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Famous people · Pont-Scorff, Morbihan

Pont-Scorff counts 2 famous people, first among them Armand Penverne

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.

#1 best knownArmand PenverneSports · 1926–2012
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Armand Penverne
24 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1767
Pierre Jules César Guyardet
Youngest
1926
Armand Penverne
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known

Born in Pont-Scorff

Armand Penverne#1
Sports

Armand Penverne

1926–2012

French association football player and manager (1926-2012)

24 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
PG#2
Military

Pierre Jules César Guyardet

1767–1813

French officer (1767–1813)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Pont-Scorff is known for

The field with the most names is Sports: 1.

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

Close by, Lorient counts 164 famous people, the most of its neighbours.

Questions about famous people from Pont-Scorff

Who is the most famous person from Pont-Scorff?

Armand 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.

How many famous people were born in Pont-Scorff?

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).

What is Pont-Scorff known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Pont-Scorff?

Pierre Jules César Guyardet, born in 1767. The youngest on the list was born in 1926.

Who counts as from Pont-Scorff?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Pont-Scorff 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 (5)

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.