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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Jacques Philippe Marie Binet
1786 - 1856
Pierre Jean Robiquet
1780 - 1840
Auguste-Louis Petiet
1784 - 1858
Jean-Baptiste Métivier
1781 - 1857
Auguste-Frédéric de Talhouët
1788 - 1842
Armand François Lamy
1781 - 1839
Pierre François Petiet
1782 - 1835
Paul Marie Rapatel
1782 - 1852
Auguste Marie Gicquel des Touches
1784 - 1855
Louis Richelot
1786 - 1855
Philippe-Marie-Thérèse-Gui Carron
1788 - 1833
Joseph de Kermarec
1788 - 1845
Gaspard Riollay
1783 - 1861