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

Étienne-Alexandre Bernier or Abbé Bernier was a French religious figure and Royalist politician during the French Revolution.

Robert Hersant was a French newspaper magnate. He was a leader in the pro-Nazi youth movement during the Vichy wartime years, but after prison time built a major newspaper empire and engaged in conservative politics. At the time of his death he operated 40 publications and employed 8,000 people, but failed in his leap into television.

Victor Claude Alexandre Fanneau de La Horie was a French general, conspirator against Napoleon, and godfather of Victor Hugo.

Auguste Émile Faguet was a French author and literary critic.

Roland Berland is a former French racing cyclist. He won the French national road race title in 1972 and 1979.

Gérard Souzay was a French baritone, regarded as one of the very finest interpreters of mélodie in the generation after Charles Panzéra and Pierre Bernac.