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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 22 of 729 notable people

0005 WRITER

Paul Féval, père

1816 - 1887

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0064 PAINTER

Henri Delaborde (painter)

1811 - 1899

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0092 NUN

Marie of St Peter

1816 - 1848

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0209 GEOLOGIST

Joseph Marie Élisabeth Durocher

1817 - 1860

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0242 DOCENT

Félix Robiou

1818 - 1894

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0246 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Marie Rouault

1813 - 1881

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0277 POLITICIAN

Charles de La Monneraye

1812 - 1904

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0289 JOURNALIST

Paul de Geslin

1817 - 1888

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0392 MISSIONARY

Benjamin Petit

1811 - 1839

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0425 ARCHITECT

Gustave Bourgerel

1813 - 1882

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0493 MUSIC

Charles Bénézit

1816 - 1871

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0554 TECHNICIEN

Louis Vaneau

1811 - 1830

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0561 POLITICIAN

Édouard Jean Marie Duclos

1811 - 1875

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0580 POLITICIAN

Pierre Jouin

1818 - 1885

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0588 POLITICIAN

Armand Huchet de Cintré

1813 - 1882

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0623 NAVY

René-Edmond Thomasset

1819 - 1907

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0636 POLITICIAN

Vincent Morcel

1817 - 1897

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0649 POLITICIAN

Hippolyte de Kermarec

1812 - 1872

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0654 POLITICIAN

Jean Paul Rabuan

1813 - 1884

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0702 LAWYER

Bigne de Villeneuve

1813 - 1899

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0708 AMIRAL

Jean Théobald Lagé

1816 - 1898

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0728 HISTORIAN

Alexandre Chèvremont

1812 - 1883

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