List of Famous people born in Occitania, France
Maurice Bouval
Maurice Bouval (1863–1916) was a French sculptor of the Art Nouveau period.
Étienne Leenhardt
Étienne Leenhardt at Montpellier, in the department of Hérault, is a French TV host, journalist, editor, and executive. Beginning March 2004, Étienne was Deputy Director of Information for France 2. From September 2008 to the end of 2015, he was the presenter of the magazine Un œil sur la planète before going to Samah Soula.
Ramon Berenguer III
Ramon Berenguer III the Great was the count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona from 1086, Besalú from 1111, Cerdanya from 1117, and count of Provence in the Holy Roman Empire, from 1112, all until his death in Barcelona in 1131. As Ramon Berenguer I, he was Count of Provence in right of his wife.
Bonne of Armagnac
Bonne of Armagnac was the eldest daughter of Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac and Constable of France, and his wife Bonne of Berry.
Bénédicte Taurine
Bénédicte Taurine is a French politician representing la France Insoumise. She was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the department of Ariège.
Olivier Gaillard
Olivier Gaillard is a French politician representing La République En Marche! (LREM). He was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the 5th constituency of the department of Gard.
Ferdinand of Majorca
Ferdinand of Majorca was an infante of the Kingdom of Majorca; he was born at Perpignan, the third son of King James II. He was Viscount of Aumelas and Lord of Frontignan from 1311 and claimed the title of Prince of Achaea from 1315.
Francisco de Paula de Borbón y Castellví
Francisco de Paula de Borbón y Castellví was a younger son of the controversial Infante Enrique, Duke of Seville, grandson of Charles IV of Spain and younger brother of Francisco de Asís, Duke of Cádiz, king consort of Isabella II of Spain. Despite his family ties, Francisco was never entitled Infante of Spain due to the unequal marriage of his parents, which did not receive approval from Queen Isabella II.
Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases
Emmanuel-Augustin-Dieudonné-Joseph, comte de Las Cases was a French atlas-maker and author, famed for an admiring book about Napoleon, Le Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène.
Louis Gabriel Ambroise de Bonald
Louis Gabriel Ambroise, Vicomte de Bonald, was a French counter-revolutionary philosopher and politician. He is mainly remembered for developing a theoretical framework from which French sociology would emerge.