List of Famous people born in Occitania, France

Jean Arago

Jean Martin Arago
First Name Jean
Last Name Arago
Born on May 25, 1788
Died on July 9, 1836 (aged 48)
Born in France, Occitania
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Victor Arago

Pierre Jean Victor Arago
First Name Victor
Last Name Arago
Born on April 8, 1792
Died on April 11, 1867 (aged 75)
Born in France, Occitania
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Fanny Horta

First Name Fanny
Last Name Horta
Born on January 22, 1986 (age 40)
Born in France, Occitania

Fanny Horta is a rugby union player. She represented France at the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup, and 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup. She captained France at the 2014 China Women's Sevens. She was selected as a member of France's women's national rugby sevens team to the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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Bernard d'Espagnat

First Name Bernard
Last Name D'Espagnat
Born on August 22, 1921
Died on August 1, 2015 (aged 93)
Born in France, Occitania

Bernard d'Espagnat was a French theoretical physicist, philosopher of science, and author, best known for his work on the nature of reality. Wigner-d'Espagnat inequality is partially named after him.

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William X, Duke of Aquitaine

First Name William
Last Name Aquitaine
Born on January 1, 1099
Died on April 9, 1137 (aged 38)
Born in France, Occitania

William X, called the Saint, was Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, and Count of Poitou from 1126 to 1137. He was the son of William IX by his second wife, Philippa of Toulouse.

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Gilbert I of Millau

First Name Gilbert
Last Name Millau
Born on January 1, 1055 (age 971)
Born in France, Occitania
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Berenguer Ramon, Count of Provence

First Name Berenguer
Last Name Provence
Born on February 1, 1114
Died on March 1, 1144 (aged 30)
Born in France, Occitania

Berengar Raymond (1115–1144) was the count of Provence (1131–1144). He was the younger son of Raymond Berengar III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence. While his older brother Raymond Berengar received Barcelona, he received Provence.

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Maria of Montpellier

First Name Maria
Last Name Montpellier
Born on November 30, 1181
Died on April 21, 1213 (aged 31)
Born in France, Occitania

Marie of Montpellier was Lady of Montpellier and by her three marriages Viscountess of Marseille, Countess of Comminges and Queen of Aragon.

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Jacques Trémolet de Villers

Jacques Trémolet
First Name Jacques
Last Name Villers
Born on September 6, 1944 (age 81)
Born in France, Occitania

Jacques Trémolet de Villers is a French writer and lawyer.

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Marie Arago

Marie Anne Agathe Roig
First Name Marie
Last Name Arago
Born on November 3, 1755
Died on September 5, 1845 (aged 89)
Born in France, Occitania

Marie Arago, born Marie-Anne Roig was a French woman, wife of François Bonaventure Arago and mother of François, Jean, Jacques, Victor, Joseph and Étienne Arago. She raised her eight children alone after the death of her husband in 1814, passed on her human values and encouraged them to pursue their studies. An "Arago clan" was formed around her eldest son, François, at the Paris Observatory, including Claude-Louis Mathieu, Alexander von Humboldt and Félix Savary.

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