Charles Le Quintrec ranks second, ahead of Mélanie Auffret. For more famous names, Vannes is 4 mi away: its list has 138, led by Alain Resnais. Births span 1926 to 2002, from Charles Le Quintrec to Georginio Rutter.
First, Georginio Rutter (21 languages), then Charles Le Quintrec (4) and Mélanie Auffret (4).
#1French footballer (born 2002)
French poet (1926-2008)
#3French film director
Share of Plescop’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Nearby, Vannes has the most on record, with 138.
Georginio Rutter (French footballer (born 2002)) is the best known by our measure: 21 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Charles Le Quintrec and Mélanie Auffret.
3 people born in Plescop 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, athletes: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Charles Le Quintrec, born in 1926. The youngest on the list was born in 2002.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Plescop 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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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).
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