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Jean Jaurès
French / Occitan Socialist leader (1859-1914)
Fernandel
Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin (; 8 May 1903 – 26 February 1971), better known as Fernandel (), was a French comic actor. Born in Marseille, France, to Désirée Bedouin and Denis Contandin, originating in Perosa Argentina, a town located in the province of Turin, Italy, he became a comedy star, first gaining popularity in French vaudeville, operettas, and music-hall revues. His stage name originated from his marriage to Henriette Manse, the sister of his best friend and frequent cinematic collaborator Jean Manse. So attentive was he to his wife that his mother-in-law amusingly referred to him
Bernadette Soubirous
French saint (1844–1879)
Charles Maurras
French author, politician, poet, and critic (1868–1952)
Jean-Claude Carrière
French screenwriter and actor (1931-2021)
Raymond Poulidor
French cyclist (1936–2019)
Kendji Girac
French singer and guitarist
Francis Cabrel
French singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jean Lassalle
French politician (b. 1955)
Élie Baup
French footballer
Andréa Ferréol
French actress
Marcel Amont
French singer and actor (1929–2023)
Guy Bonnet
French singer and composer (1942–2024)
Ben Vautier
French artist (1935–2024)
Jacques de Baroncelli
French film director (1881-1951)
Dick Rivers
French actor and singer (1945–2019)
Georges Rouquier
French actor (1909–1989)
Jordanus
Occitan explorer
Dominique Boschero
French actress
Pierre Fabre
French businessman, pharmacist and pharmaceutical cosmetics executive (1926-2013)
Mireia Boya Busquet
Spanish politician and environmental scientist
Max Roqueta
Occitan poet, writer, physician and activist (1908-2005)
Folco de Baroncelli
Provencal writer and Camargue bull breeder (1869-1943)
Leon Còrdas
occitan writer (1913-1987)
Maria Pilar Busquet i Medan
Spanish politician
Maïté
Marie-Thérèse Ordonez (; 2 June 1938 – 21 December 2024), known as Maïté, was a French restaurateur, actress and television presenter. She is mostly famous for hosting long-running cookery shows on French television, including La Cuisine des Mousquetaires with Micheline Banzet-Lawton, from 1983 to 1997, and À table, from 1997 to 1999.
Pierre Albaladejo
French rugby union player
François Moncla
French rugby union player
Maria Vergés Pérez
Spanish politician
Louis Armary
French rugby union footballer and coach
Matthis Lebel
French rugby union player