List of Famous people born in Occitania, France
Théophile Delcassé
Théophile Delcassé was a French statesman and foreign minister 1898-1905. He is best known for his hatred of Germany and efforts to secure alliances with Russia and Great Britain that became the Entente Cordiale. He belonged to Radical party and was a protege of Léon Gambetta.
Hyacinthe Rigaud
Jacint Rigau-Ros i Serra, known as Hyacinthe Rigaud, was a Catalan baroque painter most famous for his portraits of Louis XIV and other members of the French nobility.
Yves Rispat
Yves Rispat was a French politician.
Victorien Bruguier
Yves Nat
Yves Nat was a French pianist and composer.
Josette Clotis
Jean-Paul Gauzès
Jean-Paul Gauzès is a French politician of the Union for a Popular Movement, part of the European People's Party. He served as a Member of the European Parliament for the North-West of France from 2004 to 2014.
Prosper-Olivier Lissagaray
Hippolyte-Prosper-Olivier "Lissa" Lissagaray was a literary animator and speaker, a Republican journalist and a French revolutionary socialist.
Églantine Éméyé
Simone Lurçat
Simone Andrée Marie-Louise Lurçat, née Selves, was a member of the French Resistance during the Second World War and the wife of the artist Jean Lurçat.