List of Famous people born in Centre-Val de Loire, France

Luc Antoine Montagnier is a French virologist and joint recipient, with Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Harald zur Hausen, of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). He has worked as a researcher at the Pasteur Institute in Paris and as a full-time professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China.

Mireille Dumas is a French journalist, television producer and presenter.

Jean-François Hernández is a French former footballer who played as a central defender.

Christine Angot is a French writer and novelist.

Sami El Gueddari is a French wheelchair racer and competitive swimmer who participated in the Paralympic Games of 2008 and 2012. He was a bronze medalist at the European Championships in 2009. He is a specialist of 50 meter and 100 meter freestyle.

Christine Boutin is a French former politician leading the small French Christian Democratic Party. She served as a member of the French National Assembly representing Yvelines, from 1986 until 2007, when she was appointed Minister of Housing and Urban Development by President Nicolas Sarkozy. She was a candidate in the 2002 French presidential election, in which she scored 1.19% on the first round of balloting.

Florian Tristan Mariano Thauvin is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for Marseille and the France national team.

Jérémy Amelin is a French recording artist and entertainer. Born in Montargis, France and raised in Montcresson, France. Amelin was a finalist of French music TV show Star Academy 5 — broadcast on TV channel TF1.

Pierre de Ronsard was a French poet or, as his own generation in France called him, a "prince of poets".

Julian Bugier, born the 22 November 1980 in Blois (Loir-et-Cher), is a French TV journalist.