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

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

Rulers, politicians, soldiers

• Anne of Brittany, Duchess of Brittany and later Queen of France
• Jacques Cartier, explorer
• Jean-Marie Le Pen, politician
• 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
• Jules Verne, pioneer science-fiction author

Sailors

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