Heaven On Earth, French Polynesia

• Jacques Brel (1929–1978), Belgian musician, lived in French Polynesia near the end of his life
• Paul Gauguin (1848–1903), French impressionist painter, spent the last years of his life in French Polynesia
• Pouvanaa a Oopa (1895–1977), Politician and Tahitian nationalist
• Henri Hiro (1944–1991), Film director & script writer, poet, ecologist, activist