List of people from Lorient

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