List of Famous people born in Réunion, France

Dimitri Payet is a French professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Olympique de Marseille and the France national team. A set-piece specialist, known for his accurate, bending free kicks, he primarily plays as an attacking midfielder, and is described as a player who is "blessed with terrific technique and dribbling skills".

Michel Houellebecq ; born Michel Thomas; 26 February 1956 or 1958) is a French author, known for his novels, poems and essays, as well as an occasional actor, filmmaker and singer.

Eugène Adrien Roland Georges Garros was a French pioneering aviator and fighter pilot during World War I and early days of aviation. In 1928, the Roland Garros tennis stadium was named in his memory; the French Open tennis tournament takes the name of Roland-Garros from the stadium in which it is held.

Alice Pol is a French actress. She is known for playing the role of Anna Zvenka in Supercondriaque.

Valérie Bègue is a French reality television personality and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss France 2008, representing Réunion island, an overseas department of France located in the Indian Ocean. Bègue is the first Miss France from Réunion island since Monique Uldaric, who was elected in 1976.

Emmanuel "Manu" Payet is a French comedian, actor, filmmaker and radio host.

Ludovic Ajorque is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Strasbourg.

Edmond Albius was a horticulturalist from Réunion. Born into slavery, Albius became an important figure in the cultivation of vanilla. At the age of 12, he invented a technique for pollinating vanilla orchids quickly and profitably. Albius' technique revolutionized the cultivation of vanilla and made it possible to profitably grow vanilla beans away from their native Mexico.

Valérie Marie Christelle Gauvin is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Everton in the FA Women's Super League and for the French national team. She was born in Sainte-Clotilde on the island of Réunion.

Guillaume Hoarau is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Swiss club Sion.