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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

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1960s with 59 notable births.

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 44 of 729 notable people

0019 POLITICIAN

Yves-Thibault de Silguy

Born 1948

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0025 POLITICIAN

Yves Cochet

Born 1946

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0036 POET

Annie Le Brun

Born 1942

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0051 PHILOSOPHER

Sylvie Le Bon-de Beauvoir

Born 1941

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0085 NOVELIST

Soazig Aaron

Born 1949

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0103 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Jacques Legrand (Mongolist)

Born 1946

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0119 HOMEOPATH

Bernard Sainz

Born 1943

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0153 SPRINT

Robert Poirier

Born 1942

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0179 PRIEST

Christophe Pierre

Born 1946

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0210 CHEF

Bernard Pacaud

Born 1947

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0218 SINGER

Jacques Bertin (chanteur)

Born 1946

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0219 JOURNALIST

Charles Biétry

Born 1943

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0251 CARICATURIST

Konk

Born 1944

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0253 WRITER

Michel Demion

1943 - 2016

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0267 HISTORIAN

Michel Lagrée

1946 - 2001

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0272 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Zaü

Born 1943

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0273 ART HISTORIAN

Arnauld Brejon de Lavergnée

Born 1945

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0288 WRITER

Michelle Meyer

Born 1941

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0293 MISSING

Jean-François Botrel

Born 1942

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0325 HISTORIAN

Jacqueline Sainclivier

Born 1949

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0344 POLITICIAN

Christian Daniel

Born 1948

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0365 SCREENWRITER

Louis-Charles Sirjacq

Born 1949

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0379 SPORT

Pierre Rochcongar

1947 - 2016

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0393 ADMINISTRATOR

Hervé Machenaud

Born 1947

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0408 WRITER

Joseph Rouzel

Born 1949

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0409 WRITER

Yvonne Besson

Born 1947

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0450 ARTIST

Jean-Gérard Gwezenneg

Born 1941

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0452 SCULPTOR

Brigitte Sillard

Born 1942

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0485 POLITICIAN

Gérard Bougrier

Born 1944

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0521 CLARINET

Jean-Noël Crocq

Born 1948

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0528 ARTIST

Jacques Cortellari

1942 - 2002

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0534 RIDER

Dominique d'Esmé

Born 1945

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0536 POLITICIAN

Clément Théaudin

Born 1943

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0542 NOVELIST

Greta Vaillant

1942 - 2000

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0569 SPORT

Marcel Boishardy

1945 - 2011

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0571 FOOTBALL

Georges Jazdzyk

Born 1942

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0578 PAINTER

Bernadette Février

Born 1946

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0582 FOOTBALL

Michel Beaulieu (football)

Born 1947

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0584 WRITER

Alan Floor

1948 - 2005

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0600 POLITICIAN

Danielle Dufeu

1941 - 2017

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0624 PRIEST

René Dersoir

Born 1940

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0650 FOOTBALL

Daniel Périault

Born 1946

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0669 AVIATEUR

Jean-Yves Glémée

Born 1949

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0695 CIVIL SERVANT

Hugues Bousiges

Born 1948

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