Photo: This photo has been taken by GwenofGwened (User:GwenofGwened) and released under the licenses stated below. You are free to use it for any purpose as long as you credit me as author, Wikimedia Commons as site and follow the terms of the licenses. Could y… · CC BY-SA 4.0Ploeren has yet to put a famous person on the list
Go 4 mi to Vannes and the list grows to 138, with Alain Resnais at the top. Across Morbihan, 113 towns list someone born there. Lorient’s 164 names make the longest list in Morbihan.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Ploeren (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 Ploeren yet.
Famous people born near Ploeren
Nearby, Vannes has the most on record, with 138.
Questions about famous people from Ploeren
Who counts as from Ploeren?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Ploeren 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)
- Alain Resnais: Studio Harcourt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- François Mahé: NL-HaNA, ANEFO / neg. stroken, 1945-1989, 2.24.01.05, item number 915-3100, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Georginio Rutter: Egghead06, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Le Brix: Le nouvelliste du Morbihan, Public domain, 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.