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

Sarah El Haïry is a French politician of the Democratic Movement (MoDem) who has been serving as State Secretary for the Youth people at the Ministry of National Education in the government Prime Minister Jean Castex. She was previously a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 until 2020, representing the department of Loire-Atlantique.

Jacques Villeret was a French actor, best known internationally for his role as François Pignon in the comedy Le Dîner de Cons. During his career, he earned many awards including the prestigious medal and title of Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur.

Mélanie Bernier is a French actress. She has appeared in several films, such as L'Assaut (2011), directed by Julien Leclerq, relating the hijacking of an Air France A300 in December 1994, and also in several television productions. Bernier was born in Grasse, France, and grew up in Veigné, Indre-et-Loire. She began acting at a young age.

François Rabelais was a French Renaissance writer, physician, Renaissance humanist, monk and Greek scholar. He has historically been regarded as a writer of satire, the grotesque, bawdy jokes, and songs.

Axel Kahn is a French scientist and geneticist. He is the brother of the journalist Jean-François Kahn. He was a member of the French National Consultative Ethics Committee from 1992 to 2004 and worked in gene therapy. He first entered the INSERM with a specialization in biochemistry. He was named in 2002 as a counsellor for biosciences and biotechnologies matters by the European Commission. Head of French laboratories specialized in biomedical sciences between years 1984 and 2007, he has been elected as the President of the Paris Descartes University in December 2007, where he was the sole candidate.

Charles-Étienne César Gudin de La Sablonnière was a French general during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars.

Harry Roselmack is a French radio and TV journalist of Martiniquan descent.

Emmanuelle Boidron, is a French actress. Her most important appearance is in the Navarro TV series as Yolande Navarro.

Jean-Christophe Rufin is a French doctor, diplomat, historian, globetrotter and novelist. He is the president of Action Against Hunger, one of the earliest members of Médecins Sans Frontières, and a member of the Académie française.

Catherine Corsini is a French film director, screenwriter and actress. Her film Replay was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Her 2012 film Three Worlds competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.