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

Octave Hamelin was a French philosopher. He taught as a professor at the University of Bordeaux (1884-) and the University of Sorbonne (1905-). Hamelin was a close friend of the sociologist Émile Durkheim, with whom he shared an interest in the French philosopher Charles Renouvier. He is also known as a translator of classical Greek philosophers.

Frédéric-Alfred-Pierre, comte de Falloux was a French politician and author, famous for having given his name to two laws on education, favoring private Catholic teaching.

Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan was a French aristocrat, soldier, poet, dramatist and (original) member of the Académie française.

Émile Laboureur, known as Jean Émile was a French painter, designer, engraver, watercolorist, lithographer, and illustrator.

François-Marie-Benjamin Richard de la Vergne was a French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and served as the Archbishop of Paris.