List of Famous people born in Occitania, France
Antonin Mercié
Marius Jean Antonin Mercié, was a French sculptor and painter.
Georges Rouquier
Georges Rouquier was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. He worked principally on documentary films, and his best-known work is Farrebique (1947) a lyrical evocation of farming life in Aveyron.
Sandy Vee
Sandy Julien Wilhelm better known by his stage name Sandy Vee, is a French music producer and songwriter. He gained much commercial and critical recognition for co-producing Rihanna's "Only Girl ", Katy Perry's “Firework”, and 8 songs on the David Guetta album One Love. He originally played bass in a variety of jazz, rock, and punk bands before gaining exposure to the underground DJ scene in France. He currently resides in New York City.
Germinal Peiro
Germinal Peiro was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented Dordogne's 4th constituency from 1997 to 2017 as a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.
Jean-Paul Ney
Claude Azéma
Claude Azéma was a French Roman Catholic prelate. He was auxiliary bishop of Montpellier from 2003 to 2018. He was born in Vailhauquès.
Olivier Norek
Olivier Norek is a French writer of crime fiction. He was born in Toulouse in 1975. He served as an aid worker in Guyana and the former Yugoslavia. He became a policeman, serving for 18 years and eventually rising to the rank of captain in the Seine-Saint-Denis district.
Henri Bosc
Fabre d'Églantine
Philippe François Nazaire Fabre d'Églantine, commonly known as Fabre d'Églantine, was a French actor, dramatist, poet, and politician of the French Revolution.