48.1142° N, 1.6808° W
RENNES
Most Famous People Born in Rennes, France
- Notable people
- 729
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1905
- Most distinctive
- Prelate 8.1×
The Breton capital, and the Catholic one — a thick Prelate bench flags centuries of the Parlement de Bretagne doubling as an ecclesiastical training ground, with Historian and Militar lines filling out the provincial elite. The profile is stubbornly administrative rather than artistic, exactly what you'd expect from a town whose claim to fame for three hundred years was being where Brittany's paperwork got stamped.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Rennes during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Rennes Is Known For
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Politician is Rennes's biggest profession — 17% of all notables (122).
Rennes over-indexes on prelate — 8.1× the global rate.
Rennes under-produces actor — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Rennes's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Politics & Law
- Sports
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Science
- Military
- Other
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Jean-Baptiste Robinet
1735 - 1820
Jean de Dieu-Raymond de Cucé de Boisgelin
1732 - 1804
Jérôme Champion de Cicé
1735 - 1810
Yves-Alexandre de Marbeuf
1734 - 1799
Adélaïde-Louise-Pauline Hus
1734 - 1805
Michel Gérard (1737-1815)
1737 - 1815
Louis-Félix Guinement de Kéralio
1731 - 1793
Jacques-Marie Glezen
1737 - 1801
François-Xavier Estin
1734 - 1806
Charles François Robinet
1734 - 1810
Louis-Toussaint Champion de Cicé
1732 - 1792
Joseph François Malherbe
1733 - 1827