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

François Pillet is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Cher department. He is a member of The Republicans.

Maxime Déchelle, born in Tours on May 26, 1990, is a comedian, populariser of science and French YouTuber known by his stage name Max Bird. An amateur ornithologist, he started doing comedy before creating his YouTube channel in 2016 and thereafter quickly grew in popularity. He is also an environmental activist.

Jacqueline Worms de Romilly was a Franco-Greek philologist, classical scholar and fiction writer. She was the first woman nominated to the Collège de France, and in 1988, the second woman to enter the Académie française.

Françoise Marie de Bourbon, légitimée de France was the youngest illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre, Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan. At the age of 14, she was wed to her first cousin Philippe d'Orléans, future Regent of France during the minority of Louis XV. Through two of her eight children she became the ancestress of several of Europe's Roman Catholic monarchs of the 19th and 20th centuries, notably those of Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and France.

Étienne (Stephen) Tempier was a French bishop of Paris during the 13th century. He was Chancellor of the Sorbonne from 1263 to 1268, and bishop of Paris from 1268 until his death.

Laurent Bonnart is a French retired footballer who played as a full-back.

Julien Régis Paul Escudé is a French former professional footballer who played mainly as a central defender but also as a full back.

Pacôme Rupin is a French politician serving as the member of the National Assembly for the 7th constituency of Paris since 2017. A member of La République En Marche! (LREM), his constituency covers the 4th arrondissement, as well as parts of the 11th and 12th arrondissements.

Pascal Hervé is a former French road racing cyclist. He competed in the individual road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics and raced as a professional from 1994 to 2001. Pascal now lives in Montreal, were he is co-owner of a training center that helps develop local athletes and amateurs of all ages. In between seasons, he holds cycling trips in various locations such as the Pyrénées, the Vosges, the Alpes and, most recently, the region of Charlevoix.

Arlette Chabot is a prominent French journalist and political commentator. She was until August 2010 the head of the editorial team of France 2. In March 2011 she moved to the radio station Europe 1 to become head of news and information.