Nantes - Famous People

Famous People

  • Anne of Brittany, Duchess of Brittany and Queen of France (only woman to have married two kings of France, Charles VIII and Louis XII)
  • François Bégaudeau, writer, journalist and actor
  • Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer and professor (Prix de Rome laureate)
  • Claire Bretécher, cartoonist
  • Aristide Briand, French statesman (1926 Nobel Peace Prize laureate)
  • Claude Cahun (born Lucy Schwob), photographer and author
  • Pierre Cambronne, general (commander of the Old Guard at Waterloo)
  • Jacques Cassard, corsair
  • Jeanne Cherhal, singer and songwriter
  • Jacques Demy, movie director
  • Jean Graton, cartoonist
  • Linda Hardy, actress and model (Miss France 1992)
  • Christophe-Léon-Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, general and politician (commander of the Papal army)
  • Paul Ladmirault, composer
  • Paul de La Gironière, traveler
  • Denys de La Patellière, film director and scriptwriter
  • Julien de Lallande Poydras, New Orleans member of the United States House of Representatives
  • Hugo Leclercq, music producer
  • Joseph Malègue, novelist
  • Suzanne Malherbe (aka Marcel Moore), illustrator and designer
  • Patrice Martin, water skier (12-time world champion)
  • Anna Mouglalis, actress
  • Benoit Regent, actor
  • Claude Sérillon, journalist
  • Éric Tabarly, sailor
  • Sylvie Tellier, model (Miss France 2002)
  • Jérémy Toulalan, football player
  • Jules Verne, author
  • Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, politician

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