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.

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 39 of 729 notable people

0063 ACTOR

Barbara Magnolfi

Born 1955

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0065 SPORT

Marc Gomez

Born 1954

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0067 SINGER

François Le Roux

Born 1955

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0068 BANK

Danièle Nouy

Born 1950

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0074 CURATOR

Suzanne Pagé

Born 1950

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0095 PRIEST

Jean-Paul James

Born 1952

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0098 PRIEST

Michel Pansard

Born 1955

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0105 FOOTBALL

Pierrick Hiard

Born 1955

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0109 MILITAR

Vincent Desportes

Born 1953

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0151 JOURNALIST

Catherine Ceylac

Born 1954

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0152 JOURNALIST

Jean Guisnel

Born 1951

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0171 HISTORIAN

Kristian Hamon

Born 1953

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0182 ATHLETIC

Francis Kerbiriou

Born 1951

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0184 FOOTBALL

Jean-Luc Arribart

Born 1955

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0188 BUSINESS

Claire Dorland-Clauzel

Born 1954

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0196 NOVELIST

Gilles Barbedette

1956 - 1992

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0206 BUSINESS

Pierre Blayau

Born 1950

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0231 SOCIOLOGIST

Dominique Boullier

Born 1954

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0261 GEOLOGIST

Olivier Merle (chercheur)

Born 1956

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0265 HISTORIAN

Catherine Bertho-Lavenir

Born 1953

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0301 FILM

Jean-Luc Miesch

Born 1952

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0308 POLITICIAN

Jacques Rocher

Born 1957

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0320 COOK

Patrick Jeffroy

Born 1952

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0321 HISTORIAN

Marc Bompaire

Born 1957

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0338 ARTIST

Albert Blesteau

Born 1950

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0343 SINGER

Christian Bénard

Born 1958

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0384 WRITER

Alain-François Lesacher

Born 1955

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0414 PUBLISHER

Erwann Rougé

Born 1954

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0448 MUSIC

Yan Cozian

Born 1956

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0454 POET

Roberto San Geroteo

Born 1951

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0502 FOOTBALL

Dominique Blin

1952 - 2010

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0513 BUSINESS

Bertrand Meheut

Born 1951

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0514 FOOTBALL

François Blin

Born 1953

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0516 POLITICIAN

Eric Loiselet

1959 - 2016

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0551 BUSINESS

Éric Duval

Born 1959

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0555 MUSIC

Christian Anneix

Born 1950

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0604 MISSING

Hervé Wattecamps

Born 1959

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0617 POLITICIAN

Jean-Pierre Le Coadic

1952 - 2011

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0684 PHYSICIST

Jean-Pascal Cogné

1955 - 2017

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