List of Famous people born in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Anne-Marie Garat
Anne-Marie Garat is a French novelist. She won the Prix Femina for her novel Aden in 1992 and the prix Marguerite Audoux for her novel Les mal famées.
Christian Latouche
Christian Latouche is a French billionaire businessman, and the founder, owner and CEO of Fiducial SA, a global accounting company.
Martin Guerre
Martin Guerre, a French peasant of the 16th century, was at the centre of a famous case of imposture. Several years after Martin Guerre had left his wife, child and village, a man claiming to be him appeared. He lived with Guerre's wife and son for three years.
Jean Montalat
Jean Montalat was a French politician. During the Second World War, he was drafted into and subsequently joined the Alliance network of the French Resistance, escaping to Algeria in 1943 to join the Free French forces. He represented the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) in the National Assembly from 1951 to 1971 and was the mayor of Tulle from 1959 to 1971.
Michel Celaya
Michel Celaya was a French rugby union player who played at back-row for the France national rugby union team and Biarritz Olympique.
Loïc Courteau
Loïc Courteau is a French former tennis player. Courteau has coached the French Fed Cup team in years past, and has been the coach of Amélie Mauresmo, the winner of two Grand Slams, since 2002. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 159 in November 1982. He won one double title in his career, in 1986 at Buenos Aires partnering Horst Skoff.
Pierrick Fédrigo
Pierrick Fédrigo is a French former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2016 for the Crédit Agricole, Bbox Bouygues Telecom, FDJ.fr and Fortuneo–Vital Concept teams. He was the winner of the French National Road Race Championships in 2005, and won four stages at the Tour de France.
Ludovic Sané
Ludovic Lamine Sané is a French-born Senegalese international footballer who most recently played for FC Utrecht in the Eredivisie. He is primarily a central defender but has also been used as holding midfielder.
Jean-Luc Rabanel
Jean-Luc Rabanel is a French chef, two stars at the Guide Michelin. He is the owner of the restaurant L'Atelier located in Arles since 2006.
Christophe Robert
Christophe Robert is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker.