List of Famous people born in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Quentin Pacher
Quentin Pacher is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam B&B Hotels p/b KTM. In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France.
Pierre Albaladejo
Pierre Albaladejo is a former French rugby union player. His usual position was at fly-half or at fullback.
Alexandre Roumat
Alexandre Roumat is a French rugby union player. His position is flanker and he currently plays for Bordeaux Bègles in the Top 14.
Marie-Claire Restoux
Marie-Claire Restoux is a French judoka, world champion and olympic champion. She won a gold medal in the half lightweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
Jacques Chardonne
Jacques Chardonne is the pseudonym of French writer Jacques Boutelleau. He was a member of the so-called Groupe de Barbezieux.
Yvette Roudy
Yvette Roudy is a French politician. She served as a member of the National Assembly from 1986 to 1993, and from 1997 to 2002, representing Calvados. She was the Minister of Women's Rights from 1981 to 1986. She sponsored a law for equal pay in 1983.
Guillaume Chiche
Guillaume Chiche is a French politician who was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the department of Deux-Sèvres. He was considered a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron. He was elected as a member of La République En Marche!, but left the party and in May 2020, he was one of the 17 initial members who formed the short-lived Ecology Democracy Solidarity group.
Pierrette Fleutiaux
Pierrette Fleutiaux was a French writer. Her awards include the 1985 Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle for Métamorphoses de la reine, and winner of the 1990 Prix Femina for Nous sommes éternels.
Richard Tardits
Richard Tardits, is a former American football linebacker for the New England Patriots of the National Football League, and a former rugby union footballer for the United States national rugby union team. He held the record for most sacks in a career at the University of Georgia, until surpassed by David Pollack in 2004, and he was referred to as 'Le Sack' by fans because of his French birth.
Kévin Rodrigues
Kévin Manuel Rodrigues is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Spanish club SD Eibar on loan from Real Sociedad and the Portugal national team. Mainly a left back, he can also play as a midfielder.