List of Famous people born in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Mathieu Valbuena

First Name Mathieu
Last Name Valbuena
Born on September 28, 1984 (age 40)
Height 167 cm | 5'6

Mathieu Valbuena is a French professional footballer who plays for Greek club Olympiacos. He plays as an attacking midfielder and a winger and is known for his pace, technical ability, and tenacious style of play. He is described by his former coach at Libourne Saint-Seurin Didier Tholot as "an explosive player who is capable of quickly taking two opponents out of the game to create space, above all due to his dribbling skills." Due to his small stature, Valbuena is nicknamed le petit vélo, which translates to "the little bike". This is a play on Valbuena's size and the fact that the home ground of Marseille, where he played for eight years, is called the Stade Vélodrome.

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François Mitterrand

François Marie Adrien Maurice Mitterrand
First Name François
Last Name Mitterrand
Born on October 26, 1916
Died on January 8, 1996 (aged 79)

François Marie Adrien Maurice Mitterrand was a French statesman who served as President of France from 1981 to 1995, the longest time in office in the history of France. As First Secretary of the Socialist Party, he was the first left-wing politician to assume the presidency under the Fifth Republic.

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Didier Deschamps

Didier Claude Deschamps

Didier Claude Deschamps is a French former professional footballer who has been manager of the France national team since 2012. He played as a defensive midfielder for several clubs, in France, Italy, England and Spain, such as Marseille, Juventus, Chelsea and Valencia, as well as Nantes and Bordeaux. Nicknamed "the water-carrier" by former France teammate Eric Cantona, Deschamps was an intelligent and hard-working defensive midfielder who excelled at winning back possession and subsequently starting attacking plays, and also stood out for his leadership throughout his career. As a French international, he was capped on 103 occasions and took part at three UEFA European Football Championships and one FIFA World Cup, captaining his nation to victories in the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.

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Laurence Arné

First Name Laurence
Last Name Arné
Born on February 4, 1982 (age 42)
Height 179 cm | 5'10

Laurence Arné is a French actress, comedian and writer.

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Henry IV of France

First Name Henry
Last Name France
Born on December 13, 1553
Died on May 14, 1610 (aged 56)

Henry IV, also known by the epithet Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first monarch of France from the House of Bourbon, a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty. He was assassinated in 1610 by François Ravaillac, a fanatical Catholic, and was succeeded by his son Louis XIII.

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Aymeric Laporte

Aymeric Jean Louis Gérard Alphonse Laporte
First Name Aymeric
Born on May 27, 1994 (age 30)
Height 191 cm | 6'3

Aymeric Jean Louis Gérard Alphonse Laporte is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Manchester City.

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Olivier Rousteing

First Name Olivier
Last Name Rousteing
Born on September 13, 1985 (age 39)

Olivier Rousteing is a French fashion designer. He has been the creative director of Balmain since 2011.

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Gringe

Guillaume Tranchant
Born on February 20, 1980 (age 44)

Guillaume Tranchant, better known by his stage name Gringe, is a French rapper, songwriter and actor. He is one half of the French hip hop duo Casseurs Flowters, along with Orelsan, with whom he has released two studio albums: Orelsan et Gringe sont les Casseurs Flowters in 2013, and the original soundtrack for their 2015 film Comment c'est loin.

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Vianney

Born on February 13, 1991 (age 33)

Vianney Bureau, better known by the mononym Vianney, is a French singer-songwriter. At 24 years old he won the award for performing artist of the year at the "Victoires de la musique 2016" one year after having been named in the up and coming category of the "Victoires de la musique 2015". His debut album Idées blanches was certified platinum. His second album was released on 25 November 2016 and was certified double platinum.

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Fred Sirieix

First Name Fred
Born on January 27, 1972 (age 52)

Fred Sirieix is a French maître d'hôtel best known for appearing on Channel 4's First Dates, and BBC Two's Million Pound Menu. Sirieix grew up in Limoges, France and trained to work in front of house in a Michelin-starred restaurant in France before working at La Tante Claire in London. Until 2019 he was the general manager of Michelin-starred restaurant Galvin at Windows at the London Hilton. Sirieix is the founder of National Waiters Day, the training tool the Art of Service, and the Galvin Cup and Galvin's Chance charities. He helped to launch the Right Course, which teaches prisoners about the service industry, and has also released a book called First Dates: The Art of Love and a music track, "La Vie Continue". He has been featured in an ITV show, with Gordon Ramsay and Gino D'Acampo, entitled Gino, Gordon and Fred: Road Trip (2019), and Remarkable Places to Eat on BBC Two (2019).

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