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 1800s Clear ×
Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière
1806 - 1865
Édouard Chassaignac
1804 - 1879
Auguste-Hyacinthe Debay
1804 - 1865
Lucien Vidi
1805 - 1866
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Debay (1802-1862)
1802 - 1862
Jules Germain François Maisonneuve
1809 - 1897
Alfred Guesdon
1808 - 1876
Pierre-Antoine Labouchère
1807 - 1873
Charles-Marie-Augustin de Goyon
1803 - 1870
Félix Fournier
1803 - 1877
Jean-Baptiste Barré
1804 - 1877
Hippolyte-Jules Demolière
1802 - 1877
Gustave-Antoine Richelot
1807 - 1893
Charles Mourain de Sourdeval
1800 - 1879
Aristide Letorzec
1808 - 1848
Daniel Ducommun du Locle
1804 - 1884
Émilie Evershed
1800 - 1879
Joseph-Fleury Chenantais
1809 - 1868
Firmin René Desloge
1803 - 1856
François Meuret
1800 - 1887
Eugène Charles Bonamy
1808 - 1861
Joseph Clavel
1800 - 1852
Melanie von Schlotheim
1803 - 1876
Théodore Nau
1805 - 1865
Jean-Pierre Garreau
1803 - 1896
Amédée Ménard
1806 - 1873
Amédée de Francheville
1802 - 1889
Anselme François Fleury
1801 - 1881
Henry Dubern
1800 - 1846
Adolphe Le Cour de Grandmaison
1801 - 1851
Julio Nicolás José Fonrouge de Lesseps
1804 - 1876
Auguste Bonamy
1806 - 1862