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

Louis III of Naples

First Name Louis
Last Name Naples
Born on September 25, 1403
Died on November 12, 1434 (aged 31)

Louis III was a claimant to the Kingdom of Naples from 1417 to 1426, as well as count of Provence, Forcalquier, Piedmont, and Maine and duke of Anjou from 1417 to 1434. As the heir designate to the throne of Naples, he was duke of Calabria from 1426 to 1434.

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Phia Ménard

First Name Phia
Born on February 11, 1971 (age 55)

Phia Ménard is a French juggler, performance artist, and director.

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Catherine Dolto

Catherine Marie Dolto
First Name Catherine
Last Name Dolto
Born on August 5, 1946 (age 79)
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Eriq Ebouaney

First Name Eriq
Born on October 3, 1967 (age 58)
Height 186 cm | 6'1

Eriq Ebouaney is a French actor. He is best known for his portrayal as the Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba in the 2000 film Lumumba, as "Blacktie" in Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale and as "Ice" in the 2008 action film Transporter 3 in which he starred opposite Jason Statham.

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Claire Gibault

First Name Claire
Last Name Gibault
Born on October 31, 1945 (age 80)

Claire Gibault is a French conductor and politician and a Member of the European Parliament for the south-east of France. She is a member of the Union for French Democracy, which is part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education and its Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.

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Sandra Gomis

First Name Sandra
Last Name Gomis
Born on November 21, 1983 (age 42)

Sandra Gomis is a French track and field athlete who specialises in the 100 metres hurdles.

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Sophie Berthelot

Sophie Caroline Niaudet
First Name Sophie
Last Name Berthelot
Born on February 17, 1837
Died on March 18, 1907 (aged 70)

Sophie Caroline Berthelot became the first woman to be interred in the Panthéon, alongside her husband Marcellin Berthelot. She was the only woman interred in the Panthéon until Marie Curie almost a century later in 1995.

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Bertrand de Villiers

Bertrand Le Jolis de Villiers de Saintignon
First Name Bertrand
Last Name Villiers
Born on July 26, 1950 (age 75)
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Dominique Catta

Dominique Marie Catta
First Name Dominique
Last Name Catta
Born on November 15, 1926
Died on August 18, 2018 (aged 91)
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Françoise de Lorraine

First Name Françoise
Last Name Lorraine
Born on October 31, 1592
Died on September 8, 1669 (aged 76)

Françoise of Lorraine was a princess of Lorraine and daughter-in-law of Henry IV of France. Sometimes known as Françoise de Mercœur, she belonged to the Mercœur cadet branch of the sovereign Dukes of Lorraine and was a niece of Louise of Lorraine, wife of the previous King Henry III. Françoise was the heiress of her father and, as such, was the Duchess of Mercœur and Penthièvre suo jure.

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