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.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Nantes during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1970s with 103 notable births.

What Nantes Is Known For

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Politician is Nantes's biggest profession — 16% of all notables (169).

Nantes over-indexes on architect4.4× 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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Showing 63 of 1,043 notable people

0019 SCREENWRITER

Marc Caro

Born 1956

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0026 JOURNALIST

Edwy Plenel

Born 1952

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0032 ARTIST

Blek le Rat

Born 1951

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0042 SAILOR

Loïck Peyron

Born 1959

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0053 PAINTER

Jef Aérosol

Born 1957

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0062 ACTOR

Benoît Régent

1953 - 1994

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0075 JOURNALIST

Claude Sérillon

Born 1950

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0090 FOOTBALL

Loïc Amisse

Born 1954

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0091 ACTOR

Thierry Fortineau

1953 - 2006

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0096 HISTORIAN

Reynald Secher

Born 1955

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0112 POLITICIAN

Marie-Hélène Aubert

Born 1955

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0123 JOURNALIST

Ivan Rioufol

Born 1952

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0125 POLITICIAN

Bernadette Malgorn

Born 1951

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0135 ACTOR

Patrick d'Assumçao

Born 1959

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0160 POLITICIAN

Christophe Priou

Born 1958

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0179 SPORT

Yvon Bertin

Born 1953

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0194 PRIEST

Hervé Gosselin

Born 1956

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0196 WRITER

Alain Defossé

1957 - 2017

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0200 EGYPTOLOGIST

Marc Gabolde

Born 1957

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0201 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Christian Huitema

Born 1953

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0229 BIOLOGIST

Christine Jean

Born 1957

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0230 PAINTER

Rémi Blanchard

1958 - 1993

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0271 POLITICIAN

Philippe Boënnec

Born 1951

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0285 POLITICIAN

Marie-Odile Bouillé

Born 1950

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0294 PAINTER

Jean-Charles Blais

Born 1956

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0309 POLITICIAN

Elizabeth Montfort

Born 1954

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0321 POLITICIAN

Yannick Haury

Born 1954

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0334 JOURNALIST

Vincent Hervouët

Born 1957

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0346 POLITICIAN

Serge Telle

Born 1955

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0350 ACTOR

Michel Bompoil

Born 1959

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0356 MUSIC

Bertrand Renaudin

Born 1955

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0364 POLITICIAN

Pascale Briand

Born 1952

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0366 WRITER

Domitille de Pressensé

Born 1952

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0375 HISTORIAN

Jacques Chiffoleau

Born 1951

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0378 MUSIC

Dominig Bouchaud

Born 1957

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0385 PHOTOGRAPHER

Thierry Girard

Born 1951

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0457 ARCHITECT

Gilles Ebersolt

Born 1957

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0458 JOURNALIST

Bernard Bretonnière

Born 1950

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0473 CEO

Rodolphe Marchais

Born 1954

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0490 GEOGRAPHER

Stéphane Rosière

Born 1959

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0491 PHOTOGRAPHER

Philippe Bazin

Born 1954

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0530 JOURNALIST

Hervé Louboutin

Born 1951

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0553 POLITICIAN

Robert Diat

Born 1955

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0564 WRITER

Franck Lhomeau

Born 1955

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0565 CHEF

Gilles Epié

Born 1958

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0569 ARTIST

Olga Boldyreff

Born 1957

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0575 WRITER

Patrick Barbier

Born 1956

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0598 ILLUSTRATOR

Sara (artist)

Born 1950

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0602 NATURALIST

Joël Lodé

Born 1952

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0606 JOURNALIST

Yves-Marie Labé

1954 - 2010

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0682 MUSIC

Jean-Yves Bras

Born 1950

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0686 WRITER

Jean-Paul Jody

Born 1953

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0690 POET

Jacques-François Piquet

Born 1953

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0694 EGYPTOLOGIST

Luc Gabolde

Born 1957

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0703 AFFAIRES

Jean-Pascal Beaufret

Born 1951

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0737 PUBLISHER

Thierry de La Croix

Born 1952

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0755 FOOTBALL

Philippe Leduc

Born 1952

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0792 WRITER

Jean-Claude Belfiore

Born 1955

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0797 PLAYWRIGHT

Jean-Luc Annaix

Born 1952

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0839 PHYSICIAN

Jean-François Payen (né en 1957)

Born 1957

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0909 FOOTBALL

Alain Jacotin

Born 1955

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0913 ORCHESTRE

Jean-Philippe Vidal

Born 1958

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0965 ACTOR

François Barbin

Born 1953

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