List of Famous people born in Pays de la Loire, France
Nicolas Touzaint
Nicolas Touzaint is a French professional horserider specialising in three-day eventing. He was born into a family already known for its performance in equestrianism: his father, Jean-Yves Touzaint, was champion of France eventing in 1975 and 1976. His uncle, Thierry Touzaint, is a national coach in the same discipline.
René of Anjou
René of Anjou was Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence from 1434 to 1480, who also reigned as King of Naples as René I from 1435 to 1442. Having spent his last years in Aix-en-Provence, he is known in France as the Good King René.
Laura Tanguy
Laura Tanguy is a French beauty pageant contestant who was elected second runner-up of Miss France 2008. She is the back of the Miss France 2008 under Valérie Bègue for all official representations alongside Geneviève de Fontenay, as well as for the regional elections qualifiers Miss France 2009, and in elections international Miss World and Miss Universe to recall Valérie Bègue has emerged his private suggestive photos in a magazine in scandal, two weeks after her coronation.
Sereine Mauborgne
Sereine Mauborgne is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing Var's 4th constituency in the department of Var.
Sophie Errante
Sophie Errante is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2012 elections, representing the department of Loire-Atlantique, first as a socialist, and then from the 2017 elections, as an LREM member.
Raymonde Dien
Raymonde Dien was a French communist activist. She became known for being imprisoned during ten months in 1950 after a protest against the Indochina war.
May Picqueray
Marie Jeanne Picqueray, known as May Picqueray, was an anarchist activist, trade unionist, and notable pacifist.
Claire Supiot
Claire Supiot is a French swimmer. She competed in the women's 200 metre butterfly at the 1988 Summer Olympics and won silver medal in the 400 m freestyle event at the 1987 Mediterranean Games.
Michel Besnier
Michel Besnier (1928–2000) was a French heir and businessman. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Besnier Group, later known as Lactalis.
Odile Decq
Odile Decq is a French architect, urban planner and academic. She is the founder of the Paris firm, Studio Odile Decq and the architecture school, Confluence Institute. Decq is known for her unique, self-described goth appearance and style.