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.
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 prelate — 8.1× the global rate.
Rennes under-produces actor — only 0.4× the global rate.
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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Charles Louis de Marbeuf
1712 - 1786
Joseph Louis Corbin
1792 - 1859
Charles Loysel
1825 - 1889
Auguste Marie Gicquel des Touches
1784 - 1855
Pierre de Maismont
1911 - 1944
Louis François Saunier
1761 - 1841
Alexis Hubert de La Hayrie
1825 - 1893
Emmanuel Desgrées du Loû (colonel)
1925 - 2003
Charles Thierry de La Prévalaye
1749 - 1824