List of Famous people born in Occitania, France
Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse
Raymond IV, sometimes called Raymond of Saint-Gilles or Raymond I of Tripoli, was a powerful noble in southern France and one of the leaders of the First Crusade (1096–99). He was the Count of Toulouse, Duke of Narbonne and Margrave of Provence from 1094, and he spent the last five years of his life establishing the County of Tripoli in the Near East.
Louis Darquier de Pellepoix
Louis Darquier, better known under his assumed name Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, was Commissioner-General for Jewish Affairs under the Vichy Régime.
Didier Codorniou
Didier Codorniou is a former French rugby union player and a French politician. He played as a Centre.
Margaret of Foix-Candale
Margaret of Foix-Candale, Marchioness of Saluzzo, regent of Marquisate of Saluzzo (1504–1526), aunt of Anna of Foix-Candale, Queen of Hungary.
Rudy Riou
Rudy Riou is a retired French football goalkeeper who currently is the goalkeeper coach of Toulouse FC.
Pierre-Georges Castex
Pierre-Georges Castex was a French academic, literary critic and author.
Christian Bourquin
Christian Bourquin was a French politician, a member of the Socialist Party. He was the president of the Regional Council of Languedoc-Roussillon from 2010 to his death in August 2014.
André Marty
André Marty was a leading figure in the French Communist Party (PCF) for nearly thirty years. He was also a member of the National Assembly, with some interruptions, from 1924 to 1955; Secretary of Comintern from 1935 to 1944; and Political Commissar of the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War from 1936 to 1938.
Bartolomé Bennassar
Bartolomé Bennassar was a French historian and writer. He specialized in Spanish and Latin American history.
Armand Vaquerin
Armand Vaquerin was a French Rugby union footballer that represented France.