List of Famous people born in Pays de la Loire, France
Narcisse Pelletier
Narcisse Pelletier, born in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie in the Vendée was a French sailor. He was abandoned in 1858 at the age of 14 on the Cape York Peninsula, in Australia, during the dry season. He was discovered and rescued by an Aboriginal family and went on to live with the Uutaalnganu speakers for the next 17 years, until he was found by the crew of the John Bell on 11.
Angélique Roujas
Angélique Roujas is a French former women's international footballer who played as a forward. She was a member of the France women's national football team. She was the general manager of FC Metz from 2014 to 2019.
Gérard Vergnaud
Gérard Vergnaud was a French mathematician, philosopher, educator, and psychologist. He earned his doctorate from the International Center for Genetic Epistemology in Geneva under the supervision of Jean Piaget. Vergnaud was a professor emeritus of the Centre national de la recherche scientifique in Paris, where he was a researcher in mathematics. Among his most significant work has been the development of the Theory of Conceptual Fields, which describes how children develop an understanding of mathematics.
Peter II, Duke of Brittany
Peter II (1418–1457), was Duke of Brittany, Count of Montfort and titular earl of Richmond, from 1450 to his death. He was son of Duke John VI and Joan of France, and a younger brother of Francis I.
Joseph Wresinski
Joseph Wresinski was a French priest and humanitarian activist.
François de La Bouillerie
Édouard Bureau
Louis Édouard Bureau was a French physician and botanist.
Georges de la Falaise
Louis Venant Gabriel Levieux Bailly de La Falaise was a French fencer. He participated in Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the gold medal in the sabre, defeating fellow French fencer Henri Masson in the final. He also participated in Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics but was beaten in the final round, finishing in last place.
René Bazin
René François Nicolas Marie Bazin was a French novelist.