List of people from Lorient explained

A list of notable people from Lorient, France:

Academics

• Jacques Cambry (1749 - 1807), expert on Celtic France
• Pierre Fatou (1878 - 1929), mathematician and astronomer
• Irène Frain (b. 1950), novelist, journalist, and historian
• Ernest Hello (1828 - 1885), Catholic philosopher
• Nicole Le Douarin (b. 1930), developmental biologist

Arts and Music

• Frédéric Adam (1904 - 1984), conductor and composer
• Auguste Brizeux (1803 - 1858), poet
• Charles Delioux (1825 - 1915), composer and pianist
• Marie Dorval (1798 - 1849), actress
• Camille Guérini (1900 - 1963), actor
• Viktor Lazlo (b. 1960), singer
• Tristan Le Govic (b. 1976), harp player
• Victor Massé (1822 - 1884), composer
• Theodore Roussel (1847 - 1926), painter
• Jacques Vaché (1895 - 1919), surrealist

Military

• Jacques Andrieux (1917 - 2005), WWII fighter ace
• François Joseph Bouvet de Précourt (1753 - 1832), admiral
• Jean-Baptiste Chaigneau (1769 - 1832), French Navy sailor and adventurer
• Jean-Marie Dutertre (1768 - 1811), privateer
• Pierre-François Forissier (b.1951), Chief of Staff of the French Navy
• Fernand Louis Armand Marie de Langle de Cary (1849 - 1927), WWI general
• René Constant Le Marant de Kerdaniel (1777 - 1862), admiral

Politics

• Pierre-Paul Guieysse (1841 - 1914), Socialist politician
• François de La Rocque (1885 - 1946), leader of the Croix de Feu and Parti Social Français
• Robert Le Masson (1365 - 1443), Chancellor of France
• Jean-Yves Le Drian (b.1947), Socialist politician
• Béatrice Patrie (b.1957), judge and European Parliament member
• Julien Schmaltz (1771 - 1826), governor of Senegal
• Jules Simon (1814 - 1896), Moderate Republican politician

Sports

• Mouloud Akloul (b.1983), footballer
• Marc Boutruche (b.1976), footballer
• Philippe Celdran (b.1973), footballer
• Georges Eo (b.1948), football manager
• Yvon Goujon (b.1937), footballer
• Ronan Le Crom (b.1974), footballer
• Christophe Le Roux (b.1969), footballer
• Jérémy Morel (b.1984), footballer
• Nicolas Ouédec (b.1971), footballer
• Hervé Phélippeau (b.1962), runner
• Georges Van Straelen (1956 - 2012), footballer and coach
• Cyrille Watier (b.1972), footballer
• Cyril Yapi (b.1980), footballer

Other

• Joseph Yves Limantour (1812 - 1885), merchant in the California sea trade
• Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds (1799 - 1883), chief engineer of the Suez Canal
• Raymond Rallier du Baty (1881 - 1978), sailor and explorer