List of Famous people born in Occitania, France

Billal Bennama

First Name Billal
Born on June 14, 1998 (age 27)
Born in France, Occitania

Billal Bennama is a French boxer.

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Romain Grau

First Name Romain
Last Name Grau
Born on June 21, 1974 (age 51)
Born in France, Occitania

Romain Grau is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since 18 June 2017, representing the department of Pyrénées-Orientales.

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Laurent Pionnier

First Name Laurent
Last Name Pionnier
Born on May 24, 1982 (age 43)
Born in France, Occitania
Height 184 cm | 6'0

Laurent Pionnier is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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Claude Fagedet

Claude Raymond Pierre Fagedet
First Name Claude
Last Name Fagedet
Born on March 31, 1928
Died on June 26, 2017 (aged 89)
Born in France, Occitania

Claude Fagedet was a French photographer. He took many photographs of Occitanie, including his hometown of Narbonne and the chalets in Gruissan. He also took photographs on his many trips abroad. He was awarded the Meilleur Ouvrier de France.

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Jean-Luc Sassus

First Name Jean-Luc
Born on October 4, 1962
Died on May 22, 2015 (aged 52)
Born in France, Occitania

Jean-Luc Sassus was a French international footballer who played as a defender. He died of a heart attack on 22 May 2015.

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Yvan Lachaud

First Name Yvan
Born on March 4, 1954 (age 72)
Born in France, Occitania

Yvan Lachaud is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Gard department, and is a member of the New Centre.

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Étienne Terrus

First Name Étienne
Last Name Terrus
Born on September 21, 1857
Died on June 22, 1922 (aged 64)
Born in France, Occitania

Étienne Joseph Mathieu Terrus was a French painter from Roussillon.

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François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers

First Name François-Paul
Born on February 12, 1753
Died on August 1, 1798 (aged 45)
Born in France, Occitania

François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, Comte de Brueys was a French naval officer who fought in the American War of Independence and as a commander in the French Revolutionary Wars. He led the French fleet in the Mediterranean campaign of 1798 until his death at the Battle of the Nile, at the rank of Vice-Admiral. He was also a Freemason in the La Bonne Foi lodge at Montauban.

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Pierre Picaud

First Name Pierre
Last Name Picaud
Born on May 2, 1780
Died on November 30, 1814 (aged 34)
Born in France, Occitania

Pierre Picaud was a 19th-century shoemaker in Nîmes, France who may have been the basis for the character of Edmond Dantès in Alexandre Dumas, père's 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo.

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Louis-Sébastien Lenormand

First Name Louis-Sébastien
Born on May 25, 1757
Died on April 4, 1837 (aged 79)
Born in France, Occitania

Louis-Sébastien Lenormand was a French chemist, physicist, inventor, and a pioneer in parachuting.

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