List of Famous people born in Occitania, France
Clement IV
Pope Clement IV, born Gui Foucois and also known as Guy le Gros, was bishop of Le Puy (1257–1260), archbishop of Narbonne (1259–1261), cardinal of Sabina (1261–1265), and bishop of Rome from 5 February 1265 until his death. His election as pope occurred at a conclave held at Perugia that lasted four months while cardinals argued over whether to call in Charles I of Anjou, the youngest brother of Louis IX of France, to carry on the papal war against the Hohenstaufens. Pope Clement was a patron of Thomas Aquinas and of Roger Bacon, encouraging Bacon in the writing of his Opus Majus, which included important treatises on optics and the scientific method.
Pascal Baills
Pascal Baills is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender. He won one cap for the French national team.
Alain Fauré
Alain Fauré was a French politician who served as a Deputy for Ariège's 2nd constituency in the National Assembly of France from 2012 to 2017 and as Mayor of Les Pujols from 2001 to 2014.
Dieudonné de Gozon
Dieudonné de Gozon was the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes from 1346 to 1353. He was born to a noble family in Languedoc, France. He carried the nickname Extinctor Draconis which means "The Dragon Slayer" in Latin.
Alain Portes
Alain Portes is a French handball player and coach, who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics. He coaches the Algerian national team, and have formerly coached the Tunisian national team and France women's national team.
Élie Cester
Élie Cester was a French rugby union player who played at lock for the France national rugby union team.
Gwendoline Philippe
Gwendoline Philippe is a French karateka. In 2019, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus. In the semi-finals she lost against Tjaša Ristić of Slovenia.
Didier Auriol
Didier Auriol is a French former rally driver. Born in Montpellier, and initially an ambulance driver, he competed in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1990s. He became World Rally Champion in 1994, the first driver from his country to do so. He was a factory candidate for Lancia, Toyota and Peugeot among others, before losing his seat at Škoda at the end of 2003. His sister Nadine was also involved in rallying as a co-driver.
Pierre Maguelon
Pierre Maguelon was a French actor.
Émilie Simon
Émilie Simon is a French singer, songwriter and composer of electronic music.