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
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Marcel Bozzuffi
1928 - 1988
Marcel Callo
1921 - 1945
Lucien Musset
1922 - 2004
Pêr Denez
1921 - 2011
François Régis Hutin
1929 - 2017
Bernard Guenée
1927 - 2010
Pierick Houdy
Born 1929
Françoise Le Roux
1927 - 2004
Louis Pérouas
1923 - 2011
Léon Gautier (militaire)
Born 1922
Jean-Marie Daillet
Born 1929
Georges de Lastic
1927 - 1988
Yves Jaigu
1924 - 2012
Georges Jouvin
1923 - 2016
Yves Laloy
1920 - 1999
Maurice Testard
1921 - 2006
Guy Le Borgne
1920 - 2007
Michel Denieul
1926 - 2013
Robert Moreau (auteur)
1928 - 2006
Raymond d'Izarny
1922 - 2015
Marie Alizon
1921 - 1943
Alain de Dieuleveult
Born 1926
François Le Douarec
1924 - 2008
Jean-Yves Jolif
1923 - 1979
Adrien Tigeot
1923 - 1943
André Egu
1929 - 2016
Frédo Garel
1925 - 2014
Alphonse Chantoux
1920 - 1998
Emmanuel Desgrées du Loû (colonel)
1925 - 2003
Joseph Archepel
Born 1925
Robert Nerzic
1922 - 2008
Max Courtillon
1927 - 2017
Jean Schlegel
1925 - 2020
André Sorel
1924 - 1988
Gaëtan "Michel" du Bot
1922 - 2013