48.3904° N, 4.4869° W
BREST
Most Famous People Born in Brest, France
- Notable people
- 488
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- Median birth year
- 1915
- Most distinctive
- Militant 48.9×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Brest during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Brest Is Known For
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Politician is Brest's biggest profession — 15% of all notables (73).
Brest over-indexes on militant — 48.9× the global rate.
Brest under-produces actor — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Brest's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Military
- Writing
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- Art & Design
- Other
Yann Tiersen
Born 1970
Alain Robbe-Grillet
1922 - 2008
Gonzalo Higuaín
Born 1987
Pierre Brice
1929 - 2015
Béatrice Dalle
Born 1964
Victor Segalen
1878 - 1919
Fabien Causeur
Born 1987
Jean-Jacques Urvoas
Born 1959
Louis Hémon
1880 - 1913
Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu
1889 - 1964
Miossec
Born 1964
Robert Castel
1933 - 2013
Jean Cras
1879 - 1932
Gustave Hervé
1871 - 1944
Corentin Martins
Born 1969
Yves Guéna
1922 - 2016
Martin Provost
Born 1957
Claire de Duras
1777 - 1828
Yvan Le Bolloc'h
Born 1961
Griedge Mbock Bathy
Born 1995
Kayden Boche
Born 1985
Henri Queffélec
1910 - 1992
Larsen Touré
Born 1984
Edmond Jurien de La Gravière
1812 - 1892
Jocelyn Gourvennec
Born 1972
Nathalie Lemel
1826 - 1921
Roparz Hemon
1900 - 1978
Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois
1761 - 1848
Tanguy Viel
Born 1973
Laury Thilleman
Born 1991
Alexandre Coeff
Born 1992
Marie Souvestre
1830 - 1905
Louis Bréhier
1868 - 1951
Eugène Deloncle
1890 - 1944
Édouard Bouët-Willaumez
1808 - 1871
Christophe Kerbrat
Born 1986
Camille Tissot
1868 - 1917
Mathieu Spinosi
Born 1990
Jacques-Noël Sané
1740 - 1831
Gilles Lebreton
Born 1958
Auguste Étienne François Mayer
1805 - 1890
Loïk Le Floch-Prigent
Born 1943
François Étienne de Rosily-Mesros
1748 - 1832
Berthe Sylva
1885 - 1941
Alex Thépot
1906 - 1989
Annick Cojean
Born 1957
Thibaut Vallette
Born 1974
Émile Masson
1869 - 1923
Prosper Garnot
1794 - 1838
Lea Lublin
1929 - 1999
Henriette-Julie de Murat
1670 - 1716
André Colin
1910 - 1978
Olivier Le Gac
Born 1993
Bernard Cornut-Gentille
1909 - 1992
Fred Moore (soldier)
1920 - 2017
Guillaume Moullec
Born 1980
Erwann Binet
Born 1972
Édouard Corbière
1793 - 1875
Alexis-Marie de Rochon
1741 - 1817
Jean Oberlé
1900 - 1961
Valentin Madouas
Born 1996
Bernard Rogel
Born 1956
Karim Soltani
Born 1984
Marko Muslin
Born 1985
Mikael Bodlore-Penlaez
Born 1975
Étienne Raoul
1815 - 1852
Charlène Guignard
Born 1989
Claudine Tiercelin
Born 1952
François Cuillandre
Born 1955
Stéphane Heuet
Born 1957
Nicolas Ozanne
1728 - 1811
François Marie d'Aboville
1730 - 1817
Jean Simon
1912 - 2003
Patrick Colleter
Born 1965
Hassan Ahamada
Born 1981
Pierre Ozanne
1737 - 1813
Jean Le Boulch
1924 - 2001
Pierre-Julien Gilbert
1783 - 1860
Jules Bourdais
1835 - 1915
Erwan Dianteill
Born 1967
Pierre-Yves Hamel
Born 1994
Pierre Péron
1905 - 1988
Jean-Michel Guilcher
1914 - 2017
Anne-Marie Le Pourhiet
Born 1954
Jean-Pierre Genet
1940 - 2005
Sébastien Flute
Born 1972
Lionel Dauriac
1847 - 1923
Morgane Tschiember
Born 1976
Hyacinthe de Bougainville
1781 - 1846
Faustine Merret
Born 1978
Erwann Menthéour
Born 1973
Georges Léonnec
1881 - 1940
Georges Chaperot
Born 1902
Éric Berthou
Born 1980
Marie Lenéru
1875 - 1918
Antoine Choquet de Lindu
1712 - 1790
Georges Aber
1930 - 2012
Jacques Pellen
1957 - 2020
Patrice Pellerin
Born 1955
Jacques Jullien
1929 - 2012
Tristan Rivière
Born 1967
Marie Riou
Born 1981
Ronan Dantec
Born 1963
Louis-Alexandre Expilly de la Poipe
1743 - 1794
Marcel Leroux
1938 - 2008
Jean-Louis Pindy
1840 - 1917
Tristan Nihouarn
Born 1973
Frédéric Plessis
1851 - 1942
Sébastien Bigot de Morogues
1706 - 1781
Prosper Levot
1801 - 1878
Frédéric Gueguen
Born 1970
Jacques Le Guen
Born 1958
Gilles Rondy
Born 1981
Meavenn
1911 - 2001
Édouard Le Danois
1887 - 1968
Stéphane Corcuff
Born 1971
René Abjean
Born 1937
Edgard de Trentinian
1851 - 1942
Pierre François Keraudren
1769 - 1858
Jean Le Couteur
1916 - 2010
Gaston Esnault
1874 - 1971
Éric Ollivier
1927 - 2015
Yves-Marie Le Gouaz
1742 - 1816
Jean Ganeval
1894 - 1981
Jacques Kergoat
1939 - 1999
Jean-Charles Larsonneur
Born 1984
Christian Seznec
Born 1952
Paul Bloas
Born 1961
Henriette Vincent
1786 - 1830
Théobald de Lacrosse
1796 - 1865
Cédric Roussel (politician)
Born 1972
Jean-Yves Cozan
1939 - 2015
Annaïg Le Meur
Born 1973
Odette Herviaux
Born 1948
Henri Salaun (French Navy officer)
1866 - 1936
Joël Cornette
Born 1949
Jean Cochard
Born 1939
Yves Le Gallo
1920 - 2002
René Renoux
1904 - 2000
Graziella Melchior
Born 1960
Christian Dente
1940 - 2003
Paul Bellamy
1866 - 1930
Émile Marie Laurent
1852 - 1930
Robert Micheau-Vernez
1907 - 1989
Odile Caradec
Born 1925
M. Maryan
1847 - 1927
Félix Léonnec
Born 1872
Yves Pinguilly
Born 1944
Philippe Madec
Born 1954
Léon Moreau
1870 - 1946
Edith Ker
1910 - 1997
Marc Didou
Born 1963
Pierre François Péron
1769 - 1846
Marième Badiane
Born 1994
Benoît Nicolas
Born 1977
Georges Cadiou
Born 1951
Pauline Boutal
1894 - 1992
Pierre-Louis Crouan
1798 - 1871
François Bellec
Born 1934
Ronan Leaustic
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Jean-François Josselin
1939 - 2003
René Morizur
1944 - 2009
Albert Gicquel des Touches
1818 - 1901
Herbert Pepper
1912 - 2001
Albert Peyronnet
1862 - 1958
Noël Devaulx
1905 - 1995
Hippolyte-Marie Crouan
1802 - 1871
Stéphane Tanguy
Born 1975
Patrice Kerbrat
Born 1948
Solen Désert-Mariller
Born 1982
Pierre Marec
1759 - 1828
Maud-Éva Copy
Born 1992
Gaëlle Legrand
Born 1961
Philippe Collin (animateur)
Born 1975
Jean Loysel
1889 - 1962
Kris (scénariste)
Born 1972
Christian Charrière (écrivain)
1940 - 2005
Ronan Leprohon
1939 - 2017
Hippolyte Violeau
1818 - 1892
Christian Cloarec
Born 1957
Éliane Jacq
1948 - 2011
Ange Bastiani
1918 - 1977
Yvon Segalen
1906 - 2000
Anne-Laure Jarnet
Born 1982
Hervé Le Crosnier
Born 1953
Yves Collet
1761 - 1843
Yves Picot
1862 - 1938
Scipion-Jérôme Bégon
1681 - 1753
Paul Simon (homme politique, 1886-1956)
1886 - 1956
Joseph Faron
1819 - 1891
Yann Le Masson
1930 - 2012
André Guilcher
1913 - 1993
Yvon Tranvouez
Born 1950
Per Pondaven
1962 - 2008
Ferdinand Gilbault
1837 - 1926
Jean-Francois Toby
1900 - 1964
Gwendolyn Lemaitre
Born 1986
Amable-Emmanuel Troude
1803 - 1885
Frédéric Morvan
Born 1965
Tudual Huon
Born 1953
Paul Brémaud
1846 - 1905
Henri Lecomte
1938 - 2018
Vincent Cuvellier
Born 1969
Camille Le Menn
Born 1934
Bruno Derrien
Born 1964
Armand Keravel
1910 - 1999
Jacques Damase
1930 - 2014
Roger Langeron
1882 - 1966
Georges-Théodule Guilbaud
1912 - 2008
Marianne Le Verge
Born 1979
Ronan Kerdraon
Born 1962
Hervé de Penfentenyo
1879 - 1970
Jean-Christophe Cesto
Born 1987
Jean David (écrivain)
1924 - 2013
Robert Coat
1900 - 1940
Damien Manivel
Born 1981
Édouard François Armand Raoul
1845 - 1898
César-Joseph Bourayne
1768 - 1817
Thomas Bronnec
Born 1976
Christian Houdet
Born 1953
Jacques Lebreton
1922 - 2006
Charles Estienne (critique)
1908 - 1966
Pierre-Jacques-Nicolas Rolland
1769 - 1837
René Mesny
1874 - 1949
Arthur Desmas
Born 1994
Henri Hecaen
1912 - 1983
Aymar Joseph de Roquefeuil et du Bousquet
1714 - 1782
Pascal Rostain
Born 1958
Joseph-Marie Nielly
1751 - 1833
Paul Tréguer
Born 1942
Henri Beaugé-Bérubé
1920 - 2015
Maurice Abiven
1924 - 2007
Claude Le Prat
1875 - 1926
Émile Chaline
1922 - 2020
Bertrand Saint-Sernin
Born 1931
Aristide Corre
1895 - 1942
Pierre-Yves Moign
1927 - 2013
Ernest Camescasse
1838 - 1897
Anthony Saux
Born 1991
Nicolas-Pierre Gilbert
1751 - 1814
Ronan Le Moal
Born 1972
Claude Lastennet
Born 1971
Benoît Menut
Born 1977
Charles Pénaud
1800 - 1864
Erwan Le Saëc
Born 1960
Christophe Agnus
Born 1963
Philippe Poullaouec-Gonidec
Born 1954
Renaud Garreta
Born 1964
Jacques Mareuil
1917 - 2003
Marcel Aubé
-
Bertrand Cousin
Born 1941
Michel Abalan
1920 - 2000
Joseph Chardronnet
1910 - 2001
Jean-Claude Miossec
Born 1936
Jacques-André Portail
1695 - 1759
Faujour
Born 1959
Claude-François Jullien
Born 1935
Jacques Briend
1932 - 2017
Patrick Camus
Born 1947
Corentin Jacob
Born 1997
Adrien Lemaître (animateur)
Born 1982
Albert Roussin
1821 - 1896
Mickaël Cozien
Born 1973
Rémy Bourlès
1905 - 1997
Jean-Yves Guiomar
1940 - 2017
Marcelle Ramonet
Born 1949
Jacques Déniel
Born 1953
Arnaud Guilloux
Born 1988
Renée Legrand
1935 - 1995
Valentin Henry
Born 1993
Yohann Boulic
Born 1978
Stefan Milojević
Born 1991
Ronan-Jim Sévellec
Born 1937
Christophe Thébault
Born 1972
Pierre Brette
1905 - 1961
François Gabriel Boisseau
1791 - 1836
Anne Deniau
Born 21
Jean Fleury (militaire)
Born 1934
Auguste Alfred Lefèvre
1828 - 1907
Onésime-Joachim Troude
1807 - 1886
Claude-Antoine-Auguste Blad
1764 - 1802
Jacques Philip
Born 1963
Henri Hay De Slade
1893 - 1979
André Quélen
1922 - 2006
Yves Jaouen
1900 - 1976
Pierre Culioli
1912 - 1994
Jean-Marie Hallégot
Born 1986
Job Larigou
1928 - 2009
Pierre Le Goïc
1953 - 2011
Adrien Guilmin
1812 - 1884
Charles Octave Blanchard
1814 - 1842
Charles Le Goasguen
1920 - 1995
Frédéric Geille
1896 - 1976
Romain Malassis
1737 - 1813
Patrick Péron
Born 1957
Yves Le Coat de Saint-Haouen
1756 - 1826
Geoffrey Millour
Born 1993
Auguste Thomazi
1873 - 1959
Serge Kerval
1939 - 1998
Cédric Andrieux
Born 1977