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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Famous quotes containing the words famous and/or people:
“John Gilpin was a citizen
Of credit and renown,
A train-band captain eke was he
Of famous London town.”
—William Cowper (1731–1800)
“Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves; but I give it fair quarter, wherever I meet with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others who are within his sphere of action: and therefore, in many cases, it would not be altogether absurd if a man were to thank God for his vanity among the other comforts of life.”
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)