List of Famous people born in Brittany, France

Bertrand de Broc is a French professional sailor born on 23 September 1960 in Quimper. He has long resided in Combrit in the Finistère. He has competed in four Vendee Globe's completing the 2012-2013 Vendée Globe in 9th place.

Roland Jourdain, often nicknamed "Bilou" is a French professional yachtsman, born on 28th April 1964 in Quimper. He is notably two-time winner of the Route du Rhum.

Romain Thomas is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 1 club Angers SCO.

Jessica Cérival is a French track and field athlete who specialises in the shot put.

Jean-Paul James is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who was named Archbishop of Bordeaux in November 2019 after serving from 2003 to 2009 as Bishop of Beauvais and from 2009 to 2019 as Bishop of Nantes.

Mathias Autret is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ligue 2 club Auxerre. He is a France youth international and has played for the under-19 team in the past.

Gautier Larsonneur is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Stade Brestois 29.

Cécile Corbel is a French and Breton singer, harpist, and composer. She has released five albums of original music and worked for Studio Ghibli as a composer for its 2010 film, The Borrower Arrietty. Corbel sings in many languages including French, Italian, Breton, and English and has done songs in German, Spanish, Irish, Turkish, and Japanese. Her lifelong partner is songwriter Simon Caby, who is also her co-composer.

Alain Gautier was born on 8 May 1962 in Lorient, and is a French professional offshore sailor. He is best known for winning the 1992–1993 Vendée Globe. He currently heads Lanic Sport Development which was founded in 1989, specializing in the preparation of and assistance to offshore racing teams including those of Ellen MacArthur in 1998 and Isabelle Joschke in 2019. He headed with Bertrand Pacé the Aleph challenge for the 34th America's Cup in 2013 but unfortunately the team never got the funding required, but did compete in the America's Cup World Series on supplied AC45 catamarans before withdrawing.