List of Famous people born in Occitania, France
André Essel
André Essel was the co-founder of Fnac, originally Fédération nationale d’achats des cadres, or National Purchasing Federation for Middle Managers, alongside Max Théret. He was also an anti-fascist activist and a believer in Trotskyism.
Atmen Kelif
André Maranne
André Maranne was a French-born British actor best known for playing roles in English-language films starting in the mid-1950s.
André Var
André Vinas
Isabelle Blanc
Isabelle Blanc is a French snowboarder and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
Anne Zamberlan
Annie Pujol
Antoine Cartier d'Aure
Viscount Antoine Henri Philippe Léon Cartier d'Aure was a French riding-master, and author of important treatises on dressage. He was écuyer en chef of the Cadre Noir of Saumur, and later to the Emperor of France, Napoléon III. He was made an officer of the Légion d'Honneur in 1849.
Antonin Besse
Antonin Besse (1877-1951) was a French-born businessman based in Aden, where he spent most of his adult life. St Antony's College, Oxford was established in 1950 as a result of a large donation he made to the university.