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 59 of 729 notable people

0008 ACTOR

Stéphane Brizé

Born 1966

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0009 ACTOR

Éric Caravaca

Born 1966

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0018 FILM

Fred Cavayé

Born 1967

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0021 WRITER

Nina Bouraoui

Born 1967

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0026 WRITER

Yannick Haenel

Born 1967

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0039 ENTREPRENEUR

François-Henri Pinault

Born 1962

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0070 COMPOSER

Yvan Cassar

Born 1966

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0088 ACTOR

Isabel Otero

Born 1962

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0089 THEATRE

Éric Vigner

Born 1960

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0091 SPORT

Laurent Madouas

Born 1967

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0094 JOURNALIST

Pascal Riché

Born 1962

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0113 FILM

Mariana Otero

Born 1963

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0123 NAVIGATOR

Thomas Coville

Born 1968

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0135 WRITER

Emmanuel Tugny

Born 1968

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0150 ARTIST

Stanislas Barthélémy

Born 1961

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0162 PLAYER

Jérôme Potier

Born 1962

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0163 ARCHITECT

Étienne Tricaud

Born 1960

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0165 POLITICIAN

Mostapha Laabid

Born 1969

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0174 COMPOSER

Régis Huby

Born 1969

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0176 MUSIC

Simon Goubert

Born 1960

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0199 FOOTBALL

Michel Audrain

Born 1961

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0213 FOOTBALL

Laurent Delamontagne

Born 1965

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0221 CHEF

Patrick Bertron

Born 1962

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0226 ATHLETIC

Martial Fesselier

Born 1961

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0245 CANOE

Anne Boixel

Born 1965

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0252 FOOTBALL

Yannick Le Saux

Born 1965

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0264 MAN OF LETTERS

Stéphanie Janicot

Born 1967

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0290 SPORT

Hervé Garel

Born 1967

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0294 ENGINEER

Philippe Jamet (ingénieur)

Born 1961

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0311 PAINTER

Muzo (artiste)

Born 1960

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0314 WRITER

Loïc Le Borgne

Born 1969

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0317 ECONOMIST

Gilles Le Blanc

1969 - 2013

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0323 POLITICIAN

Philippe Rouault (homme politique)

Born 1962

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0329 NOVELIST

Erik Wietzel

Born 1967

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0335 RADIO

Laurent Bouneau

Born 1965

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0368 ATHLETIC

Xavier Robilliard

Born 1967

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0377 FILM

Serge Chauvin

Born 1966

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0380 ARTIST

Stéphane Melchior

Born 1965

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0388 ACTOR

Catherine Riaux

Born 1965

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0402 WRITER

Patrice Gicquel

Born 1968

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0416 CHEF

Marc Rivière (pastry chef)

Born 1969

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0426 FOOTBALL

Luis Satorra

Born 1969

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0461 FOOTBALL

Pierre Maroselli

Born 1966

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0484 POLITICIAN

Olivier Buquen

Born 1964

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0504 ACTOR

Miguel Derennes

Born 1969

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0524 PIANIST

Éric Davoust

Born 1960

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0529 GROUPE

Rodolphe Belmer

Born 1969

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0540 FOOTBALL

Régis Garrault

Born 1968

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0549 STYLISTE

Val Piriou

1963 - 1995

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0552 JOURNALIST

Gaël Desgrées du Lou

Born 1967

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0564 RUNNER

Véronique Jehanno

Born 1962

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0593 NOVELIST

Bruno Segalotti

Born 1963

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0622 FOOTBALL

Stéphane Béasse

Born 1966

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0630 PHOTOGRAPHER

Hervé Cuillandre

Born 1967

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0634 DRIVER

Jacques Goudchaux

Born 1963

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0657 FOOTBALL

Stéphane Moulin (arbitre)

1963 - 2020

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0673 ATHLETIC

Frédérique Martin (athlétisme)

Born 1961

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0675 RADIO

Serge Fournel

Born 1960

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0701 SPORT

Éric Heulot

Born 1962

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