List of Famous people born in Occitania, France
Boris Neveu
Boris Neveu is a French slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2004.
Adrien Pélissié
Adrien Pélissié is a French rugby union player. His position is hooker and he currently plays for Bordeaux Bègles in the Top 14.
Emma Calvé
Emma Calvé, born Rosa Emma Calvet, was a French operatic soprano.
Jean de La Hire
Jean de La Hire was a prolific French author of numerous popular adventure, science fiction and romance novels.
Xavier Reille
Laurent Marqueste
Laurent-Honoré Marqueste was a French sculptor in the neo-Baroque Beaux-Arts tradition. He was a pupil of François Jouffroy and of Alexandre Falguière and won the Prix de Rome in 1871.
Nicolas Benezet
Nicolas Benezet is a French professional footballer who plays for the Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer. He plays as an attacking midfielder and is known for his positional versatility and small frame.
Gérard Miquel
Gérard Miquel is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Lot department. He is a member of the Socialist Party.
Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg
Johan Caspar Herman Wedel Jarlsberg was a Norwegian statesman and count. He played an active role in the constitutional assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814 and was the first native Norwegian to hold the post of Governor-general of Norway with the authority of a viceroy, representing the absent king of Norway as head of the Norwegian cabinet during the union with Sweden.
Ermesinde of Carcassonne
Ermesinde of Carcassonne was Countess consort of Barcelona, Girona and Osona. She served as regent in these counties during the minority of her son from 1018 until 1023.