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×
Through the Decades

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 militant48.9× the global rate.

Brest under-produces actor — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Politician73
  2. Football41
  3. Writer30
  4. Militar25
  5. Navy24
  6. Painter17
  7. Actor13
  8. Sport12
  1. Militant548.9×
  2. Navy2448.6×
  3. Admiral536.2×
  4. Militar254.2×
  5. Engineer82.6×
  6. Officer82.5×
  7. Physician82.4×
  8. Poet102.0×
  1. Actor130.5×

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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488 notable people

0001 COMPOSER

Yann Tiersen

Born 1970

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0002 ACTOR

Alain Robbe-Grillet

1922 - 2008

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0003 FOOTBALL

Gonzalo Higuaín

Born 1987

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0004 SINGER

Pierre Brice

1929 - 2015

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0005 ACTOR

Béatrice Dalle

Born 1964

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0006 POET

Victor Segalen

1878 - 1919

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0007 BASKET

Fabien Causeur

Born 1987

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0008 POLITICIAN

Jean-Jacques Urvoas

Born 1959

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0009 WRITER

Louis Hémon

1880 - 1913

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0010 FRIAR

Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu

1889 - 1964

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0011 COMPOSER

Miossec

Born 1964

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0012 SOCIOLOGIST

Robert Castel

1933 - 2013

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0013 COMPOSER

Jean Cras

1879 - 1932

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0014 POLITICIAN

Gustave Hervé

1871 - 1944

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0015 FOOTBALL

Corentin Martins

Born 1969

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0016 POLITICIAN

Yves Guéna

1922 - 2016

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0017 FILM

Martin Provost

Born 1957

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0018 WRITER

Claire de Duras

1777 - 1828

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0019 ACTOR

Yvan Le Bolloc'h

Born 1961

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0020 FOOTBALL

Griedge Mbock Bathy

Born 1995

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0021 ACTOR

Kayden Boche

Born 1985

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0022 SCREENWRITER

Henri Queffélec

1910 - 1992

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0023 FOOTBALL

Larsen Touré

Born 1984

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0024 ADMIRAL

Edmond Jurien de La Gravière

1812 - 1892

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0025 FOOTBALL

Jocelyn Gourvennec

Born 1972

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0026 POLITICIAN

Nathalie Lemel

1826 - 1921

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0027 AUTHOR

Roparz Hemon

1900 - 1978

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0028 OFFICER

Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois

1761 - 1848

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0029 WRITER

Tanguy Viel

Born 1973

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0030 JOURNALIST

Laury Thilleman

Born 1991

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0031 FOOTBALL

Alexandre Coeff

Born 1992

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0032 EDUCATOR

Marie Souvestre

1830 - 1905

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0033 MEDIEVALIST

Louis Bréhier

1868 - 1951

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0034 POLITICIAN

Eugène Deloncle

1890 - 1944

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0035 ADMIRAL

Édouard Bouët-Willaumez

1808 - 1871

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0036 FOOTBALL

Christophe Kerbrat

Born 1986

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0037 ENGINEER

Camille Tissot

1868 - 1917

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0038 ACTOR

Mathieu Spinosi

Born 1990

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0039 ENGINEER

Jacques-Noël Sané

1740 - 1831

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0040 POLITICIAN

Gilles Lebreton

Born 1958

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0041 PAINTER

Auguste Étienne François Mayer

1805 - 1890

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0042 MANAGER

Loïk Le Floch-Prigent

Born 1943

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0043 NAVY

François Étienne de Rosily-Mesros

1748 - 1832

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0044 SINGER

Berthe Sylva

1885 - 1941

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0045 FOOTBALL

Alex Thépot

1906 - 1989

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0046 CORRESPONDENT

Annick Cojean

Born 1957

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0047 RIDER

Thibaut Vallette

Born 1974

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0048 WRITER

Émile Masson

1869 - 1923

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0049 PHYSICIAN

Prosper Garnot

1794 - 1838

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0050 ARTIST

Lea Lublin

1929 - 1999

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0051 WRITER

Henriette-Julie de Murat

1670 - 1716

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0052 POLITICIAN

André Colin

1910 - 1978

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0053 SPORT

Olivier Le Gac

Born 1993

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0054 POLITICIAN

Bernard Cornut-Gentille

1909 - 1992

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0055 POLITICIAN

Fred Moore (soldier)

1920 - 2017

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0056 FOOTBALL

Guillaume Moullec

Born 1980

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0057 POLITICIAN

Erwann Binet

Born 1972

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0058 WRITER

Édouard Corbière

1793 - 1875

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0059 PHYSICIST

Alexis-Marie de Rochon

1741 - 1817

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0060 PAINTER

Jean Oberlé

1900 - 1961

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0061 SPORT

Valentin Madouas

Born 1996

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0062 MILITAR

Bernard Rogel

Born 1956

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0063 FOOTBALL

Karim Soltani

Born 1984

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0064 FOOTBALL

Marko Muslin

Born 1985

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0065 WRITER

Mikael Bodlore-Penlaez

Born 1975

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0066 BOTANIST

Étienne Raoul

1815 - 1852

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0067 DANCER

Charlène Guignard

Born 1989

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0068 PHILOSOPHER

Claudine Tiercelin

Born 1952

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0069 POLITICIAN

François Cuillandre

Born 1955

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0070 ARTIST

Stéphane Heuet

Born 1957

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0071 ARTIST

Nicolas Ozanne

1728 - 1811

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0072 POLITICIAN

François Marie d'Aboville

1730 - 1817

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0073 MILITAR

Jean Simon

1912 - 2003

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0074 FOOTBALL

Patrick Colleter

Born 1965

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0075 FOOTBALL

Hassan Ahamada

Born 1981

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0076 ENGINEER

Pierre Ozanne

1737 - 1813

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0077 PHYSICIAN

Jean Le Boulch

1924 - 2001

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0078 PAINTER

Pierre-Julien Gilbert

1783 - 1860

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0079 ARCHITECT

Jules Bourdais

1835 - 1915

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0080 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Erwan Dianteill

Born 1967

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0081 FOOTBALL

Pierre-Yves Hamel

Born 1994

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0082 PAINTER

Pierre Péron

1905 - 1988

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0083 ETHNOLOGIST

Jean-Michel Guilcher

1914 - 2017

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0084 LAWYER

Anne-Marie Le Pourhiet

Born 1954

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0085 SPORT

Jean-Pierre Genet

1940 - 2005

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0086 ARCHER

Sébastien Flute

Born 1972

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0087 PHILOSOPHER

Lionel Dauriac

1847 - 1923

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0088 SCULPTOR

Morgane Tschiember

Born 1976

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0089 EXPLORER

Hyacinthe de Bougainville

1781 - 1846

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0090 SURFER

Faustine Merret

Born 1978

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0091 SPORT

Erwann Menthéour

Born 1973

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0092 ILLUSTRATOR

Georges Léonnec

1881 - 1940

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0093 SCREENWRITER

Georges Chaperot

Born 1902

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0094 SPORT

Éric Berthou

Born 1980

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0095 PLAYWRIGHT

Marie Lenéru

1875 - 1918

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0096 ENGINEER

Antoine Choquet de Lindu

1712 - 1790

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0097 SINGER

Georges Aber

1930 - 2012

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0098 COMPOSER

Jacques Pellen

1957 - 2020

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0099 COMICS

Patrice Pellerin

Born 1955

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0100 ARCHBISHOP

Jacques Jullien

1929 - 2012

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0101 MATHEMATICIAN

Tristan Rivière

Born 1967

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0102 SAILOR

Marie Riou

Born 1981

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0103 POLITICIAN

Ronan Dantec

Born 1963

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0104 PRIEST

Louis-Alexandre Expilly de la Poipe

1743 - 1794

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0105 CLIMATOLOGIST

Marcel Leroux

1938 - 2008

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0106 POLITICIAN

Jean-Louis Pindy

1840 - 1917

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0107 SINGER

Tristan Nihouarn

Born 1973

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0108 POET

Frédéric Plessis

1851 - 1942

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0109 NAVY

Sébastien Bigot de Morogues

1706 - 1781

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0110 HISTORIAN

Prosper Levot

1801 - 1878

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0111 FOOTBALL

Frédéric Gueguen

Born 1970

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0112 POLITICIAN

Jacques Le Guen

Born 1958

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0113 SWIMMER

Gilles Rondy

Born 1981

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0114 POET

Meavenn

1911 - 2001

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0115 OCEANOGRAPHER

Édouard Le Danois

1887 - 1968

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0116 DOCENT

Stéphane Corcuff

Born 1971

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0117 COMPOSER

René Abjean

Born 1937

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0118 MILITAR

Edgard de Trentinian

1851 - 1942

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0119 DOCTOR

Pierre François Keraudren

1769 - 1858

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0120 ARCHITECT

Jean Le Couteur

1916 - 2010

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0121 LEXICOGRAPHER

Gaston Esnault

1874 - 1971

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0122 WRITER

Éric Ollivier

1927 - 2015

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0123 ENGRAVER

Yves-Marie Le Gouaz

1742 - 1816

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0124 POLITICIAN

Jean Ganeval

1894 - 1981

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0125 SOCIOLOGUE

Jacques Kergoat

1939 - 1999

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0126 POLITICIAN

Jean-Charles Larsonneur

Born 1984

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0127 SPORT

Christian Seznec

Born 1952

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0128 PAINTER

Paul Bloas

Born 1961

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0129 PAINTER

Henriette Vincent

1786 - 1830

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0130 POLITICIAN

Théobald de Lacrosse

1796 - 1865

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0131 POLITICIAN

Cédric Roussel (politician)

Born 1972

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0132 POLITICIAN

Jean-Yves Cozan

1939 - 2015

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0133 POLITICIAN

Annaïg Le Meur

Born 1973

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0134 POLITICIAN

Odette Herviaux

Born 1948

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0135 MILITAR

Henri Salaun (French Navy officer)

1866 - 1936

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0136 HISTORIAN

Joël Cornette

Born 1949

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0137 ATHLETIC

Jean Cochard

Born 1939

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0138 ACADEMIC

Yves Le Gallo

1920 - 2002

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0139 PRODUCTION DESIGNER

René Renoux

1904 - 2000

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0140 POLITICIAN

Graziella Melchior

Born 1960

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0141 ACTOR

Christian Dente

1940 - 2003

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0142 POLITICIAN

Paul Bellamy

1866 - 1930

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0143 POLICE

Émile Marie Laurent

1852 - 1930

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0144 PAINTER

Robert Micheau-Vernez

1907 - 1989

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0145 POET

Odile Caradec

Born 1925

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0146 WRITER

M. Maryan

1847 - 1927

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0147 WRITER

Félix Léonnec

Born 1872

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0148 WRITER

Yves Pinguilly

Born 1944

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0149 ARCHITECT

Philippe Madec

Born 1954

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0150 COMPOSER

Léon Moreau

1870 - 1946

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0151 ACTOR

Edith Ker

1910 - 1997

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0152 SCULPTOR

Marc Didou

Born 1963

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0153 SAILOR

Pierre François Péron

1769 - 1846

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0154 BASKET

Marième Badiane

Born 1994

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0155 ATHLETE

Benoît Nicolas

Born 1977

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0156 JOURNALIST

Georges Cadiou

Born 1951

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0157 PAINTER

Pauline Boutal

1894 - 1992

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0158 BOTANIST

Pierre-Louis Crouan

1798 - 1871

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0159 PAINTER

François Bellec

Born 1934

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0160 FOOTBALL

Ronan Leaustic

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0161 JOURNALIST

Jean-François Josselin

1939 - 2003

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0162 SAXOPHONIST

René Morizur

1944 - 2009

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0163 NAVY

Albert Gicquel des Touches

1818 - 1901

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0164 COMPOSER

Herbert Pepper

1912 - 2001

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0165 POLITICIAN

Albert Peyronnet

1862 - 1958

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0166 WRITER

Noël Devaulx

1905 - 1995

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0167 BOTANIST

Hippolyte-Marie Crouan

1802 - 1871

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0168 FOOTBALL

Stéphane Tanguy

Born 1975

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0169 ACTOR

Patrice Kerbrat

Born 1948

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0170 ATHLETIC

Solen Désert-Mariller

Born 1982

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0171 LAWYER

Pierre Marec

1759 - 1828

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0172 HANDBALL

Maud-Éva Copy

Born 1992

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0173 ACTOR

Gaëlle Legrand

Born 1961

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0174 JOURNALIST

Philippe Collin (animateur)

Born 1975

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0175 COMPOSER

Jean Loysel

1889 - 1962

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0176 SCREENWRITER

Kris (scénariste)

Born 1972

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0177 JOURNALIST

Christian Charrière (écrivain)

1940 - 2005

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0178 POLITICIAN

Ronan Leprohon

1939 - 2017

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0179 POET

Hippolyte Violeau

1818 - 1892

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0180 ACTOR

Christian Cloarec

Born 1957

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0181 SPRINT

Éliane Jacq

1948 - 2011

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0182 WRITER

Ange Bastiani

1918 - 1977

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0183 FOOTBALL

Yvon Segalen

1906 - 2000

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0184 ACTOR

Anne-Laure Jarnet

Born 1982

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0185 ACADEMIC

Hervé Le Crosnier

Born 1953

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0186 SCULPTOR

Yves Collet

1761 - 1843

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0187 POLITICIAN

Yves Picot

1862 - 1938

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0188 PRIEST

Scipion-Jérôme Bégon

1681 - 1753

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0189 POLITICIAN

Paul Simon (homme politique, 1886-1956)

1886 - 1956

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0190 OFFICER

Joseph Faron

1819 - 1891

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0191 CINEMA

Yann Le Masson

1930 - 2012

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0192 GEOGRAPHER

André Guilcher

1913 - 1993

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0193 HISTORIAN

Yvon Tranvouez

Born 1950

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0194 WRITER

Per Pondaven

1962 - 2008

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0195 SCULPTOR

Ferdinand Gilbault

1837 - 1926

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0196 ADMINISTRATOR

Jean-Francois Toby

1900 - 1964

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0197 RACER

Gwendolyn Lemaitre

Born 1986

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0198 WRITER

Amable-Emmanuel Troude

1803 - 1885

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0199 HISTORIAN

Frédéric Morvan

Born 1965

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0200 POET

Tudual Huon

Born 1953

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0201 PHYSICIAN

Paul Brémaud

1846 - 1905

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0202 MUSICOLOGIST

Henri Lecomte

1938 - 2018

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0203 WRITER

Vincent Cuvellier

Born 1969

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0204 SPORT

Camille Le Menn

Born 1934

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0205 FOOTBALL

Bruno Derrien

Born 1964

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0206 POLITICIAN

Armand Keravel

1910 - 1999

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0207 PUBLISHER

Jacques Damase

1930 - 2014

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0208 HISTORIAN

Roger Langeron

1882 - 1966

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0209 MATHEMATICIAN

Georges-Théodule Guilbaud

1912 - 2008

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0210 SWIMMER

Marianne Le Verge

Born 1979

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0211 POLITICIAN

Ronan Kerdraon

Born 1962

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0212 MILITAR

Hervé de Penfentenyo

1879 - 1970

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0213 FOOTBALL

Jean-Christophe Cesto

Born 1987

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0214 POET

Jean David (écrivain)

1924 - 2013

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0215 FOOTBALL

Robert Coat

1900 - 1940

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0216 FILM

Damien Manivel

Born 1981

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0217 NATURALIST

Édouard François Armand Raoul

1845 - 1898

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0218 NAVY

César-Joseph Bourayne

1768 - 1817

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0219 WRITER

Thomas Bronnec

Born 1976

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0220 POLITICIAN

Christian Houdet

Born 1953

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0221 WRITER

Jacques Lebreton

1922 - 2006

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0222 WRITER

Charles Estienne (critique)

1908 - 1966

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0223 ENGINEER

Pierre-Jacques-Nicolas Rolland

1769 - 1837

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0224 OFFICIER

René Mesny

1874 - 1949

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0225 FOOTBALL

Arthur Desmas

Born 1994

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0226 PSYCHIATRIST

Henri Hecaen

1912 - 1983

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0227 MILITAR

Aymar Joseph de Roquefeuil et du Bousquet

1714 - 1782

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0228 PHOTOGRAPHER

Pascal Rostain

Born 1958

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0229 NAVAL

Joseph-Marie Nielly

1751 - 1833

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0230 OCEANOGRAPHER

Paul Tréguer

Born 1942

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0231 MILITAR

Henri Beaugé-Bérubé

1920 - 2015

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0232 PHYSICIAN

Maurice Abiven

1924 - 2007

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0233 POET

Claude Le Prat

1875 - 1926

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0234 FIGHTER

Émile Chaline

1922 - 2020

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0235 PHILOSOPHER

Bertrand Saint-Sernin

Born 1931

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0236 MILITANT

Aristide Corre

1895 - 1942

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0237 COMPOSER

Pierre-Yves Moign

1927 - 2013

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0238 LAWYER

Ernest Camescasse

1838 - 1897

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0239 SPORT

Anthony Saux

Born 1991

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0240 PHYSICIAN

Nicolas-Pierre Gilbert

1751 - 1814

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0241 BANK

Ronan Le Moal

Born 1972

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0242 KILLER

Claude Lastennet

Born 1971

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0243 COMPOSER

Benoît Menut

Born 1977

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0244 MILITAR

Charles Pénaud

1800 - 1864

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0245 CARTOONIST

Erwan Le Saëc

Born 1960

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0246 JOURNALIST

Christophe Agnus

Born 1963

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0247 ACADEMIC

Philippe Poullaouec-Gonidec

Born 1954

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0248 SCREENWRITER

Renaud Garreta

Born 1964

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0249 LYRICIST

Jacques Mareuil

1917 - 2003

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0250 COMPOSER

Marcel Aubé

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0251 POLITICIAN

Bertrand Cousin

Born 1941

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0252 OFFICER

Michel Abalan

1920 - 2000

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0253 PRIEST

Joseph Chardronnet

1910 - 2001

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0254 LITTÉRATURE

Jean-Claude Miossec

Born 1936

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0255 PAINTER

Jacques-André Portail

1695 - 1759

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0256 CARICATURIST

Faujour

Born 1959

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0257 JOURNALIST

Claude-François Jullien

Born 1935

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0258 THEOLOGIAN

Jacques Briend

1932 - 2017

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0259 PAINTER

Patrick Camus

Born 1947

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0260 FOOTBALL

Corentin Jacob

Born 1997

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0261 PRESENTER

Adrien Lemaître (animateur)

Born 1982

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0262 ADMIRAL

Albert Roussin

1821 - 1896

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0263 MUSIC

Mickaël Cozien

Born 1973

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0264 ARTIST

Rémy Bourlès

1905 - 1997

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0265 HISTORIAN

Jean-Yves Guiomar

1940 - 2017

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0266 POLITICIAN

Marcelle Ramonet

Born 1949

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0267 CINÉMA

Jacques Déniel

Born 1953

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0268 ATHLETE

Arnaud Guilloux

Born 1988

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0269 PRESENTER

Renée Legrand

1935 - 1995

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0270 FOOTBALL

Valentin Henry

Born 1993

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0271 FOOTBALL

Yohann Boulic

Born 1978

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0272 FOOTBALL

Stefan Milojević

Born 1991

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0273 PAINTER

Ronan-Jim Sévellec

Born 1937

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0274 SPORT

Christophe Thébault

Born 1972

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0275 PAINTER

Pierre Brette

1905 - 1961

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0276 PHYSICIAN

François Gabriel Boisseau

1791 - 1836

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0277 PHOTOGRAPHER

Anne Deniau

Born 21

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0278 MILITAR

Jean Fleury (militaire)

Born 1934

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0279 ADMIRAL

Auguste Alfred Lefèvre

1828 - 1907

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0280 NAVY

Onésime-Joachim Troude

1807 - 1886

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0281 POLITICIAN

Claude-Antoine-Auguste Blad

1764 - 1802

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0282 FOOTBALL

Jacques Philip

Born 1963

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0283 FLYING ACE

Henri Hay De Slade

1893 - 1979

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0284 PRIEST

André Quélen

1922 - 2006

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0285 POLITICIAN

Yves Jaouen

1900 - 1976

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0286 SPY

Pierre Culioli

1912 - 1994

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0287 ACTOR

Jean-Marie Hallégot

Born 1986

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0288 HUMOURIST

Job Larigou

1928 - 2009

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0289 HISTORIAN

Pierre Le Goïc

1953 - 2011

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0290 MATHEMATICIAN

Adrien Guilmin

1812 - 1884

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0291 PAINTER

Charles Octave Blanchard

1814 - 1842

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0292 POLITICIAN

Charles Le Goasguen

1920 - 1995

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0293 MILITAR

Frédéric Geille

1896 - 1976

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0294 POLITICIAN

Romain Malassis

1737 - 1813

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0295 PIANIST

Patrick Péron

Born 1957

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0296 MILITAR

Yves Le Coat de Saint-Haouen

1756 - 1826

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0297 SPORT

Geoffrey Millour

Born 1993

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0298 NAVY

Auguste Thomazi

1873 - 1959

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0299 SINGER

Serge Kerval

1939 - 1998

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0300 DANCER

Cédric Andrieux

Born 1977

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