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Rebellious. Passionate. Gifted. Beautiful. Béatrice Dalle could be a mix of some artist from many centuries ago and a rock star. Discovered in Betty Blue (1986), Dalle has become a sex symbol and a respected performer. Known for her problems with justice, her relationships with rapper JoeyStarr and her explicit talking, Béatrice Dalle is anyway starring in many independent works of art such as La belle histoire (1992) ("The beautiful story") by Claude Lelouch, Six Days, Six Nights (1994) ("Six days, six nights") alongside Anne Parillaud, Seventeen Times Cécile Cassard (2002) ("17 times Cecile Cassard") with Romain Duris or Trouble Every Day (2001) with Vincent Gallo.

Pierre Brice was born on 6 February 1929 in Brest, France. After enlisting as volunteer to the French Army and fighting in Indochina, he attended acting lessons and got a first small role in Ça va barder (1955). In 1962, the German producer Horst Wendlandt searched for an actor who should play the Native American chief Winnetou on a Western movie adapted from novels by Karl May and got to know Brice at the Berlin Film Festival. He got the role and portrayed "Winnetou" in ten more movies with his co-star Lex Barker as "Old Shatterhand". These very successful productions made him a superstar in Germany, winning several awards such as Bambi or the Golden Otto of teenager magazine "Bravo". Although appearing on countless other movies and TV shows, he will always be best remembered as "Winnetou", whom he also played at the Bad Segeberg open air theater.

Born in Brest, France, in 1922, Alain Robbe-Grillet initially studied mathematics and biology. He graduated from the Paris-based Institut National Agronomique (National Institute of Agronomy) in 1945 and embarked on a career of scientific research in the tropics and in France. Then at age 30 he decided to change the direction of his career and concentrate on the thorny problem of literature. His novels were at first panned by the fashionable critics of the time, but he succeeded in winning (along with such now famous friends as Samuel Beckett, Nathalie Sarraute, Claude Simon and Marguerite Duras) worldwide recognition and wide readership for the last literary movement in France known as "Le Nouveau Roman". or "New Novel". His books have been translated in some 30 languages and include "Le Voyeur: (1955), "La jalousie" (1965), "La maison de rendez-vous" (1965), "Project pour une révolution à New York e Djinn" (1981), "Le miroir qui revient" (1985) and "Les Derniers jours de Corinth" (1994). At 40 he emabarked on a parallel career as screenwriter and film director, venturing once again into unorthodox narrative structures. With Alain Resnais he won the "Golden Lion" in Venice in 1961 for Last Year at Marienbad (1961) ("Last Year at Marienbad") and won the Louis Delluc Prize two years later for L'Immortelle (1963), the first film which he wrote and directed himself. This was followed by Trans-Europ-Express (1966), The Man Who Lies (1968) ("The Man who Lies"), Eden and After (1970) ("Eden and Afterwards"), Successive Slidings of Pleasure (1974) ("The Slow Slidings of Pleasure"), Playing with Fire (1975) ("Playing with Fire"), )La belle captive (1983)_ ("The Beautiful Captive") and Un bruit qui rend fou (1995) ("The Blue Villa"). He lives in seclusion in the countryside in Normandy, where he tends to his collection of cacti. He continues to travel the world, and to teach modern literature and film to graduate students in several American universities.

Fathia Youssouf was born on 1 August 2006 in Brest, France. She is an actress, known for Cuties (2020), 111 and Rencontres de cinéma (2007).

Gaëlle Legrand was born on 15 July 1961 in Brest, Finistère, France. She is an actress, known for Pile ou face (1980), Zone rouge (1986) and Le mors aux dents (1979).

Mathieu Spinosi was born on 6 June 1990 in Brest, Finistère, France. He is an actor, known for Summer Nights (2014), Clem (2010) and The Visitors: Bastille Day (2016).

Martin Provost was born on 13 May 1957 in Brest, Finistère, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Seraphine (2008), Le ventre de Juliette (2003) and Violette (2013).

Yann Tiersen was born on 23 June 1970 in Brest, Finistère, France. He is a composer and writer, known for Amélie (2001), Good Bye Lenin! (2003) and Inescapable (2012).

Damien Manivel was born in 1981 in Brest, France. He is a director and writer, known for The Night I Swam (2017), Les enfants d'Isadora (2019) and A Young Poet (2014).

Edith Ker was born on 21 March 1910 in Brest, Finistère, France. She was an actress, known for Delicatessen (1991), Aux frontières du possible (1971) and Karatekas and co (1973). She died on 28 October 1997 in Draveil, Essonne, France.

Yvan Le Bolloc'h was born on 20 December 1961 in Brest, Finistère, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Caméra café (2001), Espace détente (2005) and Le séminaire Caméra Café (2009).

Kayden Boche (born June 3, 1985 in Brest, France) is a model, actor, film director, cinematographer, music producer and songwriter - best known for starring in the Dior Addict: Be Iconic (2012) and Dior Addict: Eau Délice (2013) fragrance campaigns by Christian Dior alongside supermodel Daphne Groeneveld.

His mother died at age 33 on February 24, 1994 - three weeks after giving birth to his younger sister. Kayden was later placed in a foster family in 1999, after suffering repeated physical and emotional abuses over 5 years. He graduated from high school in 2004 and launched his international modeling career a year later.

Kayden started his modeling career in 2005, first discovered and photographed by Fred Goudon - acclaimed French photographer and author of the Dieux du Stade rugbymen calendars. Two years later, he was scouted and signed by Request Model Management in New York City and Elite Model Management in Milan - leading international modeling agencies.

After acquiring representation, Kayden's modeling portfolio quickly began to expand and feature material by world-renowned photographers such as Tim Walker, François Rousseau, Fred Goudon, Olivier Rieu, Bruna Kazinoti, Marc Hervouet, Joe Laï, Marcelo Capizzano, Michael Baumgarten, Sam Scott Schiavo, Julien Cozzolino, Matthieu Dortomb, Quentin Caffier, and more.

He is notable for starring in the Dior Addict: Be Iconic (2012) and Dior Addict: Eau Délice (2013) fragrance campaigns by Christian Dior alongside top model Daphne Groeneveld, and appearing in editorials for Vogue, Jalouse, Spray and 1814 Magazine. As a runway model, Kayden walked the catwalks for designers such as Christian Dior, Prada, Kenzo, Francesco Smalto, Alexis Mabille - among others.

Kayden has produced several international recording artists including Jessica Lowndes, James Rendon, Angelika Vee, and French American Idol finalist Jérémy Amelin.

He is the music video director and songwriter of Jérémy Amelin's fourth single "Oh, Oh !" (feat. Angelika) - released worldwide on January 25, 2010. As of June 15, 2017, the single has been streamed over 11.8 million times worldwide and the music video watched over 2.3 million times on YouTube.

Kayden also teamed up with 90210 TV star Jessica Lowndes and music producer James Rendon to record the featuring version of Jérémy Amelin's fifth single "Undone" - released worldwide on May 23, 2011.

Gonzalo Higuaín was born on 10 December 1987 in Brest, Finistère, France. He is an actor, known for Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis (2011), Winner Stays (2014) and LaLiga (1929). He has been married to Lara Wechsler since January 2018. They have one child.

René Renoux was born on 21 November 1904 in Brest, Finistère, France. He was a production designer and art director, known for The Wages of Fear (1953), Triple Cross (1966) and Inspector Maigret (1958). He died in March 2000.

Christian Charrière was born on 1 September 1940 in Brest, Finistère, France. He was a writer and actor, known for Dites-le avec des fleurs (1974), Joy (1983) and Suzanne's Career (1963). He died on 11 September 2005 in Paris, France.

French author and novelist Louis Hémon was born in Brest, France, in 1880. His father was the Inspector-General of the University of Brest, and Louis was educated at the Ecole Coloniale, intending on a career in the diplomatic service. However, during his school days he wrote articles on sports events and some fiction stories for various Paris newspapers, and in 1906 he won a literary prize for one of his stories. He soon moved to London, England, where his writing career began to take off, and he met and married a local woman. However, the death of his wife in 1911 left him unable and unwilling to stay in London anymore, and he journeyed to Canada. He documented his travels in a journal, later published as "The Journal of Louis Hémon" (1924).

While in Canada he got a job as a laborer on a farm in Quebec. He stayed there for six months. During that time he met a woman named Eva Bouchard, who lived on a neighboring farm. Taken with her, he used her as the heroine for his most famous novel, "Maria Chapdelaine" (1921).

In 1913 he left the farm and headed west, looking for material for further stories. On July 8 of that year he was walking alongside a railroad track near Chapleau in Ontario when he was struck and killed by a passing train. He was buried in Chapleau.

Henri Queffélec was born on 29 January 1910 in Brest, Finistère, France. He was a writer, known for God Needs Men (1950), Provinces (1968) and François Malgorn, séminariste ou celui qui n'était pas appelé (1972). He died on 13 January 1992 in Paris, France.

Jean-Patrick Nourricier was born on 17 December 1981 in Brest, Finistère, France. Jean-Patrick is a production manager, known for Tell No One (2006), A Good Year (2006) and Priceless (2006).

Georges Chaperot was born on 24 April 1902 in Brest, Finistère, France. He was a writer, known for The Chorus (2004), A Cage of Nightingales (1945) and Vacances payées (1938). He died on 16 July 1970 in Montargis, Loiret, France.

Serge Le Borgne was born on 16 November 1971 in Brest, Finistère, France. He is an actor, known for Roméo & Juliette: De la haine à l'amour (2002), Stars 80 (2012) and La grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein (2004).

Mathilde Zampieri grew up in Raiatea island, French Polynesia.

After two documentaries about her windsurfing career (Junior World's podium in 2017), Zampieri started to write and direct her own films. She made her debut with the short film "Deux Soeurs" (2022)

Mathilde is a "Coral Gardeners Ambassador" to help raise awareness about the environment and the reef protection.

Roland Kermarec was born on 29 June 1972 in Brest, Finistère, France. He is an actor, known for Lost Highway (1997) and Metropolis (1995).

René Morizur was born on 5 February 1944 in Brest, Finistère, France. He was an actor, known for Salut les musclés (1989), TPMP refait la semaine! (2018) and La croisière Foll'amour (1995). He died on 25 August 2009 in Seillons-Source-d'Argens, Var, France.

Constant Le Gall was born on 15 February 1986 in Brest, Finistère, France. He is known for Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights (2021), Wargame Airland Battle (2013) and Act of Aggression (2015).

Charlene Guignard was born on 12 August 1989 in Brest, France. She is an actress, known for 2021 World Team Trophy (2021), 2018 Skate America (2018) and 2025 World Figure Skating Championships (2025).