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Nantes ranks 342nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Novi Sad, Parma, and Bamako. Memorable people born in Nantes include Jules Verne, Anne of Brittany, and Aristide Briand. Memorable people who died in Nantes include Louis de Funès, Gilles de Rais, and Arthur III, Duke of Brittany. Nantes has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and noblemen. Nantes is located in France.

Nantes is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, 50 km (31 mi) from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 320,732 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabitants (2020). With Saint-Nazaire, a seaport on the Loire estuary, Nantes forms one of the main north-western French metropolitan agglomerations. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2000, Nantes was the birth place of 42 globally memorable people, including Jules Verne, Anne of Brittany, and Aristide Briand. Additionaly, 15 globally memorable people have passed away in Nantes including Louis de Funès, Gilles de Rais, and Arthur III, Duke of Brittany.

People Born in Nantes

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Nantes were politicians (7), soccer players (7), painters (5), athletes (4), and noblemen (3),  while most who died were politicians (6), noblemen (3), military personnels (2), soccer players (2), and actors (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Nantes, including Jérémy Toulalan, Ulrich Ramé, and Emerse Faé. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Nantes, including Anne of Brittany, Aristide Briand, and Francis II, Duke of Brittany.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 18 globally memorable people born in Nantes since 1700.