List of Famous people born in Occitania, France

Jean-Pierre Michel was a member of the Senate of France, representing the Haute-Saône department from 2004 to 2014. He was a member of the Socialist Party. In 2014 he ran for a second term, but lost by a 57%-34% margin to Alain Joyandet and by a 60%-34% margin to mayor Michel Raison.

Patrick Vignal is a French politician representing La République En Marche!. He was re-elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the department of Hérault. He was originally elected in 2012 as a member of the Socialist Party.

Robert Bru was a French rugby union coach.

Joseph Monier was a French gardener and one of the principal inventors of reinforced concrete.

Fabien Pelous is a retired French rugby union footballer. A lock who also occasionally played as a number eight and flanker, he played the bulk of his professional career for Stade Toulousain, and is the all-time leader in appearances for the French national team. He retired as the most-capped lock for any nation in rugby history, with 100 of his 118 France appearances at that position, a record later broken by South Africa's Victor Matfield. Pelous was inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame in 2017.

Renée Doria was a French opera singer, one of the leading lyric coloratura sopranos of her era in France.

Alexandre Geniez is a French professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Total Direct Énergie.

David Skrela is a former French rugby union footballer. He most notably played for Stade Français and Toulouse in the Top 14 aswell as the French national side as a fly-half or centre. He was renowned for his tackles and his kicking skills.

Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre was a French naturalist, entomologist, and author known for the lively style of his popular books on the lives of insects.

Didier Quillot is a French businessman, and a former Chief Executive of Orange France, and since 2016 the Chief Executive of France's Ligue de Football Professionnel.