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

Jacques Adam was a French translator.

Ange-François Fariau was a French poet and translator.

Hugh Primas of Orléans was a Latin lyric poet of the 12th century, a scholar from Orléans who was jokingly called Primas, "the Primate", by his friends at the University of Paris. He was probably born in the 1090s and may have died about 1160. Along with his younger contemporary known as the Archpoet, he marks the opening of a new period in Latin literature.

Bernardus Silvestris, also known as Bernard Silvestris and Bernard Silvester, was a medieval Platonist philosopher and poet of the 12th century.

Henry Maret was a French journalist and politician.

Louis Henri Barboux was a prominent French financial lawyer, politician, and member of the Académie française.

Daniel Mendaille was a French stage and film actor whose career spanned nearly sixty years.