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Famous people · Plouhinec, Morbihan

2 famous people were born in Plouhinec

The best known is the French chef Christian Le Squer, with articles in 6 languages. The other is Aimé Kergueris, the French politician. The first birth on record is Aimé Kergueris’, in 1940, and the last Christian Le Squer’s, in 1962. Go 8 mi to Lorient and the list grows to 164, with Jean-Yves Le Drian at the top.

#1 best knownChristian Le SquerBusiness · born 1962
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Christian Le Squer
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1940
Aimé Kergueris
Youngest
1962
Christian Le Squer
Most common field
Business
1 person
The best known

Born in Plouhinec

Christian Le Squer#1
Business

Christian Le Squer

born 1962

French chef

6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
AK#2
Politics & Law

Aimé Kergueris

born 1940

French politician

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

What Plouhinec is known for

1 of them work in Business, the biggest 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 Lorient: 164.

Questions about famous people from Plouhinec

Who is the most famous person from Plouhinec?

Christian Le Squer (French chef) is the best known by our measure: 6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Aimé Kergueris.

How many famous people were born in Plouhinec?

2 people born in Plouhinec 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 Plouhinec known for?

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

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Plouhinec?

Aimé Kergueris, born in 1940. The youngest on the list was born in 1962.

Who counts as from Plouhinec?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Plouhinec 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.