People
Niort was the birthplace of:
- Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon (1635–1719), second wife of Louis XIV
- Jacques Antoine Marie de Liniers et Brémond (Santiago Antonio María de Liniers y Bremond) (1753–1810), Spanish Viceroy in the Río de la Plata
- Louis-Marcelin, marquis de Fontanes (1757–1821), poet and politician
- Montaubry (1826–98), tenor associated with opéra comique and operetta
- Mamadou Camara footballer
- Henri-Georges Clouzot (1904–1977), film director
- Julien N'Da footballer
- Aurelien Capoue footballer
- Etienne Capoue footballer
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