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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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0046 GEOGRAPHER

Maximilien Sorre

1880 - 1962

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0055 CONDUCTOR

Eugène Bigot

1888 - 1965

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0110 COMPOSER

Maurice Duhamel

1884 - 1940

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0131 AVIATOR

Maurice Noguès

1889 - 1934

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0134 SCULPTOR

Armel Beaufils

1882 - 1952

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0243 HISTORIAN

Paul Couissin

1885 - 1932

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0266 PAINTER

Ernest Guérin

1887 - 1952

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0278 POLITICIAN

Francis Le Basser

1889 - 1974

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0287 PAINTER

Louis Garin

1888 - 1959

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0326 LINGUIST

Alphonse Chérel

1882 - 1956

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0337 WRITER

Gabriel-Louis Pringué

1885 - 1965

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0339 SCULPTOR

Albert Bourget

1881 - 1956

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0486 ARTIST

Aristide Perré

1888 - 1958

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0500 ARCHITECT

Pierre-Jack Laloy

1885 - 1962

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0505 OPERA

Yvonne Dubel

1881 - 1958

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0530 POLITICIAN

Marcel Rupied

1880 - 1967

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0562 ARCHITECT

René Guillaume

1885 - 1945

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0581 ILLUSTRATOR

Théophile Hyacinthe Busnel

1882 - 1908

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0611 POLITICIAN

Robert de la Noë

1887 - 1967

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0658 SECRÉTAIRE

Gaëtan Hervé

1886 - 1944

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0666 POLITICIAN

Fernand Marçais

1882 - 1945

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0671 PHYSICIST

Arthur William Loth

1888 - 1957

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0688 CLERK

Pierre Lemoine (1884-1944)

1884 - 1944

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0716 POLITICIAN

Pierre Heurtaux

1882 - 1965

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0721 PAINTER

Pierre Aubin

1884 - 1945

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0722 MISSING

Gabrielle Desgrées du Loû

1880 - 1955

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0729 FOOTBALL

Philippe Ghis

1882 - 1918

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