List of Famous people born in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Marie Bell
Marie Bell, born Marie-Jeanne Bellon, was a French tragedian, comic actor and stage director. She was the director of the Théâtre du Gymnase in Paris from 1962 onwards, and this theatre now bears her name.
Marie-Louise Carven
Marie-Louise Carven, born Carmen de Tommaso, was a French fashion designer who founded the house of Carven in 1945. She was noted for her designs for petite women, her use of lightweight fabrics such as lace and pink gingham, and for being one of the first couturieres to launch a prêt-à-porter line. She was the first Paris designer to patent a push-up bra.
William III, Duke of Aquitaine
William III, called Towhead from the colour of his hair, was the "Count of the Duchy of Aquitaine" from 959 and Duke of Aquitaine from 962 to his death. He was also the Count of Poitou from 935 and Count of Auvergne from 950. The primary sources for his reign are Ademar of Chabannes, Dudo of Saint-Quentin, and William of Jumièges.
David Ducourtioux
David Ducourtioux is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is currently manager of Gazélec Ajaccio.
Guillaume Dupuytren
Baron Guillaume Dupuytren was a French anatomist and military surgeon. Although he gained much esteem for treating Napoleon Bonaparte's hemorrhoids, he is best known today for his description of Dupuytren's contracture which is named after him and which he first operated on in 1831 and published in The Lancet in 1834.
Edwin Jackson
Edwin Jackson is a French professional basketball player for Movistar Estudiantes of the Liga ACB, on loan from LDLC ASVEL of the LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague. Standing at 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), he plays at the shooting guard position.
Tony Mauricio
Tony Mauricio is a French professional footballer who plays for Lens as a winger.
Joseph Garat
Joseph Garat was a former mayor of Bayonne. He is known for being implicated in the Stavisky Affair.
Ernest Pérochon
Ernest Pérochon (1885–1942) was a French writer who won the Prix Goncourt in 1920 for his novel Nêne. Initially a teacher, he left his career in education in 1921 to pursue writing. He wrote poems, novels, as well as children’s literature.
René Lesson
René Primevère Lesson was a French surgeon, naturalist, ornithologist, and herpetologist.