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Nostradamus
Michel de Nostredame (December 1503 – July 1566), usually Latinised as Nostradamus, was a French astrologer, apothecary, physician, and reputed seer, who is best known for his book Les Prophéties (published in 1555), a collection of 942 poetic quatrains allegedly predicting future events.
Pierre de Fermat
French mathematician and lawyer
Henry IV of France
King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610 and King of France from 1589 to 1610 (1553-1610)
Théophile Gautier
French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic (1811–1872)
Charles XIV John of Sweden
King of Sweden and Norway between 1818–1844. Prince of Ponte Corvo 1806–1810 and French field marshal (1763–1844)
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
French general and politician (1757–1834)
Joachim Murat
Grand Duke of Berg and Cleves, The king of Naples (1767-1815)
Bernadette Soubirous
French saint (1844–1879)
Frédéric Bazille
French painter (1841–1870)
Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme
French historian (1540–1614)
Raymond of Poitiers
Prince of Antioch
Gregory VIII
antipope 1118—1121
Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès
French lawyer and statesman during the French Revolution and the First Empire, best remembered as the author of the Napoleonic Code (1753-1824)
Occitans
The Occitans () are a Romance-speaking ethnic group originating in the historical region of Occitania (southern France, northeastern Spain, and northwestern Italy and Monaco). They have been also called Gascons, Provençals, and Auvergnats.
Sébastien Bourdon
French painter (1616-1671)
Jean Maximilien Lamarque
French commander of the Napoleonic Wars and politician (1770-1832)
Lidia Poët
Italian lawyer
William I of Provence
Count of Provence
François de La Chaise
French Jesuit priest (1624-1709)
René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou
French politician (1714-1792)
Geoffrey I of Provence
Count of Provence and Arles
Adolphe Nourrit
French opera singer (1802-1839)
Pierre Daru
French writer, academic and statesman (1767-1829)
Pierre-Joseph Cambon
French politician (1756-1820)
Gilbert Romme
French politician (1750-1795)
Dominique Boschero
French actress
Jean Galbert de Campistron
French writer
Joseph Agricol Viala
French child soldier
Pierre Crozat
French art collector (1661-1740)
Leibulf of Provence
Occitan noble
Raymond Desèze
French advocate (1750-1828)
Antoine Crozat
French banker & slave ship owner (1655-1738)
Joan Pau Verdier
French singer (1947–2020)
Bernard Saisset
Occitan bishop
Pierre Roger de Cabaret
French military leader
Enric Garriga i Trullols
Catalan independentist and activist
Guillaume Bélibaste
Cathar parfait
Numa Ayrinhac
French-Argentine artist (1881-1951)