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Famous people · Ploemel, Morbihan

Ploemel is the birthplace of 2 famous people

The best known is the French bombard player André Le Meut, with articles in 3 languages. The only other name is the French politician Joseph Le Pevedic. Jeanne de Laval tops the 25 names on record in Auray, 4 mi away. Born in 1879, Joseph Le Pevedic is the first name on record, and André Le Meut, born in 1964, the most recent.

#1 best knownAndré Le MeutMusic · born 1964
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
André Le Meut
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1879
Joseph Le Pevedic
Youngest
1964
André Le Meut
Most common field
Music
1 person
The best known

Born in Ploemel

Joseph Le Pevedic#2
Politics & Law

Joseph Le Pevedic

1879–1964

French politician (1879-1964)

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Ploemel is known for

Share of Ploemel’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

The most names next door are in Auray: 25.

Questions about famous people from Ploemel

Who is the most famous person from Ploemel?

André Le Meut (French bombard player) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Joseph Le Pevedic.

How many famous people were born in Ploemel?

2 people born in Ploemel have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

What is Ploemel known for?

Among its famous people, musicians: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 4% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ploemel?

Joseph Le Pevedic, born in 1879. The youngest on the list was born in 1964.

Who counts as from Ploemel?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Ploemel 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 (3)

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.