Notable People
- Jacques Brel (1929–1978), Belgian musician, lived in French Polynesia near the end of his life
- Jean Gabilou, singer (born 1944), represented France in the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest
- Paul Gauguin (1848–1903), French impressionist painter, spent the last years of his life in French Polynesia
- Maréva Georges, model, former Miss Tahiti 1990 and Miss France 1991
- Pouvāna'a 'Ō'opa (1895–1977), Politician and Tahitian nationalist
- Henri Hiro (1944–1991), Film director and script writer, poet, ecologist, activist
- Ella Koon, model (born 1979)
- Marco Namouro, writer (1889–1968)
- Fabrice Santoro, tennis professional (born 1972)
- Marama Vahirua, footballer, cousin of Pascal Vahirua (born 1980)
- Pascal Vahirua, former French international footballer (born 1966)
- Célestine Hitiura Vaite, writer (born 1966)
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