List of Famous people born in Occitania, France

Frédéric Dumas was a French writer. He was part of a team of three, with Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Philippe Tailliez, who had a passion for diving, and developed the diving regulator with the aid of the engineer Émile Gagnan. Dumas participated with Cousteau in the discovery of deep sea reliefs and flora and fauna of deep sea life and in bringing it to the attention of the general public.

Mathieu Raynal is a professional rugby union referee who represents the French Rugby Federation. He officiates at the highest level in the Top 14, European club rugby, and is on the World Rugby referee panel.

Maurice Leenhardt, was a French pastor and ethnologist specialising in the Kanak people of New Caledonia.

Field Marshal John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier,, was a French Huguenot exile, born Jean Louis de Ligonier in Castres, Southern France. He had a long and distinguished career in the British army and was appointed Commander-in-chief in 1758.

Denis Lavagne is a French football coach and former player who is the manager of Algerian club USM Alger.

Abdelhamid El Kaoutari is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for AS Nancy.

Septimanie d'Egmont, was a French salonist.