List of Famous people born in Occitania, France
Henri Martre
Henri Martre was a French telecommunications engineer. He headed both the Délégation générale pour l'armement, the aerospace conglomerate Aérospatiale and the French Aerospace Industries Association (GIFAS). He was considered one of the main promoters in France of "competitive intelligence".
Monique Thierry
Monique Thierry was a French actress. She specialized in dubbing and was notably the French language voice of Wonder Woman in the 1970s TV series.
Madeleine Malraux
Madeleine Malraux, née Marie-Madeleine Lioux was a French concert classical pianist.
Alizée Baron
Alizée Baron is a French freestyle skier, specializing in ski cross, and alpine skier.
Mike Di Meglio
Mike Di Meglio is a French Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and 2008 World Champion in the 125cc class. In 2019, he will compete in the MotoE World Cup aboard an Energica Ego Corsa. Of Italian descent, his paternal grandfather was born in Lentini.
Narcisse-Achille de Salvandy
Narcisse-Achille de Salvandy was a French politician.
Paul Vidal de La Blache
Paul Vidal de La Blache was a French geographer. He is considered to be the founder of modern French geography and also the founder of the French School of Geopolitics. He conceived the idea of genre de vie, which is the belief that the lifestyle of a particular region reflects the economic, social, ideological and psychological identities imprinted on the landscape.
François de Joyeuse
François de Joyeuse was a French churchman and politician.
Jeanine Dubié
Jeanine Dubié is a politician, member of the National Assembly of France, where she represents the 2nd constituency of the Hautes-Pyrénées.
John Francis Regis
Jean-François Régis, commonly known as Saint John Francis Regis and St. Regis,, was a French priest of the Society of Jesus, recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church in 1737.