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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 35 of 729 notable people

0004 ACTOR

Marcel Bozzuffi

1928 - 1988

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0033 PRIEST

Marcel Callo

1921 - 1945

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0053 HISTORIAN

Lucien Musset

1922 - 2004

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0060 LINGUIST

Pêr Denez

1921 - 2011

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0104 JOURNALIST

François Régis Hutin

1929 - 2017

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0121 HISTORIAN

Bernard Guenée

1927 - 2010

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0186 COMPOSER

Pierick Houdy

Born 1929

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0201 HISTORIAN

Françoise Le Roux

1927 - 2004

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0222 HISTORIAN

Louis Pérouas

1923 - 2011

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0225 MILITAR

Léon Gautier (militaire)

Born 1922

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0255 POLITICIAN

Jean-Marie Daillet

Born 1929

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0269 COLLECTOR

Georges de Lastic

1927 - 1988

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0291 RADIO

Yves Jaigu

1924 - 2012

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0302 TRUMPET

Georges Jouvin

1923 - 2016

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0328 PAINTER

Yves Laloy

1920 - 1999

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0348 TEACHER

Maurice Testard

1921 - 2006

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0375 ARMY

Guy Le Borgne

1920 - 2007

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0395 ARCHIVISTE

Michel Denieul

1926 - 2013

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0424 ARTIST

Robert Moreau (auteur)

1928 - 2006

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0437 PRIEST

Raymond d'Izarny

1922 - 2015

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0457 FIGHTER

Marie Alizon

1921 - 1943

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0459 HISTORIAN

Alain de Dieuleveult

Born 1926

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0460 POLITICIAN

François Le Douarec

1924 - 2008

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0503 ACADEMIC

Jean-Yves Jolif

1923 - 1979

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0575 TEACHER

Adrien Tigeot

1923 - 1943

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0585 POLITICIAN

André Egu

1929 - 2016

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0610 FOOTBALL

Frédo Garel

1925 - 2014

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0618 PRÄFEKT

Alphonse Chantoux

1920 - 1998

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0633 OFFICER

Emmanuel Desgrées du Loû (colonel)

1925 - 2003

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0645 ARTIST

Joseph Archepel

Born 1925

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0646 POLITICIAN

Robert Nerzic

1922 - 2008

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0691 ATHLETIC

Max Courtillon

1927 - 2017

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0699 RUNNER

Jean Schlegel

1925 - 2020

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0700 FOOTBALL

André Sorel

1924 - 1988

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0719 EDUCATOR

Gaëtan "Michel" du Bot

1922 - 2013

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