List of Famous people born in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Anne-Sophie Lapix
Anne-Sophie Lapix is a French journalist and television presenter mainly for the French news program on France 2. She used to deputise for Claire Chazal, presenting the evening news bulletin on France 2 from Friday to Sunday as well as the lunchtime bulletin at 1 PM. She also presented the Sunday evening magazine program Sept à Huit with Harry Roselmack
Michel Polnareff
Michel Polnareff is a French singer-songwriter, who was popular in France from the mid-1960s until the early 1990s with his penultimate original album, Kāma-Sūtra. He is still critically acclaimed and occasionally tours in France, Belgium and Switzerland.
Francis I of France
Francis I was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin once removed Louis XII, who died without a son.
Montesquieu
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, generally referred to as simply Montesquieu, was a French judge, man of letters, and political philosopher.
Pascal Obispo
Pascal Michel Obispo is a French singer-songwriter.
Sophie Davant
Sophie Davant is a French journalist, television presenter and actress.
Jean Lassalle
Jean Lassalle is a French politician serving as an Independent member of the National Assembly since 2002. He was a candidate in the 2017 presidential election under the banner of Résistons! and received 435,301 votes (1.21%).
Bernard Giraudeau
Bernard René Giraudeau was a French actor, film director, scriptwriter, producer and writer.
Kendji Girac
Kendji "Girac" Jason Maillié, also known mononymously as Kendji, is a French singer and guitarist. He is the winner of Season 3 of the music competition The Voice: la plus belle voix as part of Team Mika. He has released three studio albums, Kendji, Ensemble and Amigo as well as a string of hit singles.
Blanche Monnier
Blanche Monnier, often known in France as la Séquestrée de Poitiers, was a woman from Poitiers, Vienne, France, who was secretly kept locked in a small room by her aristocratic mother for 25 years. She was eventually found by police, then middle-aged and in an emaciated and filthy condition; according to officials, Monnier had not seen any sunlight for her entire captivity.