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.
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Germain Boffrand
1667 - 1754
Charles Errard
1606 - 1689
Mathurin Crucy
1749 - 1826
Henry Jacques Le Même
1897 - 1997
Allain Provost
Born 1938
Pol Abraham
1891 - 1966
José Oubrerie
Born 1932
Pierre Rousseau (1751-1829)
1751 - 1829
Bernard Hamburger
1940 - 1982
Constant Douillard
1795 - 1878
Lucien Douillard
1829 - 1888
Georges Lafont (architecte)
1847 - 1924
Gilles Ebersolt
Born 1957
Louis-Prudent Douillard
1790 - 1869
Étienne Coutan
1875 - 1963
Émile Libaudière
1853 - 1923
Joseph-Fleury Chenantais
1809 - 1868
Léopold Ridel
1852 - 1910
François-Léonard Seheult
1768 - 1840
René Ménard (architecte)
1876 - 1958
Jean René Pierre Litoux
1839 - 1903
François Bougoüin
1846 - 1933
Victoire Durand-Gasselin
1908 - 1998
Saint-Félix Seheult
1793 - 1858
Clément Josso
1853 - 1928
François Clasquin
1849 - 1917
Théo Petit
1865 - 1930
Théodore Nau
1805 - 1865
Jean-Pierre Garreau
1803 - 1896
Eugène Démangeat
1818 - 1889
André Cornu (architecte naval)
1912 - 2003
André Chauvet
1878 - 1951
Étienne Blon
1780 - 1863
Rogatien Le Nail
1877 - 1918
Yves Liberge
1910 - 2009
Joseph Bougoüin
1871 - 1956
François-Jean-Baptiste Ogée
1760 - 1845
Marcel Chaney
1885 - 1950
Ferdinand Ménard
1873 - 1958
Émile Le Bot
Born 1889
Paul Bougoüin
1876 - 1959