the former. Jean-Marie Bachelot La Pylaie (1786–1856), botanist and explorer. Juliette Drouet (1806–1883), actress, mistress of Victor Hugo. She gave her name to the Juliette-Drouet cultural centre. (1814–1876), poet. Pierre Heude (1836–1902), zoologist. (1851–1927), architect. (1852–1927), magistrate, vice-président of the Mixed Courts of Alexandria, Egypt 1884-1902. (1858–1944), painter. Lucien Haudebert (1877–1963), composer The Abbé (1880–1933). (1882–1941), nationalist Breton and Breton language poet. (1885–1962), first French military parachutist. Jean Guéhenno (1890–1978), writer, journalist and academic. He has given his name to two public schools. (1891–1956), poet. (1901–1940), professional football player. Thérèse Pierre (1908–1943), resistant, responsible for the Arrondissement of Fougères where it participated actively in the Organization of the , she was captured by the Gestapo and killed at the in Rennes. A public college bears her name in Fougères. Georges Franju (1912–1987), filmmaker and director. (born 1939), author of children's literature. (born 1942), politician. (born 1955), Breton independence of Emgann. (born in 1963), comic writer and artist. Pascale Fonteneau (born 1963), journalist and novelist. (born in 1965), basketball coach. Laurent Huard (born 1973), former professional football player for Stade Rennais, AS Saint-Étienne and CS Sedan Ardennes. He is now a coach at Stade Rennais training centre. (born 1976), illustrator. (born 1977), journalist, founder of the Pan-African media . Frédéric Molas (born 1982) and Sébastien Rassiat (born 1982), creators of the Joueur du Grenier YouTube web series Fabien Lemoine (born 1987), professional football player trained at Stade Rennais, evolving from 2011 at AS Saint-Étienne. People who have stayed in Fougères François-René de Chateaubriand: he often came to Fougères where one of his sisters lived. He did not keep a very good memory of the place: Balzac: After having discovered Fougères in 1828, he wrote the novel Les Chouans. (Read the novel in French on Wikisource). A hotel on Rue Nationale bears his name. Victor Hugo stayed in Fougères with his mistress Juliette Drouet in June 1836. Joueur du grenier is living in Fougères with his staff. Gallery See also Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department The works of Jean Fréour. Sculptor of Armand Tuffin de La Rouërie statue Bibliography References External links Official website Fougères Office of Tourism Virtual Visit to Fougères Communes of Ille-et-Vilaine Subprefectures in France