List of Famous people born in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Father Armand David, also known in common names by the French Père David, was a Lazarist missionary Catholic priest as well as a zoologist and a botanist.

Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, 1st Count Jourdan, was a French military commander who enlisted as a private in the French Royal Army, before rising to command armies during the French Revolutionary Wars. He was made a Marshal of the Empire by Emperor Napoleon I in 1804 and he also fought in the Napoleonic Wars. After 1815, he became reconciled to the Bourbon Restoration. Jourdan was one of the most successful commanders of the French Revolutionary Army, but is notable for his decisive defeat at the Battle of Vitoria which resulted in the French Empire's permanent loss of Spain.

Jacques Moreau was a French politician. He served as a Socialist Member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1984.

Claude Seignolle was a French author. His main interests were folklore and archaeology before he turned to fiction. He also wrote under the pseudonyms 'Starcante', 'S. Claude' and 'Jean-Robert Dumoulin'.

Raoul Sangla was a French journalist, film director and screenwriter. He created among others Discorama and Bienvenue chez Guy Béart. He was a member of General Confederation of Labour and French Communist Party. He worked at Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française, Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française and Antenne 2. He was director of Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers (1978–1982).

Onésime Reclus was a French geographer who specialized in the relations between France and its colonies.

Dona Maria Adelaide of Braganza, Infanta of Portugal was a member of the royal house of Braganza, daughter of Miguel, Duke of Braganza and Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg.

Beatrice of England was a member of the House of Plantagenet, the daughter of Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence.

Hortense Catherine Schneider, La Snédèr, was a French soprano, one of the greatest operetta stars of the 19th century, particularly associated with the works of composer Jacques Offenbach.

Jacques Chevallier was a liberal pied noir mayor of Algiers who governed the city at the head of a coalition of pied noir and Moslem representatives.