List of Famous people born in Occitania, France

Daniel Congré is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender, most recently for Ligue 1 club Montpellier. He can operate all across defence, although he is most adept at centre-back. He is noted for his pace.

Hugo Bonneval is a French rugby union player. He is the son of Eric Bonneval, another international French rugby player and the brother of Arthur Bonneval. His position is Fullback and he currently plays for Toulon in the Top 14.

Alain Bertrand was a French politician. Born in Saint-Juéry, Tarn, he was originally a member of the Socialist Party before switching to LREM. At the time of his death, Bertrand had served as the Senate's representative of the Lozère department since 2012. He was mayor of Mende, Lozère from 2008 to 2016. He also previously served as the vice-president of the regional council of Languedoc-Roussillon from 2004 to 2011.

Roger Fite was a French rugby union player.

Pascal Payet is a French criminal who has gained notoriety for his daring prison escapes using hijacked helicopters. He was initially sentenced to a 30-year jail term for a murder committed during the robbery of a security van in 1997.

Aymeline Valade is a French model and actress.

Maïva Hamadouche is a French professional boxer and police officer who held the IBF female super-featherweight title from 2016 to November 2021. At regional level, she held the French female lightweight title in 2014 and the European female lightweight title in 2015. As of September 2020, she is ranked as the world's best active female junior-lightweight by The Ring and second BoxRec.

Jean Lannes, 1st Duke of Montebello, Prince of Siewierz, was a French military commander and a Marshal of the Empire who served during both the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one of Napoleon's most daring and talented generals, and is regarded by many as one of history's greatest military commanders. Napoleon once commented on Lannes: "I found him a pygmy and left him a giant". A personal friend of the emperor, he was allowed to address him with the familiar tu, as opposed to the formal vous.

Guy Hubert Georges Lacombe is a French former professional footballer and manager.

François Fortassin was a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. He represented the Hautes-Pyrénées department and was a secretary of the Senate and a member of the Radical Party of the Left.