List of Famous people born in Pays de la Loire, France

Annie Hausen, known by her pen name Catherine Paysan, was a French writer. She won the Grand prix de littérature de la SGDL for her lifetime’s writing.

Jean-Paul Kauffmann is a French journalist and writer, a former student of the École supérieure de journalisme de Lille.

Frédéric Mazzella is a French entrepreneur and the founder of BlaBlaCar, an online marketplace for carpools.

Cyril Paglino is a French breakdancer, reality TV personality and IT entrepreneur who has founded and invested in several startup companies.

Jean Léon Marie Delumeau was a French historian specializing in the history of the Catholic Church, and author of several books regarding the subject. He held the Chair of the History of Religious Mentalities (1975–1994) at the Collège de France and was a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres.

Frédéric Courant is a French journalist, well known from the educational TV show C'est pas sorcier that he presented with Jamy Gourmaud and Sabine Quindou and was produced from the channel France 3.

Jessica Lucetta Léone Houara-d'Hommeaux is a French football player who currently plays for French club Olympique Lyon of the Division 1 Féminine.

Bertrand Roiné is a French-born Qatari handball player for Al Ahli and the Qatari national team.

Jérôme Cousin is a French professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Total Direct Énergie.

Jean Victor Arthur Guillou was a French composer, organist, pianist, and pedagogue. Titular Organist at Saint Eustache in Paris, from 1963 to 2015, he was widely known as a composer of instrumental and vocal music focused on the organ, as an improviser, and as an adviser to organ builders. For several decades he held regular master classes in Zurich and in Paris.