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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.

Through the Decades

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 prelate8.1× the global rate.

Rennes under-produces actor — only 0.4× the global rate.

  1. Politician122
  2. Football44
  3. Writer31
  4. Historian26
  5. Militar24
  6. Painter22
  7. Sport19
  8. Priest17
  1. Prelate108.1×
  2. Historian263.4×
  3. Militar242.7×
  4. Photographer82.3×
  5. Sculptor102.1×
  6. Architect132.0×
  7. Officer91.9×
  8. Artist131.7×
  1. Actor160.4×
  2. Football440.6×

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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Showing 30 of 729 notable people

0022 ACTOR

Alexandre-Vincent Pineux Duval

1767 - 1842

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0072 POET

Auguste Hilarion, comte de Kératry

1769 - 1859

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0127 DIPLOMAT

Amaury Duval (1760–1838)

1760 - 1838

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0130 OPERA

Jean Elleviou

1769 - 1842

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0194 PRIEST

Guy-Toussaint-Julien Carron

1760 - 1821

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0239 ADMINISTRATOR

Étienne-Laurent-Pierre Burnel

1762 - 1835

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0331 POLITICIAN

Joseph Blin

1764 - 1834

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0364 ARCHAEOLOGIST

François Jouannet

1765 - 1845

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0419 LAWYER

Louis-Joseph du Plessis-Mauron de Grenédan

1767 - 1842

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0522 POLITICIAN

Charles-Marie Desnos de La Grée

1764 - 1818

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0543 POLITICIAN

Gaspard Augustin Barbier

1763 - 1833

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0545 MILITAR

René François Aubrée

1763 - 1808

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0556 POLITICIAN

Augustin-Marie-Gabriel de Talhouët

1768 - 1823

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0558 POLITICIAN

Joseph Charles de Perrien

1764 - 1832

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0565 MISSING

Joseph Mathurin Fidèle Lesuire

1764 - 1832

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0573 OFFICER

Louis François Saunier

1761 - 1841

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0583 POLITICIAN

Athanase Conen de Saint-Luc

1769 - 1844

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0598 POLITICIAN

Pierre Louis Dupont des Loges

1764 - 1833

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0606 POLITICIAN

Jean-François Roussin (homme politique)

Born 1765

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0619 POLITICIAN

Félix de La Haye-Jousselin

1764 - 1822

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0621 POLITICIAN

François-Fortuné du Plessis-Mauron de Grenédan

1764 - 1835

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0629 POLITICIAN

Guillaume Marie Jean René Legraverend

1765 - 1834

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0644 SOLDIER

Alexandre-Charles-Joseph Aubrée

1767 - 1815

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0648 POLITICIAN

Pierre-Hippolyte Le Tissier

1767 - 1845

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0672 POLITICIAN

Joseph-Gilles Pontallier

1767 - 1837

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0677 POLITICIAN

François Varin de La Guerche

1761 - 1826

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0686 PRIEST

Charles-François Langlois

1767 - 1851

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0689 RÉVOLUTION FRANÇAISE

Auguste Nicolas Baudot

1765 - 1801

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0692 EXPLORER

Pierre Louis Guyet de La Villeneuve

1764 - 1788

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0712 MILITAR

Joseph Marie Piolaine

1760 - 1816

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