- Conan I of Rennes I of Rennes
Conan I (927 - June 27 992) was the count of Rennes from 958 and duke of Brittany from 990 to his death. He became ruler of Brittany after a period of civil and political unrest, having first succeeded his father Judicael Berengar, as count of Rennes. Conflicting information has been given for the family's origin, one version making Conan great-grandson of Erispoe, Duke of Brittany. This was the first Gallo family to ascend the Breton duchy, …
- Marbodius Of Rennes
Marbodius (c. 1035-on 11 September 1123) was a medieval Bishop of Rennes in Brittany, ecclesiastical writer and hymnologist.
- John Mensah
John 'Rock Of Gibraltar' Mensah (born November 29, 1982 in Obuasi, Ghana) is a Ghanaian International football player who plays for Rennes of French Ligue 1.
- Paul Le Guen
Paul Le Guen (born March 1, 1964 in Pencran, Brittany) is a former French international footballer and a football manager. He is currently the manager of Paris Saint-Germain. Le Guen had a successful managerial career in France, most notably leading Olympique Lyonnais to three consecutive Ligue 1 titles. He has also managed Rennes and had a brief spell at Rangers. During his playing career he enjoyed successful stays at FC Nantes and Paris St.
- Frédéric Piquionne
Frédéric Piquionne is a French football player who plays in the forward position, currently for AS Monaco in French Ligue 1. This "International Espoir" previously played for Golden Star (division of honor in Martinique), Nîmes Olympique (second division, 2000-2001) and Rennes (first division, 2001-2004). He is 1,88m tall, weighs 77kg and wears the number 9 shirt. His qualities are his speed and technique, but positioning, heading and tactical sense are his weak points.
- Kim Källström
Kim Källström [kɪm 'ɕɛlˌstrœm] (born August 24, 1982 in Sandviken, Sweden) is a left-footed Swedish midfielder playing for the Swedish national team and Olympique Lyonnais. He has a powerful shot, which once knocked out his team-mate Andreas Isaksson during training prior to the 2006 World Cup. His nickname is "Kongo-Kim". He is also known for sporting a rather unique quiff.
- Alexander Frei
Alexander Frei (born July 15, 1979 in Basel) is a Swiss footballer. He signed a 4-year contract with Borussia Dortmund on June, 29th. Dortmund paid a transfer fee of approximately 5 million euros for him. He played for Switzerland at Euro 2004 and at the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany. Until now he has been capped 54 times for his country (as of September 2006). Frei is only 3 goals short from being Switzerland's all time top scorer.
- John Utaka
John Utaka (born January 8, 1982) is a Nigerian football player. He has played for several clubs across three continents, first for Arab Contractors and subsequently Ismaily of Egypt, then spending a season playing for Al Sadd of Qatar, before joining Racing Lens in France. He now plays for Portsmouth in England. He is able to play in all attacking positions, but prefers to lurk behind the forward as a shadow striker.
- Erik Edman
Erik Edman (born November 11, 1978, in Huskvarna, Sweden) is a professional Swedish footballer, currently playing for Rennes in the French Ligue 1. Before coming to France, Edman played for Helsingborgs IF and AIK in Sweden, Karlsruher SC in Germany, SC Heerenveen in the Netherlands and Tottenham Hotspur in England. He joined Rennes on August 31, 2005, for an undisclosed amount. Edman came to the club with a huge amount of international experience, …
- Bruno Cheyrou
Bruno Cheyrou (born May 5, 1978 in Suresnes, France) is a professional football player for Rennes of the Ligue 1.
- Pablo Correa
Pablo Correa is currently manager of AS Nancy in Ligue 1. Correa himself, played up front for Nancy with Tony Cascarino and became a hit with the fans. In 2004, Correa got Nancy promoted into Le Championnat after six years in Ligue 2. In 2005, Correa guided Nancy to the Coupe de la Ligue final against Nice. Nancy came back from behind to win 2-1, giving them a place in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup.
- Mickaël Pagis
Mickaël Pagis is a French football striker, currently playing for Rennes in Ligue 1. Pagis is 1.81 m tall and weighs 81 kg. Pagis' nickname is "Pagistral", based on his name and the french word "Magistral" (brilliant), and also based on the name of a famous wind and writer in Marseille "Mistral".
- Mario Melchiot
Mario Melchiot (born November 4, 1976 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch football defender who currently plays for Wigan Athletic in the English Premier League. Having been part of the youth system at Ajax Amsterdam, Melchiot played three seasons for the club, winning the Eredivisie in 1998 and the KNVB Cup in 1998 and 1999. He moved to Chelsea under the Bosman ruling in the summer of 1999, where he won the FA Cup in 2000.
- Olivier Thomert
Olivier Thomert is a French football player born on March 28, 1980 in Versailles. He currently plays for Rennes as offensive left midfielder. Thomert is 1 m 87 for 80 kg. He recently signed for Rennes in a swap deal from RC Lens also involving former Rennes captain Olivier Monterrubio.
- Youssouf Hadji
Youssouf Hadji (born 25 February 1980 in Ifrane, Morocco) is a Moroccan footballer who plays as an attacker. He currently plays for AS Nancy-Lorraine in Ligue 1, the top football division in France. Hadji started his career at Nancy in Ligue 1 under the guidance of Laszlo Bölöni. Nancy were relegated to Ligue 2 in 2000, but Hadji remained loyal and played on for another three seasons.
- Mikael Silvestre
Mikaël Silvestre is a French footballer, playing as a defender. He currently plays for Manchester United, as well as France internationally. He began his career with the French club Rennes in the 1995/96 season. His time at the club helped build his reputation, and in the 1997/98 season was signed by Internazionale. He made 18 league appearances for Inter, as well as 6 European Cup games. Silvestre signed for Manchester United on September 10, 1999 for £4 million.
- Edmond Hervé
Edmond Hervé is a French politician. He is a member of the Socialist Party. He was born in La Bouillie in the Côtes-d'Armor "département", in France. He has been mayor of Rennes since 1977, succeeding Henri Fréville. His parents were tenant farmers, he graduated in public law at the university of Rennes and also has a graduate degree in political science. He became a teacher in administrative law and in constitutional law in 1969.
- Julian Esteban
Julian Esteban (born September 16 , 1986 in Geneva ) is a Swiss - Spanish footballer , currently playing for Stade Rennais FC in France. He is also a Swiss under-21 international . He plays as a striker . Esteban was an academy product of his hometown club Servette FC . He made his first team breakthrough in the 2006-2007 season and scored a remarkable 14 goals in 17 games for the Challenge League side in only the first half of the season.
- Ousmane Dabo
Ousmane Dabo (born 8 February 1977 in Laval, Mayenne) is a French football midfielder who currently plays for Manchester City. He has previously played for Rennes, Internazionale, Vicenza, Parma, Monaco, Atalanta and Lazio. He has represented France three times at full international level. His younger brother, Moussa, plays for Oldham Athletic and is also a midfielder.
- Ulrich Le Pen
Ulrich Le Pen, born January 21 1974, is a Breton and French footballer who currently plays for FC Lorient. Le Pen began his professional career with Rennes where he spent six years. In 110 games, he scored once. He moved to Laval where he scored 14 goals in 50 games within two seasons. In 2001, he moved to Lorient, where in two seasons he scored 14 times in 63 games, scoring every 4.5 games. He stayed with Lorient until November 2001.
- Petr Čech
Petr Čech is a Czech international footballer who is currently a goalkeeper for Chelsea F.C. Petr Čech has previously played for Viktoria Plzeň, Chmel Blšany, Sparta Prague, and Rennes, and is considered to be one of the best goalkeepers in the world. He was voted into the all-star team at Euro 2004 after helping his country reach the semi-finals, best Goalkeeper in the 2004-05 UEFA Champions League, …
- Christophe Revault
Christophe Revault (born March 22, 1972 in Paris, France is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He is currently playing for Le Havre AC
- Arnold Mvuemba
Arnold Mvuemba Makengo (born January 28, 1985 in Alencon, France) is a French footballer, currently playing for Portsmouth. Mvuemba was signed by Portsmouth on loan from Rennes in January 2007 until May 2007, with an option to complete a permanent deal. On 25 February, 2007 he played his first Premiership match for Portsmouth against Blackburn Rovers F.C. He scored his first Premiership goal for Portsmouth on 9 April, 2007 in a 4-2 defeat to Watford F.C. On 3 July 2007, …
- David Sommeil
David Sommeil is a French footballer who plays as a defender for English Football League Championship club Sheffield United.
- Anatole Le Braz
Anatole le Braz, the "Bard of Brittany" (1859-1926) was a Breton folklore collector and translator. He was highly regarded amongst both European and American scholars, and known for his warmth and charm. Le Braz was born in Saint-Servais (Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany) and raised amongst wookcutters and charcoal burners, speaking the Breton language; his parents did not speak French. He spent his holidays in Trégor, which inspired his later work.
- Alaeddine Yahia
Alaeddine Yahia is a Tunisian football player who, as of 2006, is playing for french club Sedan. He has previously played for Stade Tunisien, Guingamp and Southampton. He was part of the Tunisian 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the first round, finishing third in group C, behind group and gold medal winners Argentina and group runners-up Australia. On February 24, 2007 he played his first Ligue 1 match for Sedan against Rennes
- Christian Bassila
Christian Bassila (born 5 October 1977 in Paris) is a former France under-21 international footballer. He prefers to play in the defensive midfield position and started his career with the present French Ligue 1 Champions Lyon in the 96-97 season. Bassila joined West Ham in August 2000 on a season-long loan deal, moving from French outfit Rennes. After an indifferent 2000-01 season on loan with West Ham United where he rarely featured, …
- Fousseni Diawara
Fousseni Diawara is a French-born Malian football defender playing for FC Sochaux-Montbéliard. Starting his career in Parisien club Red Star 93, he moved to AS Saint-Étienne in 2000 and made his debut against Rennes in September. Diawara has also played international matches for the Mali national football team. On February 24, 2007 he played his first Ligue 1 match for Sochaux against Lyon
- Étienne Didot
Étienne Didot is a French footballer. Currently playing in midfield for Rennes (aka Stade Rennais), Didot made his debut for the club on January 82002 at home to Le Havre AC. He won several caps for the French under-21 team. Since Olivier Monterrubio's move to RC Lens in January 2007, Didot has been given the honour of the Rennes captaincy.
- Victor Basch
Basch Viktor Vilém, or Victor-Guillaume Basch was a Hungarian-French Jewish esthetician, politician, president of the Human Rights League (LDH) from 1926 to 1944. He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Rennes. He was born as son of Raphael Basch. Removing in childhood to France, he studied at the Sorbonne; in 1885 he was appointed professor at the University of Nancy, and in 1887 at the University of Rennes.
- Gary Smith
Gary Smith (born March 25, 1971 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish football player, currently on loan to Dundee from Cowdenbeath. A very experienced player who can play either at full back or in the centre of defence, Smith began his professional career at Falkirk, making his debut in 1989. He was snapped up by Aberdeen in 1991 and played in several cup finals for the Dons. He scored an own goal in the final of the 1992-93 Scottish League Cup, …
- Marbode
Marbode (abt 1035 - 1123), was a poet and the bishop of Rennes. "Born at Angers, France, where he was first a student, then a teacher, and finally abt 1067, master at the cathedral school. In 1096 he became bishop of Rennes in Brittany." He wrote the "Liber decem capitulorum" and "Lapidarius".
- Laszlo Sepsi
Laszlo Sepsi is a Romanian football player who plays as a left back. He played for Stade Rennais FC in Ligue 1, the top division in France. He was brought in to the club by the-then Rennes coach, Laszlo Bölöni. Sepsi didn't feature in any Ligue 1 matches in the 2005-06 season, but he was fielded in a couple of Coupe de France matches. Following the departure of coach and compatriot Laszlo Bölöni in the summer of 2006, Sepsi returned to Romania.
- Nina Bouraoui
Nina Bouraoui (born 1967) is a French lesbian writer born in Rennes, of an Algerian father and a French mother. She spent the first fourteen years of her life in Alger, then Zurich and Abu Dhabi. She now lives in Paris. Her novels focus chiefly on sapphic love and her Algerian childhood, which she remembers fondly. Since writing her first novel in 1991, she has affirmed the influence of Marguerite Duras in her works.
- Allan Johnston
Allan Johnston (born 14 December 1973, in Glasgow) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Kilmarnock. His former clubs include Hearts, Rennes, Sunderland, Birmingham City (loan), Bolton Wanderers (loan), boyhood favourites Rangers, Middlesbrough and Sheffield Wednesday. He rose to prominence by scoring a hat-trick against Rangers at Ibrox while playing for Hearts in 1996.
- Salomon de Brosse
Salomon de Brosse was the most influential early 17th-century French architect, a major influence on François Mansart. Salomon was of Huguenot extraction, the grandson through his mother of the designer Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau and the son of the architect Jean de Brosse. He was established in practice in Paris in 1598 and was promoted to court architect in 1608.
- Niko Kranjčar
Niko Kranjčar is a Croatian football midfielder. He currently plays for English club Portsmouth F.C., and is also a part of the Croatia national team. He is the son of the famous father Zlatko "Cico" Kranjčar Kranjčar has been part of the Croatian national Under-16, -17, -19 and -21 teams before advancing to the senior national team of which he is currently part.
- Yves Colleu
Yves Colleu is a former French footballer who served as assistant manager to Paul Le Guen at Rennes, Lyon and most recently, Scottish Premier League club Rangers. He and Le Guen were replaced by Walter Smith and Ally McCoist at Rangers. He is currently assistant manager to Le Guen at PSG.
- Amadou Coulibaly
Amadou Tinder Coulibaly is a Burkinabé football player who currently plays for Rennes in France. He plays as a right back. Coulibaly's previous club was RC Bobo Dioulasso, whom he joined in 2004. He represented the Burkinabé U-20 team at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship, coming top in Group A, but lost to Canada in the round of 16. He was a member of the Burkinabé 2004 African Nations Cup team, …
- Noël du Fail
Noël du Fail, seigneur de La Hérissaye, (c. 1520, on the family property of Château-Letard - 1591, Rennes) was a French jurist and writer of the Renaissance. His collections of tales are an important document of rural life in the sixteenth century in Brittany.