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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Marcel Callo
1921 - 1945
Jean-Paul James
Born 1952
Simon Bruté
1779 - 1839
Michel Pansard
Born 1955
Godefroy Brossay-Saint-Marc
1803 - 1878
Paul Dupont des Loges
1804 - 1886
Yves-Alexandre de Marbeuf
1734 - 1799
Guy Riobé
1911 - 1978
Christophe Pierre
Born 1946
Guy-Toussaint-Julien Carron
1760 - 1821
Guillaume Angebault
1790 - 1869
Raymond d'Izarny
1922 - 2015
Jean Louis de La Bourdonnaye
1667 - 1745
Bertrand-Jean-Baptiste-René du Guesclin
1703 - 1766
René Dersoir
Born 1940
Charles-François Langlois
1767 - 1851
Bernard de Rennes
Died 1153