List of Famous people born in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Thierry Meyssan
Thierry Meyssan is a French journalist, conspiracy theorist and political activist.
Roger Etchegaray
Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray was a French cardinal of the Catholic Church. Etchegaray served as the Archbishop of Marseille from 1970 to 1985 before entering the Roman Curia, where he served as President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (1984–1998) and President of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum (1984–1995). He was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 1979, and was the longest-serving cardinal never to attend a papal conclave.
Antoine Brizard
Antoine Arthur Fabien Brizard is a French volleyball player, member of the France men's national volleyball team and Italian team, Gas Sales Piacenza. He participated at the 2017 European Championship held in Poland.
Jacques Pills
Jacques Pills was a French singer and actor. His impresario was Bruno Coquatrix. In 1959, Pills was the Monegasque entrant at the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 with the song "Mon ami Pierrot". The song ended last, in eleventh place and got only one point.
Xavier Lemaître
Xavier Lemaître is a French actor.
Francesca Solleville
Francesca Solleville is a French singer. She was born in Périgueux on 2 March 1932 and lives in Malakoff (Hauts-de-Seine). She is the granddaughter of the founder of the Italian League for the Rights of Man. She is married to the painter Louis Loyzeau de Grandmaison.
Georges Loustaunau-Lacau
Georges Loustaunau-Lacau was a French army officer, anti-communist conspirator, resistant, and politician.
Dominique Arnaud
Dominique Arnaud was a French racing cyclist. He rode in eleven editions of the Tour de France.
Emmanuel Lebesson
Emmanuel Lebesson is a French table tennis player. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's singles event, in which he was eliminated by Adrian Crișan, and as part of the French team in the men's team event. In October 2016 he won the men's singles title at the European Table Tennis Championships, defeating compatriot Simon Gauzy in the final.
Hélène Duc
Marcelle Duc, known professionally as Hélène Duc, was a French actress. She appeared in Edward and Caroline (1951), Je sais rien, mais je dirai tout (1973), and Tanguy (2001).