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.
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- Writing
- Art & Design
- Science
- Military
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Alexandre-Vincent Pineux Duval
1767 - 1842
Auguste Hilarion, comte de Kératry
1769 - 1859
Amaury Duval (1760–1838)
1760 - 1838
Jean Elleviou
1769 - 1842
Guy-Toussaint-Julien Carron
1760 - 1821
Étienne-Laurent-Pierre Burnel
1762 - 1835
Joseph Blin
1764 - 1834
François Jouannet
1765 - 1845
Louis-Joseph du Plessis-Mauron de Grenédan
1767 - 1842
Charles-Marie Desnos de La Grée
1764 - 1818
Gaspard Augustin Barbier
1763 - 1833
René François Aubrée
1763 - 1808
Augustin-Marie-Gabriel de Talhouët
1768 - 1823
Joseph Charles de Perrien
1764 - 1832
Joseph Mathurin Fidèle Lesuire
1764 - 1832
Louis François Saunier
1761 - 1841
Athanase Conen de Saint-Luc
1769 - 1844
Pierre Louis Dupont des Loges
1764 - 1833
Jean-François Roussin (homme politique)
Born 1765
Félix de La Haye-Jousselin
1764 - 1822
François-Fortuné du Plessis-Mauron de Grenédan
1764 - 1835
Guillaume Marie Jean René Legraverend
1765 - 1834
Alexandre-Charles-Joseph Aubrée
1767 - 1815
Pierre-Hippolyte Le Tissier
1767 - 1845
Joseph-Gilles Pontallier
1767 - 1837
François Varin de La Guerche
1761 - 1826
Charles-François Langlois
1767 - 1851
Auguste Nicolas Baudot
1765 - 1801
Pierre Louis Guyet de La Villeneuve
1764 - 1788
Joseph Marie Piolaine
1760 - 1816