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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 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.

16001650170017501800185019001950
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Showing 73 of 488 notable people

0008 POLITICIAN

Jean-Jacques Urvoas

Born 1959

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0014 POLITICIAN

Gustave Hervé

1871 - 1944

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0016 POLITICIAN

Yves Guéna

1922 - 2016

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0026 POLITICIAN

Nathalie Lemel

1826 - 1921

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0034 POLITICIAN

Eugène Deloncle

1890 - 1944

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0040 POLITICIAN

Gilles Lebreton

Born 1958

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0052 POLITICIAN

André Colin

1910 - 1978

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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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0057 POLITICIAN

Erwann Binet

Born 1972

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0069 POLITICIAN

François Cuillandre

Born 1955

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0072 POLITICIAN

François Marie d'Aboville

1730 - 1817

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0103 POLITICIAN

Ronan Dantec

Born 1963

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0106 POLITICIAN

Jean-Louis Pindy

1840 - 1917

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0112 POLITICIAN

Jacques Le Guen

Born 1958

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0124 POLITICIAN

Jean Ganeval

1894 - 1981

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0126 POLITICIAN

Jean-Charles Larsonneur

Born 1984

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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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0140 POLITICIAN

Graziella Melchior

Born 1960

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0142 POLITICIAN

Paul Bellamy

1866 - 1930

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0165 POLITICIAN

Albert Peyronnet

1862 - 1958

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0178 POLITICIAN

Ronan Leprohon

1939 - 2017

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0187 POLITICIAN

Yves Picot

1862 - 1938

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0189 POLITICIAN

Paul Simon (homme politique, 1886-1956)

1886 - 1956

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0206 POLITICIAN

Armand Keravel

1910 - 1999

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0211 POLITICIAN

Ronan Kerdraon

Born 1962

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0220 POLITICIAN

Christian Houdet

Born 1953

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0251 POLITICIAN

Bertrand Cousin

Born 1941

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0266 POLITICIAN

Marcelle Ramonet

Born 1949

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0281 POLITICIAN

Claude-Antoine-Auguste Blad

1764 - 1802

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0285 POLITICIAN

Yves Jaouen

1900 - 1976

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0292 POLITICIAN

Charles Le Goasguen

1920 - 1995

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0294 POLITICIAN

Romain Malassis

1737 - 1813

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0302 POLITICIAN

Claude Louis d'Espinchal, marquis de Massiac

1686 - 1770

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0309 POLITICIAN

Michel Missoffe

1887 - 1974

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0323 POLITICIAN

Olivier Bergevin

1750 - 1818

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0346 POLITICIAN

Anatole Le Grandais

1838 - 1906

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0348 POLITICIAN

François-Henry de Gasquet

1774 - 1860

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0354 POLITICIAN

Louis Pichon

1849 - 1916

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0355 POLITICIAN

Gabriel Paul

1918 - 2015

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0360 POLITICIAN

Jules Hippolyte Masson

1875 - 1966

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0361 POLITICIAN

Alexis Brunel

1793 - 1849

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0363 POLITICIAN

Joseph Bernard (homme politique, 1792-1864)

1792 - 1864

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0378 POLITICIAN

Emmanuel Fouyet

1899 - 1985

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0384 POLITICIAN

Jean-Charles Chevillotte

1838 - 1914

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0385 POLITICIAN

Victor Balanant

1888 - 1944

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0391 POLITICIAN

Louis Bernard de Rennes

1788 - 1858

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0394 POLITICIAN

Louis-Paul-Achille Guilhem

1808 - 1880

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0395 POLITICIAN

François-Émile Villiers

1851 - 1941

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0396 POLITICIAN

Jean Jadé

1890 - 1936

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0398 POLITICIAN

Victor Eusen

1889 - 1944

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0400 POLITICIAN

Albert Willm

1868 - 1944

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0401 POLITICIAN

Édouard Plouzané

1859 - 1920

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0403 POLITICIAN

Alfred Chupin

Born 1916

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0409 POLITICIAN

Auguste-Anne de Bergevin

1753 - 1831

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0412 POLITICIAN

Jean-Pierre Guilhem

1765 - 1830

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0413 POLITICIAN

Henri Longuet

1902 - 1990

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0417 POLITICIAN

Amédée Larrieu

1807 - 1873

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0423 POLITICIAN

Louis Delobeau

1834 - 1912

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0428 POLITICIAN

Roger Crespin

1913 - 2008

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0434 POLITICIAN

Victor Rossel

1807 - 1868

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0436 POLITICIAN

Louis Hébert (homme politique)

1873 - 1929

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0437 POLITICIAN

Amédée Conseil

1802 - 1881

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0438 POLITICIAN

Édouard Le Guen

1826 - 1918

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0439 POLITICIAN

Émile de Riverieulx

1809 - 1876

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0443 POLITICIAN

Pierre-Frédéric Rouilly

1823 - 1892

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0444 POLITICIAN

Yves Derrien

Born 1741

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0474 POLITICIAN

Jérôme Berthomme

1750 - 1817

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0483 POLITICIAN

François Marie Borgnis-Desbordes

Born 1769

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