List of Famous people born in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Bruno Lasserre
Pierre Emmanuel
Noël Mathieu better known under his pseudonym Pierre Emmanuel, was a French poet of Christian inspiration. He was the third member elected to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1968, president of PEN International between 1969 and 1971, president of French PEN Club between 1973 and 1976, and the first president of the French Institut national de l'audiovisuel in 1975.
Emmanuel de Richoufftz
Émile Baillaud
Alain Lamassoure
Alain Lamassoure is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the south-west of France. He was a member of Les Républicains, which is part of the European People's Party, and was the chairman of the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets from July 2009 until June 2014.
Emmanuel Gonzalès
Emmanuel Gonzalès was a 19th-century French novelist, feuilletonist and playwright.
Maurice Faure
Maurice Faure was a member of the French Resistance and a minister in several French governments. He was born in Azerat, Dordogne.
Tristan Cabral
Jacques Ellul
Jacques Ellul was a French philosopher, sociologist, lay theologian, and professor who was a noted Christian anarchist. Ellul was a longtime Professor of History and the Sociology of Institutions on the Faculty of Law and Economic Sciences at the University of Bordeaux. A prolific writer, he authored more than 60 books and more than 600 articles over his lifetime, many of which discussed propaganda, the impact of technology on society, and the interaction between religion and politics.
Guy Lapébie
Guy Lapébie was a French cyclist, who won two gold and one silver medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics. After World War II he became a professional road racer.