List of Famous people born in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Jean Thuillier was a French novelist and physician. He wrote a number of books, and won the Prix Littré and the Prix Méditerranée among others. Thuillier died in August 2017 at the age of 95.

Jean Cayrol was a French poet, publisher, and member of the Académie Goncourt born in Bordeaux. He is perhaps best known for writing the narration in Alain Resnais's 1955 documentary film, Night and Fog. He was a major contributor to the subversive, philosophical French publication Tel Quel.

Eugène Freyssinet was a French structural and civil engineer. He was the major pioneer of prestressed concrete.

Maurice Duverger was a French jurist, sociologist, political scientist and politician born in Angoulême, Charente.

René Monory was a French centre-right Gaullist politician.

Françoise d'Amboise was a French Roman Catholic declared "blessed" and a duchess consort of Brittany.

Édouard Juda Colonne was a French conductor and violinist, who was a champion of the music of Berlioz and other eminent 19th-century composers.