Rene
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René (or, without the accent, Rene) can refer to:
- Good King René d'Anjou (1409-1480), also René I, the first Duke of Lorraine (the "Reignier" of Shakespeare's history plays).
- His grandson René II, Duke of Lorraine (1451-1508)
- Cardinal René de Birague (1505-1583)
- René I, Viscount of Rohan (1516–1552), warrior of the Italian War of 1551–1559
- René II, Viscount of Rohan ((1550-1586) his huguenot son
- Saint René Goupil (1608-1642), Canadian martyr
- René de Froulay de Tessé (1648-1725), French marshal, count of Tessé
- René (novella) (1802), by Chateaubriand
- Denise René (1919-), French art dealer
- René 41, a nickel based superalloy
- René, Sarthe, French commune
- René, a French given name derived from the Latin name Renatus
- René Auberjonois (actor), American character actor best known for his early 1980s role as Clayton Endicott III on the television show Benson and his role as Odo on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Rene Bitorajac, Croatian actor
- Rene Capo, Cuban-American judoka
- René Descartes, French philosopher
- René Fonck, the most successful pilot of the Allies in World War I
- Rene Gagnon, World War II veteran, raised the American flag during the battle of Iwo Jima
- Rene Kirby, actor, best known for his role in Shallow Hal
- René Lévesque, Quebec premier, journalist and founder of the Parti Québécois
- René Magritte, famous painter of The Son of Man
- René Marqués, renowned short story writer and playwright
- Rene Mederos, prominent Cuban poster artist and graphic designer
- Rene Medvešek, Croatian actor
- René Muñoz (1938–2000), a Cuban actor and scriptwriter of telenovelas and the cinema of Mexico
- Rene Ranger (born 1986), New Zealand rugby union player
- René Reyes, Major League center fielder and switch-hitter batter who plays for the Colorado Rockies
- René Robert, retired professional ice centre who played 12 seasons in the National League between 1970 and 1982
- Rene Russo, American actress
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See also
- Renée, the usual feminine form
- Renee
- Saint-René (disambiguation)
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