List of Famous people born in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
André Lurton
André Lurton was a French winemaker and winery owner. It is also the name of his eponymous winemaking group in Bordeaux which was mostly owned by him and after his death only by his children.
Thomas Combezou
Thomas Combezou is a French rugby union player. His position is Centre and he currently plays for Castres in France's top division of rugby union, the Top 14. He began his career with Clermont Auvergne before moving to La Rochelle in 2009. He transferred to Montpellier after La Rochelle's relegation in 2011, and then moved to Castres following the 2013–14 season.
Paul Marque
Paul Marque is a French ballet dancer. In December 2020, he was named an étoile, the highest rank of the Paris Opera Ballet.
Caroline Ladagnous
Caroline Ladagnous is a French female rugby union player. She represented France at the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup. She has been named in the squad to the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup
Prince Elias, Hereditary Duke of Parma
Elias, Duke of Parma and Piacenza was the head of the House of Bourbon-Parma and pretender to the defunct throne of Parma between 1950 and 1959. From 1907 to 1950 he served as regent for the claims of his two older disabled brothers.
Olivier Roy
Olivier Roy is a French political scientist, professor at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. He has published articles and books on secularisation and Islam including "Global Islam", and The Failure of Political Islam. He is known to have "a different view of radical Islam" than some other experts, seeing it as peripheral, Westernized and part of a radicalized and "virtual" rather than pious and "actual" Muslim community. More recently he has written on the Charlie Hebdo shooting, and the November 2015 Paris attacks.
André Dufraisse
André Dufraisse was a cyclo-cross racer from France, a professional from 1950 to 1964.
Guy Ébrard
Guy Ébrard was a French politician. He served as a member of the National Assembly from 1958 to 1968, representing Basses-Pyrénées. He also served as the mayor of Oloron-Sainte-Marie from 1965 to 1976.
Albert Marquet
Albert Marquet was a French painter, associated with the Fauvist movement. He initially became one of the Fauve painters and a lifelong friend of Henri Matisse. Marquet subsequently painted in a more naturalistic style, primarily landscapes, but also several portraits and, between 1910 and 1914, several female nude paintings.
Geneviève Cluny
Geneviève Cluny is a former French film actress. She appeared in both French New Wave films as well as popular mainstream commercial productions during the 1950s and 1960s. She is credited for the basic idea on which Jean-Luc Godard's A Woman Is a Woman was based.