List of Famous people born in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Claude Rutault was a French painter. He was born at Les Trois-Moutiers and died in Boulogne-Billancourt.

Michèle Cointet is a French historian. She is a professor of 20th century history at the University of Poitiers. She is the recipient of two prizes from the Académie française: the Prix François Millepierres for Vichy capitale, 1940-1944 in 1994, and the Prix François Millepierres for L’Église sous Vichy. La repentance en question in 1999.

Catherine Jeanne Cesarsky is an Argentine and French astronomer, known for her successful research activities in several central areas of modern astrophysics. She was formerly president of the International Astronomical Union (2006-2009) and the director general of the European Southern Observatory (1999–2007). In 2017 she became Chairman of the Board of the Square Kilometre Array radio telescope project.

Léopold Eyharts is a French Brigadier General in the French Air Force, an engineer and ESA astronaut. He has flown to space two times as the part of a Mir expedition and an International Space Station expedition.

Henri Nallet is a French politician. He is a member of the Socialist Party.

Michel Camdessus is a French economist and administrator who was Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 16 January 1987 to 14 February 2000. To date, he is the longest serving Managing Director of the IMF.