People From Angers
List of people born in Angers- René I of Naples (1409–1480)
- Jean Bodin (1529–1596), philosopher and jurist, author of Six Livres de la République
- Michel Eugène Chevreul, (1786–1889), chemist
- Joseph Louis Proust, (1754–1826), chemist responsible for "Proust's law"
- Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, (1788–1856), sculptor
- Prosper Ménière (1799–1862), physician
- Édouard Cointreau, (1849–1923), creator of the "Cointreau" orange-flavoured liquor
- René Bazin (1853–1932), writer and educator
- Fernand Charron (1866–1921), one of the first cars constructors (Octave Mirbeau dedicated to Charron La 628-E8, 1907).
- André Bazin (1918–1958), critic of the French New Wave
- Hervé Bazin (1911–1996), writer
- Henri Dutilleux (born 1916), composer
- Joseph Wresinski (born 1917), humanitarian activist
- Paul Poupard (born 1930), Roman Catholic cardinal
- Jacques Loussier (born 1934), composer and jazz pianist
- Francis Le Jau, (1665–1717), Anglican missionary to West Indies and South Carolina, worked for the humane treatment of slaves.
- Nicolas Mahut (born 1982), tennis player
- Juliana Mialoundama, basketball player
- Eriq Ebouaney (Born 1967), actor
- Valerie Trierweiler (Born 1965), political journalist and domestic partner of François Hollande, the 24th President of the French Republic.
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