Editing Nantes (section)

==Notable residents==
{{see also|List of people from Nantes}}
[[File:Jules Verne by Étienne Carjat.jpg|thumb|[[Jules Verne]], born in Nantes in 1828]]
* [[Arthur I, Duke of Brittany|Arthur I]], [[Duke of Brittany]] (1187–probably 1203), was born in Nantes
* Duchess [[Anne of Brittany]] (1477–1514), twice [[List of French consorts|queen consort]], was born in Nantes
* [[Jacques Cassard]] (1679–1740), [[General]]
* [[Joseph Fouché]] (1763–1820), statesman, was educated there
* [[Pierre Cambronne]] (1770–1842), naval officer
* [[Floresca Guépin]] (1813–1889), feminist, teacher, school founder
* [[Jules Verne]] (1828–1905), [[science fiction]] writer
* [[Jules Vallès]] (1832–1885), journalist and activist
* [[Athanase-Charles-Marie Charette de la Contrie]] (1832–1911), a [[France|French]] [[royalist]] military commander 
* [[Georges Clemenceau]] (1841–1929), statesman
* [[Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau]] (1846–1904), statesman, 29th Prime Minister of France
* [[Antoinette Van Leer Polk]] (1847–1919), baroness
* [[Jules-Albert de Dion]] (1856–1946), automotive pioneer
* [[Aristide Briand]] (1862–1932), 1926 [[Nobel Peace Prize]] co-laureate 
* [[Claude Cahun]] (1894–1954), [[surrealist]] 
* [[André Breton]] (1896–1996), writer and poet, studied medicine in the city
* [[Paul Nizan]] (1905–1940), philosopher and writer
* [[Olivier Messiaen]] (1908–1992), composer
* [[Julien Gracq]] (1910–2007), writer
* [[Denys de La Patellière]] (1921–2013), film director
* [[Robert Badinter]] (1928–2024), lawyer, politician and author
* [[Jacques Demy]] (1931–1990), film director
* [[Éric Tabarly]] (1931–1998), yachtsman
* [[Claire Bretécher]] (1940–2020), cartoonist
* [[Jean-Paul Corbineau]] (1948–2022), musician
* [[Jean-Loup Hubert]] (born 1949), film director
* [[Loïck Peyron]] (born 1959), yachtsman
* [[François Bégaudeau]] (born 1971), author
* [[Jeanne Cherhal]] (born 1978), singer
* [[Christine and the Queens]] (born 1988), singer, songwriter and record producer, born and raised in Nantes
* [[Madeon]] (born 1994), [[disc jockey]]
* [[Clara Matéo]] (born 1997), football player for [[Paris FC (women)|Paris FC]] and the [[France women's national football team|France national team]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=Footballer and engineer, the double life of Clara Mateo, the Blue striker at Euro 2022 |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/leditiondusoir/2022-07-08/footballeuse-et-ingenieure-la-double-vie-de-clara-mateo-l-attaquante-des-bleues-a-l-euro-2022-795c4203-fffb-4c15-a1a3-c4190d81c762}}</ref>
* [[C2C (group)|C2C]], band of DJs