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.
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- Writing
- Art & Design
- Science
- Military
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- Filtered to 1890s Clear ×
Charles Vanel
1892 - 1989
Charles Tillon
1897 - 1993
Isidore Odorico
1893 - 1945
Jean Vallette d'Osia
1898 - 2000
Jean du Plessis de Grenédan
1892 - 1923
Frédéric Joüon des Longrais
1892 - 1975
Édith Follet
1899 - 1990
Paul Dottin
1895 - 1967
Émile Simon
1890 - 1976
Léon Zwingelstein
1898 - 1934
Henri Poisson
1898 - 1977
René Patay
1898 - 1995
René Bouffet
1896 - 1945
Barthélemy Pocquet du Haut-Jussé
1891 - 1988
Jean Lec
1899 - 1964
René Piedelièvre
1891 - 1975
Georges Guinegault
1893 - 1982
Charles Le Cocq
1898 - 1945