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

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is a French professional tennis player. A member of the Tennis Club de Paris (TCP), Tsonga's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 5, which he achieved in February 2012.

Jacline Mouraud is a French activist credited as being one of the founders of the yellow vest movement. She rose to national attention as a result of a viral Facebook video she posted in October 2018 about France's proposed eco-tax to which she was opposed. Mouraud quickly found herself on regional and national television debating French MPs. Mouraud slowly became a divisive figure in the movement, being criticized by other yellow vest activists including Priscilla Ludosky and Eric Drouet, and the French media who have accused her of sharing of "fake news".

Matthieu Orphelin is a French politician who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing Maine-et-Loire.

Sylvie Tellier, is a French model, beauty queen and the National Director of Miss France. Previously, she was elected Miss Lyon 2001, and Miss France 2002.

Mohamed Sylla, better known by his stage name MHD, is a French rapper from Paris, who is known for blending trap music with music of West Africa; a genre he coined as "Afro Trap". He was previously part of the rap collective 1.9 Réseaux.

Gilles de Rais, Baron de Rais, was a knight and lord from Brittany, Anjou and Poitou, a leader in the French army, and a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc. He is best known for his reputation and later conviction as a confessed serial killer of children.

Caroline Vigneaux,, is a lawyer, secretary of the internship conference, who became a humorist in 2009.

Fanny Marguerite Judith Ardant is a French actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two César Awards and a Lumières Award.

Fernande Grudet, also known as Madame Claude, was a French brothel keeper. In the 1960s, she was the head of a French network of call girls who worked especially for dignitaries and civil servants.

François Henri Goullet de Rugy is a French politician who served as President of the National Assembly from 2017 to 2018, and Ecology Minister from 2018 to 2019.