Photo: Bruno Corpet ( Quoique ) · CC BY-SA 3.0No one from Questembert is on the famous people list yet
Malestroit, 10 mi off, can claim 15 famous people, the best known Cyrille Monnerais. Famous people are on record for 113 of the towns in Morbihan. The longest list in Morbihan is Lorient’s, with 164 names. After Lorient, the next longest list in Morbihan is Vannes’, with 138.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Questembert (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Questembert as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Questembert
The fullest list close by belongs to Malestroit, with 15.
Questions about famous people from Questembert
Who counts as from Questembert?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Questembert 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 (2)
- Cyrille Monnerais: Thomas Ducroquet, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Thierry: MFonzatti, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.