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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 26 of 729 notable people

0003 POLITICIAN

René Pleven

1901 - 1993

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0034 POLITICIAN

Pierre-Henri Teitgen

1908 - 1997

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0048 ACTOR

Robert Vattier

1906 - 1982

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0069 MILITAR

Paul Paillole

1905 - 2002

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0077 ACADEMIC

Suzanne Bastid

1906 - 1995

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0078 ACTOR

Jean Rougeul

1905 - 1978

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0081 ESSAYIST

Pierre-Olivier Lapie

1901 - 1994

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0111 NATIONALIST

François Debeauvais

1903 - 1944

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0137 FOOTBALL

Adolphe Touffait

1907 - 1990

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0160 ACTOR

Fernand Rauzena

1900 - 1976

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0197 OPERA

Paul Derenne

1907 - 1988

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0227 COMPOSER

René Guillou

1903 - 1958

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0234 FOOTBALL

Charles Berthelot

1901 - 1940

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0256 WRITER

Pierre Léaud

1909 - 1996

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0303 WRITER

Henriette Robitaillie

1909 - 1992

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0312 MILITAR

Marc Rouvillois

1903 - 1986

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0342 ART HISTORIAN

Pierre Lelièvre

1903 - 2005

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0353 JOURNALIST

François Desgrées du Loû

1909 - 1985

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0410 ARCHITECT

Raymond Cornon

1908 - 1982

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0412 ILLUSTRATEUR

René Bouët-Willaumez

1900 - 1979

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0469 PAINTER

Henry Leray

1905 - 1987

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0499 DRIVER

Viviane Elder

Born 1904

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0539 MILITAR

André Roux (amiral)

1907 - 1983

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0550 DRIVER

Norbert Mahé

1903 - 1953

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0570 WRITER

Claude Ferny

1906 - 1978

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0659 NURSE

Marie-Louise Charpentier

1905 - 1998

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