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 of northwestern France and has contributed famous names to all walks of life. Actors and actresses Mylène Jampanoï, half Breton from her mother. Solenn Heussaff, host, model, internet celebrity, actress, singer, half-Filipina, half-Breton Malik Zidi, actor, half Breton from his mother. Musicians Alain Barrière, singer Dan Ar Braz, guitarist Brigitte Fontaine, singer, actress and writer Nolwenn Leroy, singer Denez Prigent, singer Gilles Servat, singer Alain Stivell, musician Yann Tiersen, composer notable for the score to the Jean-Pierre Jeunet movie Amélie. Tri Yann, folk rock group The Red Lady of Brittany, composer of the Lay of the Beach, an instrumental and vocal celebration of William the Conqueror’s vacation at Barfleur circa 1078 which was popular in the Norwegian royal court around the year 1200 Rulers, politicians, soldiers Anne of Brittany, Duchess of Brittany and twice Queen of France Claude of France, elder daughter of Anne of Brittany; also a Queen of France Jacques Cartier, explorer Robert Surcouf, a famous corsair Jeanne de Clisson, the ‘Lioness of Brittany’, who conducted naval action against French ships and ports in revenge for her husband’s execution Riothamus, ‘King of the Britons’, an ally of the Roman emperor Anthemius and a correspondent with Sidonius Apollinaris; a possible inspiration for some of the stories about ‘King Arthur’ Alan I, King of Brittany, ‘Alan the Great’, Count of Vannes and ruler of Brittany at the peak of its extent, documented ancestor of Conan I, Duke of Brittany Conan I, Duke of Brittany, ancestor of Odo, Count of Penthièvre and William the Conqueror; brother-in-law of Fulk Nerra, Count of Anjou; died defending Brittany from Fulk Nerra; buried at Mont St-Michel Judith of Brittany, daughter of Conan I and Duchess of Normandy, grandmother of Judith of Flanders (died 1095) and William the Conqueror Odo, Count of Penthièvre, older maternal first cousin of Edward the Confessor and sometime Duke Regent of Brittany, younger double-cousin to Robert I, Duke of Normandy and usually an ally of William the Conqueror Alan Rufus, commander of William the Conqueror’s household knights; second of seven legitimate sons of Odo, Count of Penthièvre; founder of Richmond Castle and St Mary's Abbey, York Brian of Brittany, first Earl of Cornwall, a brother of Alan Rufus Stephen, Count of