List of Famous people born in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Bernard Blaquart is a French former professional footballer who was most recently the manager of Ligue 1 side Nîmes Olympique. During his playing career he represented Bordeaux, Toulouse, Toulon and Stade Français, making almost 100 appearances in the top two divisions of French football.

Jean Eustache was a French filmmaker. During his short career, he completed numerous short films, in addition to a pair of highly regarded features, of which the first, The Mother and the Whore, is considered a key work of post-Nouvelle Vague French cinema.

Isabelle Ferron is a French actress, comedian, and dancer both film and on stage.

Didier Lapeyronnie was a French sociologist and a professor at Paris-Sorbonne University. He was an associate member Centre d'analyse et d'intervention sociologiques, and of the Groupe d'étude des méthodes de l'analyse sociologique de la Sorbonne.

Laurent Tuel is a French film actor, director and writer.

Alain Claeys is a French politician. He is a member of the Socialist Party, former Mayor of Poitiers (2008-2020) and a former member of the National Assembly of France for the first constituency of the Vienne department (1997-2017). He sits in the Socialist, Radical, Citizen and Miscellaneous Left group in the National Assembly.

René Schérer is a French philosopher and professor emeritus of the universite de Paris VIII.

Bernard Lavigne was a French rugby union player who played at wing.

Hugo Hay is a French middle- and long-distance runner. He represented his country at the 2021 European Indoor Championships finishing sixth in the 3000 metres. In addition, he won a bronze medal in the 5000 metres at the 2019 European U23 Championships.

Josy Moinet was a French politician who served as a Senator for Charente-Maritime from 1973 to 1989, and as Mayor of Saint-Rogatien from 1959 to 2008, representing the PRG.