List of Famous people born in Occitania, France

Gérald Passi

First Name Gérald
Last Name Passi
Born in France, Occitania
Height 174 cm | 5'9

Gérald Passi is a French former footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Jacques Verdier

Jacques Pierre Jean Marie Verdier
First Name Jacques
Last Name Verdier
Born on October 10, 1957
Died on December 15, 2018 (aged 61)
Born in France, Occitania

Jacques Verdier was a French sports journalist and writer for Midi Olympique.

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Vincent Auriol

Vincent Jules Auriol
First Name Vincent
Last Name Auriol
Born on August 27, 1884
Died on January 1, 1966 (aged 81)
Born in France, Occitania

Vincent Jules Auriol was a French politician who served as President of France from 1947 to 1954.

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Brigitte Barèges

Brigitte Taurines
First Name Brigitte
Born on May 1, 1953 (age 73)
Born in France, Occitania

Brigitte Barèges is a member of the National Assembly of France. She represents the Tarn-et-Garonne department, The Republicans.

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Raoul Salan

Raoul Albin Louis Salan
First Name Raoul
Last Name Salan
Born on June 10, 1899
Died on July 3, 1984 (aged 85)
Born in France, Occitania

Raoul Albin Louis Salan was a French Army general. He served as the fourth French commanding general during the First Indochina War. He was one of four generals who organized the 1961 Algiers Putsch operation. He was the founder of the Organisation armée secrète and the most decorated soldier in the French Army at the end of his military career.

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Gaëlle Skrela

First Name Gaëlle
Born on January 24, 1983 (age 43)
Born in France, Occitania
Height 177 cm | 5'10

Gaëlle Skrela is a retired French basketball player for Basket Lattes and the French national team, where she participated at the 2014 FIBA World Championship. In 2016 she represented France at the 2016 Summer Olympics where her team lost 67-86 to the United States. She retired from basketball soon after the end of the Olympic games.

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Sarah Maldoror

Marguerite Sarah Ducados
First Name Sarah
Last Name Maldoror
Born on July 19, 1929
Died on April 13, 2020 (aged 90)
Born in France, Occitania

Sarah Maldoror was a French filmmaker of French West Indies descent. She is best known for her feature film Sambizanga (1972) on the 1961–1974 war in Angola.

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Georges Séguy

First Name Georges
Last Name Séguy
Born on March 16, 1927
Died on August 13, 2016 (aged 89)
Born in France, Occitania

Georges Séguy was a French trade union leader.

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Anthony Jelonch

First Name Anthony
Last Name Jelonch
Born on July 28, 1996 (age 30)
Born in France, Occitania

Anthony Jelonch is a French rugby union flanker and he currently plays for Castres Olympique.

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Alain Guiraudie

First Name Alain
Born on July 15, 1964 (age 62)
Born in France, Occitania

Alain Guiraudie is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed ten mostly LGBT-related films since 1990. He is openly gay.

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