List of Famous people born in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Marie-Thérèse Ordonez, known as Maïté, born on June 2, 1938 in Rion-des-Landes (Landes), is a French restaurateur, actress and TV presenter. She is mostly famous for hosting long-running cookery shows on French television, including La Cuisine des Mousquetaires with Micheline Banzet-Lawton, from 1983 to 1997, and À table, from 1995 to 1999.

Barbara Schulz is a French actress who won the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti in 2001. She was nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress for the 1999 film La Dilettante.

Benjamin Millepied is a French dancer and choreographer, who has lived and worked in the United States after joining the New York City Ballet in 1995, where he became a soloist in 1998 and a principal in 2002. He has also created choreography for the company, and choreographed pieces for other major companies. He retired from NYCB in 2011.

Stéphanie Alexandra Mina Sokolinski, known professionally as Soko, is a French singer-songwriter, musician and actress.

Pierre Palmade is a French actor and comedian.

Jean-Hugues Anglade is a French actor, film director and screenwriter, best known for his roles as Eric in Killing Zoe, Zorg in Betty Blue and Marco, the boyfriend of Nikita, in Nikita.

Francis Lalanne is a French-Uruguayan singer, songwriter and poet. He is the brother of composer Jean-Félix Lalanne and film director René Manzor.

Jean-Pierre Thiollet is a French writer and journalist.

Jean van de Velde is a French professional golfer. He was born in Mont-de-Marsan, Landes, France. van de Velde turned professional in 1987 and his rookie season on the European Tour was 1989. His first European Tour win was the 1993 Roma Masters. He has twice finished in the top twenty of the Order of Merit. He came close to winning The Open Championship in 1999, but lost a three shot lead on the final hole. He played on the PGA Tour in 2000 and 2001.

Boris Cyrulnik is a French doctor, ethologist, neurologist, and psychiatrist.