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

Pierre Rolland is a French professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam B&B Hotels p/b KTM. He is best known for his aggressive style of racing in the mountains.

Lauren Bastide is a French journalist, feminist, podcaster, spokesperson for the better representation of women and an activist on intersectional feminism.

Lydie Salvayre is a French writer. Born in the south of France to Republican refugees from the Spanish Civil War, she went on to study medicine in Toulouse and continues to work as a practicing psychiatrist.

Benjamin Nivet is a French former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Alain de Boissieu Déan de Luigné was a French general who served in the Free French Forces during World War II, later becoming Army chief of staff (1971–1975). He was the son-in-law of General Charles de Gaulle, leader of the Free French and postwar President of France.

Allison Marie Pineau is a French handballer for ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica and the French national team. She won a silver medal with France at the 2016 Olympic Games.

Jacques Servier was a French doctor and businessman. He was the founder and president of Laboratoires Servier, a pharmaceutical company.

Louis XII was King of France from 1498 to 1515 and King of Naples from 1501 to 1504. The son of Charles, Duke of Orléans, and Maria of Cleves, he succeeded his 2nd cousin once removed and brother in law at the time, Charles VIII, who died without direct heirs in 1498.

Jacques Dessange was a French hairdresser.

Francis Joyon is a French professional sailboat racer and yachtsman. Joyon and his crew currently hold the Jules Verne Trophy for circumnavigation, on IDEC SPORT, nearly five days less than the previous reference time. He held the record for the fastest single-handed sailing circumnavigation from 2008 to 2016.