List of Famous people born in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

René Clément was a French film director and screenwriter.

Daniel Tinayre was a French-born Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer.

Amadou-Amath M'Baye is a French professional basketball player for Pınar Karşıyaka of the Turkish Basketball Super League. Standing at 2.06 m, he plays at the power forward position.

Maryse Bastié was a French aviator who set several international records for female aviators during the 1930s.

Colette Besson was a French athlete, the surprise winner of the 400 m at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Christophe "Titou" Lamaison is a former French rugby union footballer who represented France at international level, and Brive, Agen and Aviron Bayonnais at professional club level. He won 37 caps, and at the time of his retirement was the all-time leading points scorer for France, with 380 points, a mark surpassed in August 2015 by Frédéric Michalak. Lamaison played most of his rugby as a centre, and possessed reliable distribution and kicking skills, which made up for his only real weakness, a lack of pace. He could also play at fly-half. He made his international debut against South Africa on 30 November 1996 in Paris, and rose to prominence as a key member of France's Grand slam-winning sides of 1997 and 1998. His goalkicking ability also helped Brive win the Heineken Cup in 1997 and reach the final in 1998.

Pierre Bernard Papillaud was a French billionaire businessman.

Jean-Marc Furlan is a French football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is currently in charge of Ligue 2 side AJ Auxerre.

Laurent Marie Guespin-Malet is a French actor, and the twin brother of actor Pierre Malet.

Marguerite de Navarre, also known as Marguerite of Angoulême and Margaret of Navarre, was the princess of France, Queen of Navarre, and Duchess of Alençon and Berry. She was married to Henry II of Navarre. Her brother became King of France, as Francis I, and the two siblings were responsible for the celebrated intellectual and cultural court and salons of their day in France. Marguerite is the ancestress of the Bourbon kings of France, being the mother of Jeanne d'Albret, whose son, Henry of Navarre, succeeded as Henry IV of France, the first Bourbon king. As an author and a patron of humanists and reformers, she was an outstanding figure of the French Renaissance. Samuel Putnam called her "The First Modern Woman".