List of Breton people

This is an incomplete list of some Breton people of note and of some notable individuals born in Brittany, alphabetically within categories. Brittany (Breizh in Breton) is a Celtic nation and has contributed famous names to all walks of life.

Musicians

• Alain Barrière, singer
• Dan Ar Braz, guitarist
• Brigitte Fontaine, singer, actress and writer
• Nolwenn Leroy, singer
• Denez Prigent, singer
• Gilles Servat, singer
• Alan Stivell, harpist, piper and singer
• Yann Tiersen, composer notable for the score to the Jean-Pierre Jeunet movie Amélie.
• Tri Yann, folk rock group

Rulers, politicians, soldiers

• Anne of Brittany, Duchess of Brittany and later Queen of France
• Jacques Cartier, explorer
• Lancelot, one of the Knights of the Round Table in the Arthurian Legend
• Robert Surcouf, a famous corsair

Scientists

• René Laennec, physician inventor of the stethoscope

Writers

• François-René de Chateaubriand, romantic writer and politician
• Tristan Corbière, symbolist poet
• Ernest Renan, philosopher and writer
• Jules Verne, pioneer science-fiction, author

Sailors

• Jacques Cartier, explorer who claimed what is now Canada for France
• Olivier de Kersauson, notable French yachtsman
• Eric Tabarly, notable French yachtsman

Footballers

• Stéphane Guivarc'h, 1998 World Cup winner
• Yann Kermorgant
• Paul Le Guen, former French international

Actors and Actresses

• Mylène Jampanoï, half Breton from her mother.