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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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0005 PAINTER

Jean Metzinger

1883 - 1956

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0027 CHOREOGRAPHER

George Barbier (illustrator)

1882 - 1932

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0080 PAINTER

Pierre Roy (painter)

1880 - 1950

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0094 WRITER

Marc Elder

1884 - 1933

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0099 ROWER

Alice Milliat

1884 - 1957

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0208 BOTANIST

André Maublanc

1880 - 1958

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0306 FENCER

Joseph Perotaux

1883 - 1967

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0307 PRIEST

Paul Doncœur

1880 - 1961

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0325 SAILOR

Amédée Thubé

1884 - 1941

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0338 ACTOR

Marguerite Templey

1880 - 1944

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0414 SCULPTOR

Siméon Foucault

1884 - 1923

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0418 OFFICIER

Jean Le Cour-Grandmaison

1883 - 1974

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0461 MILITAR

Léon Jost

1884 - 1941

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0463 PAINTER

René Pinard

1883 - 1938

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0496 PHYSICIAN

Yvonne Pouzin

1884 - 1947

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0560 POLITICIAN

Auguste Pageot

1884 - 1962

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0580 ACTOR

Edy Debray

1880 - 1974

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0597 PAINTER

André Fraye

1889 - 1963

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0657 LIBRETTIST

Fabien Sollar

1886 - 1982

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0661 SINGER

Gabriel Paulet

1883 - 1965

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0675 WRITER

Tony Catta

1884 - 1974

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0708 PAINTER

André Herviault

1884 - 1969

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0730 ACTOR

Blanche Derval

1885 - 1973

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0731 DRIVER

Jules Moriceau

1887 - 1977

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0748 PAINTER

Jacques Patissou

1880 - 1925

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0864 HISTORIAN

André Perraud-Charmantier

1888 - 1963

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0914 ARCHITECT

Marcel Chaney

1885 - 1950

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0925 FLYING ACE

Didier Lecour Grandmaison

1889 - 1917

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0985 ARCHITECT

Émile Le Bot

Born 1889

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1010 WRITER

Andrée Deflassieux-Fitremann

1889 - 1967

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1018 ADMINISTRATOR

Gaston Mondon

1882 - 1962

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1027 PRIEST

Augustin Auffray

1881 - 1955

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