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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.

Through the Centuries

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.

  1. Politician169
  2. Painter65
  3. Writer49
  4. Actor48
  5. Football47
  6. Architect41
  7. Journalist34
  8. Priest26
  1. Architect414.4×
  2. Rower133.4×
  3. Sculptor172.5×
  4. Painter652.4×
  5. Artist232.1×
  6. Physician152.1×
  7. Journalist342.1×
  8. Historian211.9×
  1. Football470.4×

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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0002 POLITICIAN

Aristide Briand

1862 - 1932

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0025 PAINTER

Paul Émile Chabas

1869 - 1937

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0036 PAINTER

Maxime Maufra

1861 - 1918

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0079 PAINTER

Raymond Sabouraud

1864 - 1938

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0106 PAINTER

Ferdinand du Puigaudeau

1864 - 1930

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0109 PHILOSOPHER

Léon Robin

1866 - 1947

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0120 POET

Hugues Rebell

1867 - 1905

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0167 PAINTER

Maurice Chabas

1862 - 1947

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0169 WRITER

Augustin Hamon

1862 - 1945

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0204 CHEF

Édouard Nignon

1865 - 1934

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0238 MUSIC

Lionel de La Laurencie

1861 - 1933

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0275 PLAYWRIGHT

Victor-Émile Michelet

1861 - 1938

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0466 MILITAR

Félix de Vial

1864 - 1949

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0483 JOURNALIST

Raphaël Viau

1862 - 1922

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0559 ARTIST

Charles Baret

1861 - 1934

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0582 POLITICIAN

Jean Babin-Chevaye

1863 - 1936

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0585 PAINTER

Pierre-Émile Cornillier

1862 - 1946

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0593 MUSIC

Étienne Destranges

1863 - 1915

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0668 POLITICIAN

Francis Merlant

1863 - 1938

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0678 POLITICIAN

Albert Clemenceau

1861 - 1955

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0720 ARCHITECT

Théo Petit

1865 - 1930

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0825 POLITICIAN

Émile de Kervenoaël

1862 - 1945

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0834 POLITICIAN

Hervé de Keranflec'h

1861 - 1946

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0889 POLITICIAN

Eugène Brager de La Ville-Moysan

1862 - 1936

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0923 POLITICIAN

Anthime Pierre Louis Ménard

1860 - 1923

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0955 POLITICIAN

Francis Portais

1869 - 1945

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0966 MATHEMATICIAN

Alain de Lanascol

1867 - 1929

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