List of Famous people born in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Arnaud Tsamere
Arnaud Tsedri, better known by the stage name Arnaud Tsamere, is a French comedian, actor, television presenter and sports journalist. Born in Bordeaux and raised in the Yvelines, he joined the Déclic Théâtre group after quitting his sales job. There, he acted in plays and participated in improvisation events. He wrote his first one-man show, Réflexions profondes sur pas mal de trucs, in 2002 with Arnaud Joyet, and his second, Chose Promise, in 2007 with Joyet and François Rollin. His third, Confidences sur pas mal de trucs plus ou moins confidentiels, has been performed since 2014. He has attended numerous comedy festivals and is currently a member of the Ligue Majeure d'Improvisation.
Christophe Dugarry
Christophe Jérôme Dugarry is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward. His clubs include Bordeaux, Milan, Barcelona, Marseille, Birmingham City and Qatar SC. He was also a member of the France team that won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.
Étienne Capoue
Étienne René Capoue is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for La Liga club Villarreal.
Benjamin Lavernhe
Benjamin Lavernhe is a French actor. He has appeared in more than sixteen films since 2009.
Philippe Croizon
Philippe Croizon is a French athlete and the first quadruple amputee to swim across the English Channel and to run the Rally Dakar.
Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon
Françoise d'Aubigné, known first as Madame Scarron and subsequently as Madame de Maintenon, was a French noblewoman who secretly married King Louis XIV. Although she was never considered queen of France, she was one of the King's closest advisers and the royal children's governess. In 1684, she founded the Maison royale de Saint-Louis, a school for girls from poorer noble families.
Madame de Montespan
Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marquise of Montespan, better known as Madame de Montespan, was the most celebrated maîtresse-en-titre of King Louis XIV of France, by whom she had seven children.
Florence Lasserre-David
Florence Lasserre-David 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 Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Thibault Lassalle
Thibault Lassalle is a French professional rugby union player. He currently plays at lock for Oyonnax in the ProD2.
Mathieu Gallet
Mathieu Gallet is a French senior civil servant and political advisor. He was the chief executive of the Institut national de l'audiovisuel from 2010 to 2014. He was the CEO of Radio France from 2014 to 2018. The following year, in 2019, he launched Majelan, a podcast distribution and production platform.