List of Famous people born in Occitania, France
Valentin Rosier
Valentin André Henri Rosier is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Turkish club Beşiktaş, on loan from Sporting CP.
Céline Dumerc
Céline Dumerc is a French professional basketball player. She was named the FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year in 2012, and the French Player of the Year in 2017.
Cali
Bruno Caliciuri, better known as Cali, is a French singer-songwriter.
Liassine Cadamuro
Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba is an Algerian professional footballer who plays for French club Athlético Marseille. A versatile defender, he can operate as a right back, central defender or left back.
Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès
Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès, Duke of Parma, was a French nobleman, lawyer and statesman during the French Revolution and the First Empire. He is best remembered as one of the authors of the Napoleonic Code, which still forms the basis of French civil law and French-inspired civil law in many countries.
Sim
Sim was a French humourist, writer and comedian.
Benjamin Bonzi
Benjamin Bonzi is a French tennis player. Bonzi has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 115 achieved on 3 May 2021. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 149 achieved on 12 October 2020.
Jacques Brunel
Jacques Brunel is a French rugby union coach and former player. He was most recently the French national team head coach, having previously been assistant coach for his nation and had led the Italian national team between 2011 and 2016. Brunel, who has spent most of his career in France, formally coached his former team Auch, as well as Bordeaux Bègles, Colomiers, Pau and Perpignan.
Étienne Fabre
Étienne Fabre was a French cyclist.
Walter Spanghero
Walter Spanghero is a former French rugby union footballer. His father, Ferruccio Dante Spanghero, emigrated from Friuli, arriving in France in the 1930s to make a living as a bricklayer. He was a part of the French national team which won the 1968 Grand Slam in the Five Nations. He was also a part of the French side which won the Five Nations in 1967 and 1973. He played for France over 50 times. He played at number 8, lock and flanker. He famously had a very stormy relationship with his brother, Claude, who was also an international rugby player for France.