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.
- Politics & Law
- Art & Design
- Writing
- Sports
- Science
- Film & TV
- Other
- Filtered to 1770s Clear ×
Pierre Cambronne
1770 - 1842
Sophie Trébuchet
1772 - 1821
Louis-André Pichon
1771 - 1854
John Ordronaux (privateer)
1778 - 1841
Auguste de Saint-Aignan
1770 - 1858
Nicolas Gouïn Dufief
1776 - 1834
Pierre Faure
1777 - 1855
Jean Ferdinand Rozier
1777 - 1864
Jean Baptiste Corabœuf
1777 - 1859
Jean-Gaspard Normand
1772 - 1813
Mathurin-François Boucher
1778 - 1851
Charles Auguste du Bouëxic de Pinieux
1779 - 1851
François Aregnaudeau
1774 - 1812
Louis Didier Lecour
1772 - 1849
Augustin-Moïse Auvynet
1771 - 1853
Philippe-René Soubzmain
1770 - 1843
Marie Stanislas Prévost
1776 - 1831