List of Famous people born in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Robert Hébras is one of only six people to survive the massacre of Oradour by Nazi Germany's Waffen-SS Das Reich Panzer Division on 10 June 1944.

Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran was a French cardinal of the Catholic Church. When he died, he had been the president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue since 2007 and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church since the end of 2014. He was made a cardinal in 2003 and was the Cardinal Protodeacon from 2011 to 2014. His earlier career included almost thirty years in the diplomatic service of the Holy See and several years as the Vatican's chief archivist and librarian.

Michel Crauste was a French international rugby union player. He played as a flanker and Number 8 for Racing Club de France and FC Lourdes.

Swan Rebbadj is a French rugby union player, playing as Lock for Toulon in the Top 14.

Matthieu Androdias is a French representative rower. He is a three time Olympian, an Olympic champion and a world champion.

Lilian Camberabero was a French rugby union player. He played as a scrum-half. He was the brother of fellow rugby international player Guy Camberabero.

Charles Jeantaud (1840-1906) was a French engineer who invented the parallelogram steering linkage in 1878.

Loïs Diony is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Angers.

Rirette Maîtrejean was the pseudonym of Anna Estorges. She was a French individualist anarchist born in Tulle who collaborated in the French individualist anarchism magazine L'Anarchie along with Émile Armand and Albert Libertad. She converted to anarchism at the age of 17. While participating in the journal she gave talks on anarcha-feminist and free love subjects. Along with Serge she went on trial in 1912 accused of participating in the illegalist organization Bonnot Gang.

Jean Cavaillès was a French philosopher and logician who specialized in philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of science. He took part in the French Resistance within the Libération movement and was arrested by the Gestapo on 17 February 1944 and shot on 4 April 1944.