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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 16 of 729 notable people

0101 PRIEST

Godefroy Brossay-Saint-Marc

1803 - 1878

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0115 WRITER

Hippolyte-Julien-Joseph Lucas

1807 - 1878

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0132 PRIEST

Paul Dupont des Loges

1804 - 1886

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0177 SCULPTOR

François Lanno

1800 - 1871

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0205 SAILOR

Charles-Marie Philippe de Kerhallet

1809 - 1863

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0211 POLITICIAN

Théophile Bidard

1804 - 1877

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0381 POET

Édouard Turquety

1807 - 1867

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0386 MILITAR

Louis Mazères

1808 - 1873

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0444 SCULPTOR

Toussaint-François Jourjon

1809 - 1857

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0468 SCULPTOR

Julien-Charles Dubois

1806 - 1891

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0487 TEACHER

Marie-Joseph Brune

1807 - 1890

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0519 POLITICIAN

Amédée Bertin de la Hautière

1805 - 1875

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0589 POLITICIAN

Louis de Trédern

1805 - 1883

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0613 POLITICIAN

Joseph Le Mélorel de La Haichois

1807 - 1869

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0635 POLITICIAN

Alexandre Elisabeth de Rosnyvinen de Piré

1809 - 1885

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0656 POLITICIAN

Hippolyte Legraverand

1806 - 1870

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