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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Showing 26 of 488 notable people

0005 ACTOR

Béatrice Dalle

Born 1964

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0011 COMPOSER

Miossec

Born 1964

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0015 FOOTBALL

Corentin Martins

Born 1969

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0019 ACTOR

Yvan Le Bolloc'h

Born 1961

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0074 FOOTBALL

Patrick Colleter

Born 1965

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0080 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Erwan Dianteill

Born 1967

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0101 MATHEMATICIAN

Tristan Rivière

Born 1967

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0103 POLITICIAN

Ronan Dantec

Born 1963

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0128 PAINTER

Paul Bloas

Born 1961

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0140 POLITICIAN

Graziella Melchior

Born 1960

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0152 SCULPTOR

Marc Didou

Born 1963

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0173 ACTOR

Gaëlle Legrand

Born 1961

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0194 WRITER

Per Pondaven

1962 - 2008

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0199 HISTORIAN

Frédéric Morvan

Born 1965

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0203 WRITER

Vincent Cuvellier

Born 1969

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0205 FOOTBALL

Bruno Derrien

Born 1964

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0211 POLITICIAN

Ronan Kerdraon

Born 1962

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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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0248 SCREENWRITER

Renaud Garreta

Born 1964

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0282 FOOTBALL

Jacques Philip

Born 1963

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0330 ARTIST

Jean-Frédéric Minéry

Born 1968

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0340 SKIPPER

Sébastien Audigane

Born 1968

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0368 WRITER

Marc Kerzual

Born 1963

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0380 FOOTBALL

Pascal Malbeaux

1961 - 2012

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0457 ACTOR

Bruno Tanguy

Born 1966

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