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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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  • Science
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Showing 15 of 729 notable people

0076 WRITER

Joseph-Marie Quérard

1797 - 1865

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0080 PHYSICIAN

Alexandre Jacques François Bertrand

1795 - 1831

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0116 NATURALIST

François Désiré Roulin

1796 - 1874

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0284 POLITICIAN

Paul-François Dubois

1793 - 1874

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0298 POLITICIAN

Joseph Degousée

1795 - 1862

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0305 MATHEMATICIAN

Louis Richard

1795 - 1849

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0367 POLITICIAN

Paul Eugène Lanjuinais

1799 - 1872

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0371 OFFICER

Joseph Louis Corbin

1792 - 1859

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0397 PRIEST

Guillaume Angebault

1790 - 1869

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0476 POLITICIAN

Thomas Jollivet

1799 - 1848

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0523 POLITICIAN

Aristide de La Ruë

1795 - 1872

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0576 POLITICIAN

Armand Gaultier de La Guistière (1791-1856)

1791 - 1856

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0616 POLITICIAN

Désiré Sauveur de La Chapelle

1799 - 1873

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0651 POLITICIAN

Charles Tréhu de Monthierry

1797 - 1857

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0653 POLITICIAN

Emmanuel Jean Pontgérard

1794 - 1876

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