List of people from Lorient
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- 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