List of Famous people born in Brittany, France
Annick Girardin
Annick Girardin is a French government minister and a former member of the National Assembly of France. She represented the islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, from 2007 to 2014 before being appointed Junior Minister for Development and Francophonie in April 2014 in the Valls Cabinet. Following the election of President Emmanuel Macron in May 2017, she was appointed Minister of Overseas France in the new Philippe Government.
Brigitte Fontaine
Brigitte Fontaine, is a singer of avant-garde music. She has employed numerous unusual musical styles, melding rock and roll, folk, jazz, electronica, spoken word poetry, and world. She has collaborated with Stereolab, Michel Colombier, Jean-Claude Vannier, Areski Belkacem, Gotan Project, Sonic Youth, Antoine Duhamel, Grace Jones, Noir Désir, Archie Shepp, Arno, and The Art Ensemble of Chicago. She is also a novelist, playwright, poet, and actress.
Nina Bouraoui
Yasmina "Nina" Bouraoui is a French novelist and songwriter born in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine to an Algerian father from the town of Jijel and a French mother. She spent the first fourteen years of her life in Algiers, then Zürich and Abu Dhabi. She now lives in Paris.
Warren Barguil
Warren Barguil is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Arkéa–Samsic. He is best known for winning two mountain stages and the mountains classification of the 2017 Tour de France.
Viktor Lazlo
Viktor Lazlo is a French-Belgian singer of Grenadian and Martiniquan descent. She studied in Belgium, where she is primarily known. Her biggest hit was "Breathless" in 1987. That year she also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 held in Brussels.
Philippe Poupon
Philippe Poupon, is a French professional offshore yachtsman, born on 23 October 1954 in Quimper, France. He competed 1989–1990 Vendée Globe where he was recsued by Loick Peyron he then went on to finish 3rd in the 1992–1993 Vendée Globe which is the pinnacle solo round the world race. He is one of the most successful sailors with three Figaro wins to his credit, winner of the Ostar, the Route du Rhum, the Route of Discovery, the record of the Atlantic. His early experienced was a crew for Eric Tabarly onboard Pen Duick VI for the 1977–1978 Whitbread Round the World Race. Since 2009 he has embarked on his boat Fleur Australe on an expeditions aimed at raising public awareness of the protection of the oceans.
Caroline Drouin
Caroline Drouin is a French rugby union player. She played for France in the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship.
Jean Le Cam
Jean Le Cam is a French sailor.
Éric Caravaca
Éric Caravaca is a French actor, film director and screenwriter.
Paul Le Guen
Paul Joseph Marie Le Guen is a French professional football manager and former player. He is the manager of Ligue 2 club Le Havre.