List of Famous people born in Réunion, France

Dimitri Payet

First Name Dimitri
Last Name Payet
Born on March 29, 1987 (age 37)
Born in France, Réunion
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Dimitri Payet is a French professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Olympique de Marseille and the France national team. A set-piece specialist, known for his accurate, bending free kicks, he primarily plays as an attacking midfielder, and is described as a player who is "blessed with terrific technique and dribbling skills".

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Michel Houellebecq

Michel Thomas
First Name Michel
Last Name Houellebecq
Born in France, Réunion

Michel Houellebecq ; born Michel Thomas; 26 February 1956 or 1958) is a French author, known for his novels, poems and essays, as well as an occasional actor, filmmaker and singer.

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Roland Garros

Eugène Adrien Roland Georges Garros
First Name Roland
Last Name Garros
Born on October 6, 1888
Died on October 5, 1918 (aged 29)
Born in France, Réunion

Eugène Adrien Roland Georges Garros was a French pioneering aviator and fighter pilot during World War I and early days of aviation. In 1928, the Roland Garros tennis stadium was named in his memory; the French Open tennis tournament takes the name of Roland-Garros from the stadium in which it is held.

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Alice Pol

First Name Alice
Last Name Pol
Born on December 3, 1982 (age 41)
Born in France, Réunion
Height 172 cm | 5'8

Alice Pol is a French actress. She is known for playing the role of Anna Zvenka in Supercondriaque.

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Valérie Bègue

First Name Valérie
Last Name Bègue
Born on September 26, 1985 (age 38)
Born in France, Réunion
Height 174 cm | 5'9

Valérie Bègue is a French reality television personality and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss France 2008, representing Réunion island, an overseas department of France located in the Indian Ocean. Bègue is the first Miss France from Réunion island since Monique Uldaric, who was elected in 1976.

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Manu Payet

Emmanuel Xavier Payet
First Name Manu
Last Name Payet
Born on December 22, 1975 (age 48)
Born in France, Réunion

Emmanuel "Manu" Payet is a French comedian, actor, filmmaker and radio host.

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Ludovic Ajorque

First Name Ludovic
Born on February 25, 1994 (age 30)
Born in France, Réunion
Height 197 cm | 6'6

Ludovic Ajorque is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Strasbourg.

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Edmond Albius

First Name Edmond
Last Name Albius
Born on August 9, 1829
Died on August 9, 1880 (aged 51)
Born in France, Réunion

Edmond Albius was a horticulturalist from Réunion. Born into slavery, Albius became an important figure in the cultivation of vanilla. At the age of 12, he invented a technique for pollinating vanilla orchids quickly and profitably. Albius' technique revolutionized the cultivation of vanilla and made it possible to profitably grow vanilla beans away from their native Mexico.

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Valérie Gauvin

First Name Valérie
Last Name Gauvin
Born on June 1, 1996 (age 27)
Born in France, Réunion

Valérie Marie Christelle Gauvin is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Everton in the FA Women's Super League and for the French national team. She was born in Sainte-Clotilde on the island of Réunion.

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Guillaume Hoarau

First Name Guillaume
Last Name Hoarau
Born on March 5, 1984 (age 40)
Born in France, Réunion
Height 192 cm | 6'4

Guillaume Hoarau is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Swiss club Sion.

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