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
- Filtered to 1770s Clear ×
Simon Bruté
1779 - 1839
Alexandre Moreau de Jonnès
1778 - 1870
Hippolyte Piré
1778 - 1850
Jean-Vincent-Yves Degland
1773 - 1841
Louis-Toussaint de La Moussaye
1778 - 1854
François Robiquet
1777 - 1845
Louis Chicoilet de Corbigny
1771 - 1811
Casimir Chardel
1777 - 1847
Jean-Marie Emmanuel Legraverend
1776 - 1827
René-Charles-Hippolyte Le Prestre de Chateaugiron
1774 - 1848
Félix Joseph Marie Vatar
1777 - 1842