Notable People
This is a list of people of interest who were born or resided in Poitiers:
- Hilary of Poitiers (c300–367), elected bishop of Poitiers around the year 350, exiled and returned to die there
- Charles Martel, French general who defeated the Muslim Umayyad army in the Battle of Tours in 732
- François Rabelais, Renaissance writer and humanist
- Pope Clement V
- St. Venantius Fortunatus, 6th-century Latin poet and hymnodist and Bishop in the Roman Catholic Church
- Blessed Marie Louise Trichet
- William Longchamp, buried at the abbey of Le Pin, 1197
- René Descartes studied law at the University of Poitiers
- Saint Louis de Montfort
- Michel Aco, the explorer, was born in Poitiers.
- Louis Vierne, organist & composer, eventually at the Notre Dame cathedral, Paris.
- Paul Rougnon, composer and professor at the Conservatoire de Paris
- Camille Guérin, born in Poitiers in 1872, discovered a vaccine against tuberculosis with Albert Calmette in 1924
- Michel Foucault, French philosopher
- Joël Robuchon, born in Poitiers in 1945, French chef and restaurateur
- Brian Joubert, French ice skating champion
- Jean-Pierre Raffarin, French politician and senator for Vienne, former Prime Minister of France (2002–2005)
- Jean-Pierre Thiollet, born in Poitiers in 1956, French author
- Mahyar Monshipour, Ex World Boxing Association Super bantamweight champion in 2003–2006.
- Ribar Baikoua basketball player
- Francis N'Ganga footballer
- Maryse Ewanje-Epee athlete
- Monique Ewanje-Epee athlete
- Yassine Jebbour footballer
- Elsa N'Guessan swimmer
- Simon Pagenaud race car driver
- Bruce Inkango footballer
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