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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- Sports
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Science
- Military
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Guillaume Seignac
1870 - 1924
Henri Delaborde (painter)
1811 - 1899
Abel Lauvray
1870 - 1950
Charles Léon Godeby
1866 - 1952
Ernest Guérin
1887 - 1952
Louis Garin
1888 - 1959
Emmanuel Fougerat
1869 - 1958
Muzo (artiste)
Born 1960
Joseph Oberthur
1872 - 1956
Yves Laloy
1920 - 1999
Gaston Jobbé-Duval
1856 - 1929
Francis Blin
1827 - 1866
Émile Simon
1890 - 1976
Urbain Huchet
Born 1930
André Beauce
1911 - 1974
Wilfrid-Constant Beauquesne
1847 - 1913
Camille Godet
1879 - 1966
Henry Leray
1905 - 1987
Georges Guinegault
1893 - 1982
Camille Boiry
1871 - 1954
Bernadette Février
Born 1946
Pierre Aubin
1884 - 1945