List of Famous people born in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Pierre Etchebaster was a French real tennis player,, the original racquet sport from which the modern game of lawn tennis is descended.

Léon Bloy was a French novelist, essayist, pamphleteer, and poet, known additionally for his eventual, passionate defense of Roman Catholicism and influence within French Catholic circles.

Yvon Bourges was a French politician and colonial administrator. He was the final Governor-General of French Equatorial Africa, serving from 1958 to 1960.

Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian is a French writer and author of young adult fantasy books, including the popular Tara Duncan series. She has claimed to be the heir to the ancient throne of the medieval kingdom of Armenia and carries the unofficial title HRH Princess Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian.

Marie Octavie Coudreau was a French explorer from Anais, Charente, and author of several books on French Guiana and northern Brazil. In 1899, the Brazilian states of Pará and Amazonas hired Coudreau to explore and chart the Amazon region. Her husband was the French explorer and geographer Henri Coudreau.

Michelle Marie Léglise, also known as Michelle Vian, was a French translator and poet.

Jean Delay was a French psychiatrist, neurologist, writer, and a member of the Académie française.

Gérard Pierre Louis François Armand Lecointe was a French général de corps d'armée. He served in World War II and the Cold War and saw colonial service in French North Africa. He was the last commander of French forces in Algeria, and completed his career as commander-in-chief of the French Forces in Germany.

Jacques Lesourne was a French economist who was Director of the daily newspaper Le Monde from 1991 to 1994.