List of Famous people born in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Jean-Pierre Bastiat
Jean-Pierre Bastiat was a French international rugby union player. He played as a Lock and Number 8 for US Dax.
Charline Picon
Charline Picon is a French windsurfer, who specialized in Neil Pryde RS:X class. She captured two bronze medals in her respective class at the Windsurfing World Championships, and an olympic title at the 2016 Summer Olympics after attaining a top ten finish at the 2012 Summer Olympics. As of September 2014, Picon is ranked as one of the top ten sailors in the world for the sailboard class by the International Sailing Federation, following her successes at the European and World Championships and at the Sailing World Cup series.
Guy Sorman
Guy Sorman is a French-American professor, columnist, author, and public intellectual in economics and philosophy.
Jean Lacouture
Jean Lacouture was a journalist, historian and author. He was particularly famous for his biographies.
Damien Da Silva
Damien Da Silva is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender and captains Ligue 1 club Rennes.
Brian Joubert
Brian Joubert is a French former competitive figure skater. He is the 2007 World champion, a three-time European champion, an eight-time French National champion, and the 2006–07 Grand Prix Final champion. In total, he is a six-time World medalist, a ten-time European medalist, and competed in four Winter Olympics for France.
Gregory VIII
Gregory VIII, born Mauritius Burdinus, was antipope from 10 March 1118 until 22 April 1121.
Kévin Rocheteau
Kévin Rocheteau is a French professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Dunkerque in Ligue 2. He was awarded his first professional contract at Chamois Niortais in the summer of 2013 after progressing through the club's youth teams.
Anne-Christine Lang
Anne-Christine Lang is a French politician serving as a member of the National Assembly for Paris since 2014. A member of the Socialist Party (PS) until she joined La République En Marche! (LREM) in 2017, she first represented the 9th constituency as Jean-Marie Le Guen's substitute following his appointment as Secretary of State for Relations with Parliament by President François Hollande. In the 2017 legislative election, she ran in the neighbouring 10th constituency, which covers parts of the 13th and 14th arrondissements. Lang also served as a Councillor of Paris from 2001 until 2020.
Guillaume Faye
Guillaume Faye was a French journalist, writer, and leading member of the French New Right. Earlier in his career, anti-Zionism permeated his work; later on, criticism of Islam became prominent in his writings.