List of Famous people born in Occitania, France
Gérald Passi
Gérald Passi is a French former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Jacques Verdier
Jacques Verdier was a French sports journalist and writer for Midi Olympique.
Vincent Auriol
Vincent Jules Auriol was a French politician who served as President of France from 1947 to 1954.
Brigitte Barèges
Brigitte Barèges is a member of the National Assembly of France. She represents the Tarn-et-Garonne department, The Republicans.
Raoul Salan
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.
Gaëlle Skrela
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.
Sarah Maldoror
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.
Georges Séguy
Georges Séguy was a French trade union leader.
Anthony Jelonch
Anthony Jelonch is a French rugby union flanker and he currently plays for Castres Olympique.
Alain Guiraudie
Alain Guiraudie is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed ten mostly LGBT-related films since 1990. He is openly gay.