List of Famous people born in Occitania, France
Éliane Thibaut-Comelade
Éliane Thibaut-Comelade was a French journalist, writer and cook. She was expert of the Catalan cuisine, food hygiene, professor of education in science of food and author of Catalan cookbooks. Her major work is La cuisine catalane, regularly reissued since 1978. She won the Joan Blanca prize in 2009 and the Creu de Sant Jordi in 2009.
Aymeri de Montesquiou
Aymeri de Montesquiou-Fezensac was a member of the Senate of France, representing the Gers department. He is a member of the Republican Party. Since 1976, he is the mayor of Marsan. President of the Franco-Iranian Friendship organisation. He was allowed to change his name to Aymeri de Montesquiou-Fezensac d'Artagnan on May 18, 2011.
Antonietta d'Orléans-Longueville
José Cabanis
José Cabanis was a French novelist, essayist, historian and magistrate. He was elected mainteneur of the Académie des Jeux floraux in 1965 and a member of the Académie française in 1990.
Ferdinand Roybet
Ferdinand Victor Léon Roybet was a French painter and engraver, best known for his historical and costume genre scenes.
Ernest Daudet
Louis-Marie Ernest Daudet was a French journalist, novelist and historian. Prolific in several genres, Daudet began his career writing for magazines and provincial newspapers all over France. His younger brother was Alphonse Daudet.
Enrique de Borbón y Castellví, 2nd Duke of Seville
Enrique de Borbón y Castellví, 2nd Duke of Seville, was a Spanish aristocrat who became the second Duke of Seville. He was the eldest son of the controversial Infante Enrique, Duke of Seville, grandson of Charles IV of Spain and younger brother of Francis, Duke of Cádiz, king consort of Isabella II of Spain. Despite his family ties, Enrique was never entitled Infante of Spain due to the unequal marriage of his parents, which did not receive approval from Queen Isabella II.
Jean Gaston Darboux
Jean-Gaston Darboux FAS MIF FRS FRSE was a French mathematician.
Régis Barailla
Régis Barailla was a French politician. He served as a member of the National Assembly from 1983 to 1993.
Jean de Coras
Jean de Coras, also called Corasius (1515–1572) was a French jurist.