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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René Pleven
1901 - 1993
Pierre-Henri Teitgen
1908 - 1997
Robert Vattier
1906 - 1982
Paul Paillole
1905 - 2002
Suzanne Bastid
1906 - 1995
Jean Rougeul
1905 - 1978
Pierre-Olivier Lapie
1901 - 1994
François Debeauvais
1903 - 1944
Adolphe Touffait
1907 - 1990
Fernand Rauzena
1900 - 1976
Paul Derenne
1907 - 1988
René Guillou
1903 - 1958
Charles Berthelot
1901 - 1940
Pierre Léaud
1909 - 1996
Henriette Robitaillie
1909 - 1992
Marc Rouvillois
1903 - 1986
Pierre Lelièvre
1903 - 2005
François Desgrées du Loû
1909 - 1985
Raymond Cornon
1908 - 1982
René Bouët-Willaumez
1900 - 1979
Henry Leray
1905 - 1987
Viviane Elder
Born 1904
André Roux (amiral)
1907 - 1983
Norbert Mahé
1903 - 1953
Claude Ferny
1906 - 1978
Marie-Louise Charpentier
1905 - 1998