List of Famous people born in Occitania, France
Julien Lyneel
Julien Lyneel is a French volleyball player, member of the France men's national volleyball team, 2015 European Champion, gold medallist of the World League.
Wenceslas Lauret
Wenceslas Lauret is a rugby union footballer, who currently plays for Racing 92 in the Top 14 French league. His usual position is flanker, but he can also play Lock.
Charles de Freycinet
Charles Louis de Saulces de Freycinet was a French statesman and four times Prime Minister during the Third Republic. He also served an important term as Minister of War (1888–93). He belonged to the Opportunist Republicans faction.
Jérémy Clément
Jérémy Clément is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his career with two clubs, Paris Saint-Germain and AS Saint-Étienne.
Sébastien Portal
Sébastien Portal is a French professional road bicycle racer. He is the brother of the late racing cyclist and directeur sportif Nicolas Portal.
Jean-Baptiste Del Amo
Jean-Baptiste Del Amo is a French writer.
Bérenger Saunière
François-Bérenger Saunière was a Roman Catholic priest in the French village of Rennes-le-Château, in the Aude region, officially from 1885 until he was transferred to another village in 1909 by his bishop. He declined this nomination and subsequently resigned. From 1909 until his death in 1917 he was a non-stipendiary Free Priest, and who from 1910 celebrated Mass at an altar constructed in a special conservatory by his Villa Bethania. Saunière's refusal to leave Rennes-le-Château to continue his priesthood in another parish incurred permanent suspension. The epitaph on Saunière's original 1917 gravestone read "priest of Rennes-le-Château 1885-1917".
Matthis Lebel
Matthis Lebel is a French rugby union wing who currently plays for Stade Toulousain in the Top 14.
Bruno Madaule
Bruno Madaule was a French comic book author. He graduated from the École d'Architecture de Toulouse in 1988. He died on 13 September 2020 from cancer.
Henry de Monfreid
Henry de Monfreid was a French adventurer and author. Born in Leucate, Aude, France, he was the son of artist painter Georges-Daniel de Monfreid and knew Paul Gauguin as a child.