List of sons and daughters of the city of Nantes
The following list contains personalities born in Nantes , listed chronologically by year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
Personalities born in Nantes
Until 1800
- Anne de Bretagne (1477–1514), Duchess of Brittany
- Pierre Boaistuau (~ 1520–1566), editor, writer and translator
- François de La Noue (1531–1591), Huguenot leader and writer
- Jean-Jacques Renouard de Villayer (1607–1691), politician
- Maturin Veyssière de La Croze (1661–1739), linguist
- Germain Boffrand (1667–1754), master builder and interior designer
- Jacques Cassard (1679–1740), captain and privateer
- Julien de Lallande Poydras (1740-1824), American politician
- Peter Ochs (1752–1821), Swiss politician, lawyer and historian
- Constance Marie zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck (1767–1845), French poet and writer ("Constance de Salm"), German princess zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck .
- Frédéric Cailliaud (1787–1869), Africa explorer
- François Benoist (1794–1878), organist, organ teacher and composer
1801 to 1850
- Melanie von Schlotheim (1803–1876), illegitimate daughter of Jérôme Bonaparte
- Lucien Vidie (1805–1866), engineer and inventor
- Jules Germain François Maisonneuve (1809–1897), physician and surgeon
- Jules Dupré (1811–1889), landscape painter
- Félix Thomas (1815–1875), painter, architect, sculptor and engraver
- Aristide Hignard (1822–1898), composer
- Henri-Pierre Picou (1824–1895), painter
- Charles Monselet (1825–1888), writer, journalist, poet and librettist
- Elie Delaunay (1828-1891), painter
- Jules Verne (1828–1905), writer
- Paul Verne (1829–1897), navigator and hobby author
- Louis Édouard Bureau (1830–1918), medic and botanist
- Jules Arnous de Rivière (1830–1905), chess player
- James Tissot (1836–1902), painter and printmaker
- Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray (1840–1910), composer
- Théodore Ritter (1840–1886), pianist and composer
- Charles-Ange Laisant (1841–1920), politician and mathematician
- Louis Debierre (1842–1920), organ builder
- Gaston Serpette (1846–1904), composer
- Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau (1846–1904), lawyer and politician
- Paul Puget (1848–1917), composer
1851 to 1900
- Maxime Maufra (1861-1918), painter
- Aristide Briand (1862–1932), politician
- Raymond Sabouraud (1864-1938), dermatologist and mycologist
- Félix de Vial (1864-1949), Général de brigade
- Paul Émile Chabas (1869–1937), painter
- Paul Ladmirault (1877–1944), composer
- Pierre Rousselot (1878–1915), Jesuit, philosopher and theologian
- Jean-Alexandre Barré (1880-1967), neurologist
- Pierre Roy (1880–1950), painter
- George Barbier (1882–1932), painter, illustrator and fashion designer
- Jean Metzinger (1883–1956), painter
- Joseph Peroteaux (1883–1967), fencer
- Georges Painvin (1886–1980), geologist
- Jules Moriceau (1887–1977), racing car driver
- Michel Coiffard (1892–1918), fighter pilot
- Suzanne Malherbe (1892–1972), surrealist artist
- Alfred Heurteaux (1893–1985), officer
- Claude Cahun (1894–1954), writer and photographer
- Jan Martel (1896–1966), sculptor, designer and interior decorator
- Joël Martel (1896–1966), sculptor, designer and interior decorator
- Armand Thirard (1899–1973), cameraman
1901 to 1950
- Jean Leray (1906–1998), mathematician
- Marcel Vandernotte (1909–1993), rower
- Jean Cosmat (1910-2010), rower
- Marcel Chauvigné (1911–1972), rower
- Pierre Sebilleau (1912–1976), ambassador
- Adolphe-Maria Gustave Hardy (1920–2011), bishop
- Gabrielle Wittkop (1920–2002), writer, artist, essayist and journalist
- Denys de La Patellière (1921–2013), film director and screenwriter
- Jean Delumeau (1923–2020), historian and professor
- Jean Graton (* 1923), Belgian comic artist and author
- Yves-Maria Guy Dubigeon (1927-2007), bishop
- Yves Camus (* 1930), sprinter
- Eric Tabarly (1931-1998), ocean sailor
- Roger Tessier (* 1939), composer
- Claire Bretécher (1940–2020), draftsman and author
- Patrick Poirier (* 1942), artist
From 1951
- Thierry Fortineau (1953-2006), actor
- Loïc Amisse (* 1954), football player and coach
- Marie-Hélène Aubert (* 1955), politician
- Bertrand Renaudin (* 1955), jazz musician
- Marc Caro (* 1956), artist
- Hervé Gosselin (* 1956), Bishop of Angoulême
- Benoît Bertrand (* 1960), Bishop of Mende
- Olivier Leborgne (* 1963), Bishop of Amiens
- Kamlo Barré (* 1968), jazz musician
- Joachim Garraud (* 1968), house DJ and producer
- Julien Boisselier (* 1970), actor
- Ezec Le Floc'h (* 1970), circus artist
- Raphaël Marionneau (* 1970), DJ and graphic artist
- Sophie Errante (* 1971), politician
- Edward Perraud (* 1971), drummer and percussionist
- Ulrich Ramé (* 1972), soccer goalkeeper
- Linda Hardy (* 1973), actress and model
- Éléonore Faucher (* 1973), film director
- Sarah Abitbol (* 1975), figure skater
- Laurent Batlles (* 1975), football player
- Lilian Jégou (* 1976), racing cyclist
- David Terrien (* 1976), racing car driver
- Jeanne Cherhal (* 1978), singer-songwriter
- Anthony Charteau (* 1979), racing cyclist
- Jérémy Toulalan (born 1983), football player
- Emerse Faé (* 1984), Ivorian football player
- Yann Guyader (* 1984), inline speed skater
- Grégory Tadé (* 1986), football player
- Romain Lecuyer (year of birth unknown), double bass player and tango musician
- Floria Gueï (* 1990), athlete
- Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (* 1992), athlete
- Hugo Pierre Leclercq (* 1994), electropop producer
- Sacha Alessandrini (* 1999), track and field athlete