List of Famous people born in Occitania, France
Mathieu Madénian
Mathieu Madénian is a French comedian, actor and columnist.
Fabien Galthié
Fabien Galthié is a French rugby union coach and former player, he is currently the head coach of the French national team. His usual position was at scrum-half. He played much of his club rugby for Colomiers, and later on in his career, Stade Français. Galthié won 64 caps for France, including four Rugby World Cup appearances, as well as captaining the side at the 2003 World Cup. Former France national coach Bernard Laporte has described him as the greatest scrum-half in French history. He was the IRB International Player of the Year in 2002.
Richard Ferrand
Richard Ferrand is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as President of the National Assembly since 2018. He has been the member of the National Assembly for Finistère's 6th constituency since 2012. A longtime member of the Socialist Party, he was the General Secretary LREM from October 2016 and became the leader of the party's group of the National Assembly in June 2017.
Alexis Corbière
Alexis Corbière is a French politician representing La France Insoumise. He was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the department of Seine-Saint-Denis. He is also the spokesperson for the FI and the party's leader, Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
Audrey Lamy
Audrey Lamy is a French actress. She is the sister of the actress Alexandra Lamy.
Marie-Sophie Lacarrau
Marie-Sophie Lacarrau is a French journalist and TV presenter.
Alexandra Rosenfeld
Alexandra Rosenfeld was elected Miss France in 2006. Representing the region of Languedoc, she succeeded Cindy Fabre as the 77th Miss France on 3 December 2005.
Carole Delga
Carole Delga is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has been serving as the President of Occitanie since 2016.
Laurent Jalabert
Laurent Jalabert is a French former professional road racing cyclist, from 1989 to 2002.
Ferdinand Foch
Ferdinand Foch was a French general and military theorist who served as the Supreme Allied Commander during the First World War. An aggressive, even reckless commander at the First Marne, Flanders and Artois campaigns of 1914–1916, Foch became the Allied Commander-in-Chief in late March 1918 in the face of the all-out German spring offensive, which pushed the Allies back using fresh soldiers and new tactics that trenches could not contain. He successfully coordinated the French, British and American efforts into a coherent whole, deftly handling his strategic reserves. He stopped the German offensive and launched a war-winning counterattack. In November 1918, Marshal Foch accepted the German cessation of hostilities and was present at the Armistice of 11 November 1918.