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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Paul Féval, père
1816 - 1887
Henri Delaborde (painter)
1811 - 1899
Marie of St Peter
1816 - 1848
Joseph Marie Élisabeth Durocher
1817 - 1860
Félix Robiou
1818 - 1894
Marie Rouault
1813 - 1881
Charles de La Monneraye
1812 - 1904
Paul de Geslin
1817 - 1888
Benjamin Petit
1811 - 1839
Gustave Bourgerel
1813 - 1882
Charles Bénézit
1816 - 1871
Louis Vaneau
1811 - 1830
Édouard Jean Marie Duclos
1811 - 1875
Pierre Jouin
1818 - 1885
Armand Huchet de Cintré
1813 - 1882
René-Edmond Thomasset
1819 - 1907
Vincent Morcel
1817 - 1897
Hippolyte de Kermarec
1812 - 1872
Jean Paul Rabuan
1813 - 1884
Bigne de Villeneuve
1813 - 1899
Jean Théobald Lagé
1816 - 1898
Alexandre Chèvremont
1812 - 1883