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 1800s Clear ×
Godefroy Brossay-Saint-Marc
1803 - 1878
Hippolyte-Julien-Joseph Lucas
1807 - 1878
Paul Dupont des Loges
1804 - 1886
François Lanno
1800 - 1871
Charles-Marie Philippe de Kerhallet
1809 - 1863
Théophile Bidard
1804 - 1877
Édouard Turquety
1807 - 1867
Louis Mazères
1808 - 1873
Toussaint-François Jourjon
1809 - 1857
Julien-Charles Dubois
1806 - 1891
Marie-Joseph Brune
1807 - 1890
Amédée Bertin de la Hautière
1805 - 1875
Louis de Trédern
1805 - 1883
Joseph Le Mélorel de La Haichois
1807 - 1869
Alexandre Elisabeth de Rosnyvinen de Piré
1809 - 1885
Hippolyte Legraverand
1806 - 1870