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People from Poitou

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François Viète

French mathematician (*1540 – †1603)

Madame de Montespan

French noble, mistress of Louis XIV; (1640-1707)

Antoine Gombaud

French writer and mathematician

Théophraste Renaudot

French newspaper publisher and historian

Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse

Grandmother of George II of Great Britain and great-grandmother of Frederick the Great

French singing master, theorbist and composer

Catherine de Parthenay

French noblewoman (1554–1631)

Scévole de Sainte-Marthe

Gaspard de Bernard de Marigny

Gabrielle de Rochechouart de Mortemart

Marquise de Caylus

Charles-Jean-Marie Alquier

French lawyer, judge, politician and diplomat of the 18th and 19th centuries, deputy of the Third Estate in the Estates-General of 1789 (1752–1826)

Barnabé Brisson

French jurist, politician and humanist (1531-1591)

Marquis de St Ruth

French general (c. 1650-1691)

Philippe Goibaut

French translator

Charles Aimé de Royrand

French military personnel

French dramatist

French artist (1762-1801)

Scévole de Sainte-Marthe

French historian

Louis Charles du Chaffault de Besné

French Navy officer of the 18th century