List of Famous people born in Occitania, France
Philippe Tournon
Pierre Baudis
Luc Julia
Georges Vedel
Georges Vedel was a French public law professor from Auch, France.
Jacques Coste
Sylvie Aubenas
Mathilde Gabriel-Péri
Mathilde Rose Thérèse Gabriel-Péri was a French politician. She was elected to the National Assembly in 1945 as one of the first group of French women in parliament. She served in the National Assembly until 1958.
Henri-René Garaud
Patrice Canayer
Patrice Canayer is a French handball coach and former player. He was a player-coach for 6 years in Paris-Asnières. He has been the head coach of Montpellier Handball since 1994.
Hélène Mandroux
Hélène Mandroux-Colas is a French politician. A member of the Socialist Party (PS) since 1982, her career in Montpellier debuted in Georges Frêche's municipal administration. Frêche gave her important responsibilities such as finances, municipal staff, legal affairs since 1995, and vice-mayor from 2001. She became mayor of Montpellier in 2004, following the resignation of Frêche, who could not cumulate the job as mayor with his new role as President of the Languedoc-Roussillon Region. She defeated her UMP opponent Jacques Domergue in a three-way runoff during the 2008 French municipal elections.