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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- Writing
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- Field: Politician Clear ×
Georges Ernest Boulanger
1837 - 1891
René Pleven
1901 - 1993
Isaac René Guy le Chapelier
1754 - 1794
Yves-Thibault de Silguy
Born 1948
Charles Tillon
1897 - 1993
Yves Cochet
Born 1946
Jean Denis, comte Lanjuinais
1753 - 1827
Catherine Lalumière
Born 1935
Pierre-Henri Teitgen
1908 - 1997
Jérôme Champion de Cicé
1735 - 1810
François-Pierre Blin
1756 - 1834
Félix Martin-Feuillée
1830 - 1898
Céline Calvez
Born 1979
Mostapha Laabid
Born 1969
Michel Gérard (1737-1815)
1737 - 1815
Bérangère Couillard
Born 1986
Théophile Bidard
1804 - 1877
Armand Fresneau
1823 - 1900
Jean-Marie Daillet
Born 1929
Louis-Toussaint de La Moussaye
1778 - 1854
Charles de La Monneraye
1812 - 1904
Francis Le Basser
1889 - 1974
Jacques-Marie Glezen
1737 - 1801
Paul-François Dubois
1793 - 1874
Joseph Degousée
1795 - 1862
Jacques Rocher
Born 1957
Jean-Baptiste-Marie Champion de Cicé
1725 - 1805
Philippe Rouault (homme politique)
Born 1962
Joseph Blin
1764 - 1834
Yves Fréville
Born 1934
Christian Daniel
Born 1948
Jean Diebold
1939 - 2007
René Joseph Brice
1839 - 1921
Paul Eugène Lanjuinais
1799 - 1872
Armand François Lamy
1781 - 1839
François-Toussaint Villers
1749 - 1807
Louis Chicoilet de Corbigny
1771 - 1811
Casimir Chardel
1777 - 1847
Jacques Cressard
1935 - 2015
Édouard Tirel de la Martinière
1849 - 1918
Jean-Marie Emmanuel Legraverend
1776 - 1827
Paul Marie Rapatel
1782 - 1852
Amaury Dréo
1829 - 1882
Charles François Marie Duval
1750 - 1829
Pierre-Vincent Varin de La Brunelière
1752 - 1793
François Le Douarec
1924 - 2008
Eugène Pinault
1834 - 1913
Joseph Marie François Sevestre
1753 - 1846
Thomas Jollivet
1799 - 1848
Armand Porteu de la Morandière
1839 - 1906
Olivier Buquen
Born 1964
Gérard Bougrier
Born 1944
Henri de Gavardie
1823 - 1910
Louis Grivart
1829 - 1901
Jules Leveillé
1834 - 1912
René-Charles-Hippolyte Le Prestre de Chateaugiron
1774 - 1848
Eric Loiselet
1959 - 2016
Amédée Bertin de la Hautière
1805 - 1875
Charles-Marie Desnos de La Grée
1764 - 1818
Aristide de La Ruë
1795 - 1872
Marcel Rupied
1880 - 1967
Roland Gaspard Lemérer
1757 - 1820
Clément Théaudin
Born 1943
Étienne Pinault
1870 - 1942
Gaspard Augustin Barbier
1763 - 1833
François-Xavier Estin
1734 - 1806
Agathon Pinot du Petit-Bois
1742 - 1809
Jean-Baptiste Delaporte
1750 - 1824
Augustin-Marie-Gabriel de Talhouët
1768 - 1823
Joseph Charles de Perrien
1764 - 1832
Édouard Jean Marie Duclos
1811 - 1875
Armand Gaultier de La Guistière (1791-1856)
1791 - 1856
Emmanuel Besnard
1753 - 1810
Pierre Jouin
1818 - 1885
Athanase Conen de Saint-Luc
1769 - 1844
André Egu
1929 - 2016
Armand Huchet de Cintré
1813 - 1882
Louis de Trédern
1805 - 1883
Henri de Legge
1836 - 1902
Charles François Robinet
1734 - 1810
Pierre Louis Dupont des Loges
1764 - 1833
Danielle Dufeu
1941 - 2017
Jean-François Roussin (homme politique)
Born 1765
Robert de la Noë
1887 - 1967
Joseph Le Mélorel de La Haichois
1807 - 1869
Désiré Sauveur de La Chapelle
1799 - 1873
Jean-Pierre Le Coadic
1952 - 2011
Félix de La Haye-Jousselin
1764 - 1822
François-Fortuné du Plessis-Mauron de Grenédan
1764 - 1835
Guillaume Marie Jean René Legraverend
1765 - 1834
Henri Jouault
1917 - 1995
Alexandre Elisabeth de Rosnyvinen de Piré
1809 - 1885
Vincent Morcel
1817 - 1897
Jean-Claude Petit (homme politique)
1933 - 2003
Suzain Vaneau
1747 - 1803
Armand Gaultier de La Guistière (1825-1893)
1825 - 1893
Robert Nerzic
1922 - 2008
Charles Dusers
1752 - 1793
Pierre-Hippolyte Le Tissier
1767 - 1845
Hippolyte de Kermarec
1812 - 1872
Charles Tréhu de Monthierry
1797 - 1857
René Marcillé
1873 - 1955
Emmanuel Jean Pontgérard
1794 - 1876
Jean Paul Rabuan
1813 - 1884
François-Xavier Baudot
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Hippolyte Legraverand
1806 - 1870
Joseph de Kermarec
1788 - 1845
Édouard Thuau
1861 - 1934
Gaspard Riollay
1783 - 1861
Alexandre Bigot de Préameneu
1755 - 1833
Fernand Marçais
1882 - 1945
François Yves Faverot de Kerbrech
1740 - 1808
Joseph-Gilles Pontallier
1767 - 1837
Jean-Marie Antoine Élie
1747 - 1819
François Varin de La Guerche
1761 - 1826
Julien François Duval-Villebogard
1759 - 1843
Jean-François Maurel
1741 - 1805
Pierre-Marie Le Guen
1722 - 1789
Pierre Heurtaux
1882 - 1965
François-Joseph-Marie Couëssurel de La Brousse �
1741 - 1802
Alexandre François Laurent Lepoitevin
1745 - 1840
Guy Lorin
1754 - 1821