47.2172° N, 1.5539° W
NANTES
Most Famous People Born in Nantes, France
- Notable people
- 1,043
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- Median birth year
- 1910
- Most distinctive
- Architect 4.4×
Jules Verne grew up watching the Loire shipyards that would populate every one of his adventure novels with captains and engineers, and the architect over-index at 4.4× keeps that maker tradition alive five generations later. A newer wave — Christine and the Queens, Madeon — has been exporting French pop from the same port the slave trade once made rich.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Nantes during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Nantes Is Known For
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Politician is Nantes's biggest profession — 16% of all notables (169).
Nantes over-indexes on architect — 4.4× the global rate.
Nantes under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Nantes's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Art & Design
- Writing
- Sports
- Science
- Film & TV
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- Filtered to 1760s Clear ×
Constance de Théis
1767 - 1845
Adélaïde Dufrénoy
1765 - 1825
Eulalie Morin
1765 - 1837
Jacques-Louis de Bougrenet de La Tocnaye
1767 - 1823
René-Gaston Baco de la Chapelle
1761 - 1800
Pierre-Suzanne Lucas de La Championnière
1769 - 1828
Joseph Picot de Limoëlan
1768 - 1826
Jean-Gabriel Peltier
1765 - 1825
Alexandre de Théis
1765 - 1842
François-Léonard Seheult
1768 - 1840
Michel-Augustin de Goyon
1764 - 1851
Urbain Guillet
1764 - 1817
Louis Rousseau de Saint-Aignan
1767 - 1837
Charles François Bouteiller
1760 - 1845
Jean-Jacques Burot de Carcouët
1764 - 1848
Jean-Baptiste Huet de Coëtlisan
1769 - 1823
François-Marie-Bonaventure du Fou
1765 - 1833
François-Jean-Baptiste Ogée
1760 - 1845
Jacques-Louis Dufeu
1761 - 1832
Augustin Prudent de Chabot-Duparc
1766 - 1849
Félix Guillaume Gédouin
1760 - 1830
Jean-Marie Sotin de La Coindière
1764 - 1810
Antoine Peccot
1766 - 1814