#1Armand Penverne
1926–2012French association football player and manager (1926-2012)
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Most widely known is Armand Penverne, the French association football player and manager, with articles in 24 languages. The list has one more: the French officer Pierre Jules César Guyardet. Just 6 mi away, Lorient’s list holds 164 names, Jean-Yves Le Drian the best known. Pierre Jules César Guyardet (1767) and Armand Penverne (1926) mark the two ends of the list.

#1French association football player and manager (1926-2012)
French officer (1767–1813)
The field with the most names is Sports: 1.
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Close by, Lorient counts 164 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Lorient · 6 miJean-Yves Le Drian & 163 more
Quimperlé · 7 miThéodore Hersart de La Villemarqué & 39 more
Hennebont · 7 miWarren Barguil & 30 moreJNPlouay · 7 miJacques Le Nay & 3 more
Caudan · 4 miMarcel Guieysse & 2 moreJLLanester · 6 miJean Lagarde & 1 moreJGInzinzac-Lochrist · 7 miJean Giovannelli & 1 moreLKQuéven · 3 miLouis KermabonArmand Penverne (French association football player and manager (1926-2012)) is the best known by our measure: 24 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Pierre Jules César Guyardet.
2 people born in Pont-Scorff 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 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Pierre Jules César Guyardet, born in 1767. The youngest on the list was born in 1926.
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