List of Famous people born in Centre-Val de Loire, France
Biga Ranx
Gabriel Piotrowski, better known by his stage name Biga Ranx, is a French ragga hip hop musician from Tours, Centre Region, signed to X-Ray Production, an independent record label based in Paris. He released his debut LP On Time in October 2011, and his second album Good Morning Midnight in April 2013. He has collaborated with Maffi, Ondubground, Mungo's Hi Fi and Joseph Cotton.
Nicolas Turquois
Nicolas Turquois is a French politician of the Democratic Movement (MoDem) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing the department of Vienne.
Yolande of Brittany
Yolande of Brittany was the ruler of the counties of Penthièvre and Porhoet in the Duchy of Brittany. Yolande had been betrothed to King Henry III of England in 1226 at the age of seven years, but married Hugh XI of Lusignan, the half-brother of Henry III. Through Hugh, she became Countess of La Marche and of Angoulême. She was the mother of seven children. From 1250 to 1256, she acted as Regent of La Marche and Angoulême for her son, Hugh XII of Lusignan.
Frédéric Magné
Frédéric Magné is a French former track cyclist. Magné was the world champion in keirin in 1995, 1997 and 2000 and in tandem in 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1994, each time with Fabrice Colas. He also rode at four Olympic Games.
Jacques Pierre Brissot
Jacques Pierre Brissot, who assumed the name of de Warville, was a leading member of the Girondins during the French Revolution and founder of the abolitionist Society of the Friends of the Blacks. Some sources give his name as Jean Pierre Brissot.
Charlotte of Valois
Charlotte of France was the second child and second daughter of King Francis I and his wife Claude.
Michel Dejouhannet
Michel Dejouhannet was a French professional road bicycle racer. In 1959, Dejouhannet won a stage in the 1959 Tour de France.
Cédric Varrault
Cédric Varrault is a French football defender who plays for JS Saint-Jean Beaulieu.
Agénor Bardoux
Agénor Bardoux was a French statesman and republican, son of Jacques Bardoux and wife Thérèse Pignet.