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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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0029 POLITICIAN

Catherine Lalumière

Born 1935

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0144 CHEMIST

Jean-Michel Savéant

1933 - 2020

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0190 JOURNALIST

Hervé Bourges

1933 - 2020

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0207 HISTORIAN

Jean-Yves Veillard

1939 - 2020

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0240 MATHEMATICIAN

Jean-Yves Jaffray

1939 - 2009

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0257 ACADEMIC

Denise Delouche

Born 1933

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0274 FOOTBALL

Yves Boutet

Born 1936

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0280 WINEGROWER

Aubert de Villaine

Born 1939

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0281 HISTORIAN

Michel Denis (historien)

1931 - 2007

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0296 GEOLOGIST

Adolphe Nicolas

1936 - 2020

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0333 POLITICIAN

Yves Fréville

Born 1934

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0340 ARCHITECT

Philippe Fraleu

Born 1936

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0341 HISTORIAN

Marie-Thérèse Camus

Born 1934

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0349 PHOTOGRAPHER

Hervé Gloaguen

Born 1937

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0350 POLITICIAN

Jean Diebold

1939 - 2007

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0373 PAINTER

Urbain Huchet

Born 1930

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0374 FOOTBALL

Yves Legrand

Born 1935

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0403 ACADEMIC

Paul Lagarde

Born 1934

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0406 POLITICIAN

Jacques Cressard

1935 - 2015

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0411 MILITAR

Hubert Granier

Born 1932

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0443 PHYSICIAN

Pierre Tiollais

Born 1934

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0480 HISTORIAN

Claude Pithois

1930 - 2016

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0490 COMPOSER

Lucie Robert-Diessel

1936 - 2019

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0496 COMPOSER

Louis Dumontier

1937 - 2006

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0497 WRITER

Jean-Claude Bourlès

Born 1937

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0603 FOOTBALL

Yves Jort

Born 1938

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0614 FOOTBALL

Bernard Josse

1932 - 2019

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0638 POLITICIAN

Jean-Claude Petit (homme politique)

1933 - 2003

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0704 POET

Roger-André Halique

Born 1938

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0710 DIPLOMAT

Joëlle Timsit

Born 1938

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