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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 militant — 48.9× 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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0035 ADMIRAL

Édouard Bouët-Willaumez

1808 - 1871

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0041 PAINTER

Auguste Étienne François Mayer

1805 - 1890

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0110 HISTORIAN

Prosper Levot

1801 - 1878

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0167 BOTANIST

Hippolyte-Marie Crouan

1802 - 1871

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0198 WRITER

Amable-Emmanuel Troude

1803 - 1885

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0244 MILITAR

Charles Pénaud

1800 - 1864

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0280 NAVY

Onésime-Joachim Troude

1807 - 1886

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0315 PAINTER

Louis Caradec

1802 - 1888

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0322 PAINTER

Auguste Jugelet

1805 - 1874

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0358 NAVY

Nicolas-Hippolyte Labrousse

1807 - 1871

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0379 NÉGOCIANT

Denis Crouan

1806 - 1891

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0394 POLITICIAN

Louis-Paul-Achille Guilhem

1808 - 1880

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0417 POLITICIAN

Amédée Larrieu

1807 - 1873

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0433 NAVY

Guillaume Larrieu

1809 - 1884

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0434 POLITICIAN

Victor Rossel

1807 - 1868

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0437 POLITICIAN

Amédée Conseil

1802 - 1881

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0439 POLITICIAN

Émile de Riverieulx

1809 - 1876

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0464 MARINE

Pierre-Alphonse Pénaud

1802 - 1868

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0466 NAVY

Louis du Campe de Rosamel

1805 - 1873

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0472 NAVY

André-Édouard Pénaud

1804 - 1870

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0482 MILITAR

Léon Pierre Émile Dalmas de Lapérouse

1805 - 1874

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