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Michel de Montaigne
French author, philosopher, and statesman (1533–1592)
François Fénelon
French archbishop, theologian and writer (1651–1715)
Thích Nhất Hạnh
Vietnamese Buddhist monk and activist (1926–2022)
Joseph Joubert
French moralist and essayist
Bertran de Born
Occitan troubadour
Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme
French historian (1540–1614)
Anne Lacaton
French architect (born 1955)
Guiraut de Bornelh
troubadour (c. 1138 – 1215)
Rachilde
Rachilde () was the pen name and preferred identity of novelist and playwright Marguerite Vallette-Eymery (11 February 1860 – 4 April 1953). Born near Périgueux, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France during the Second French Empire, Rachilde went on to become a Symbolist author and one of the most prominent women in literature associated with the Decadent movement of fin de siècle France.
Solange Sanfourche
WWII French resistance operative
Orélie-Antoine de Tounens
Self-proclaimed king of Araucanía and Patagonia
Georges Bonnet
French politician (1889–1973)
Eugène Le Roy
French writer (1836–1907)
Maurice Faure
French politician (1922-2014)
Christian Frémont
French politician and representative to Andorra 2008-2012
Yvon Delbos
French politician (1885-1956)
Jean Rey
French chemist
Arnaut de Mareuil
troubadour, poet, composer and writer
Pierre Lachambeaudie
French chansonnier and poet (1806-1872)
Gauthier de Costes, seigneur de la Calprenède
French writer
Jean-Pierre Denis
Film director, Screenwriter
René Carmille
comptroller general of the French Army and member of French Resistance (1886-1945)
Jean Marie du Lau
Martyred Archbishop of Arles (1738-1792)
Leo Testut
French physician (1849–1925)
Alain de Solminihac
French Roman Catholic religious, bishop and blessed
Hélie de Bourdeilles
Catholic cardinal
Michel Jeury
French writer (1934-2015)
Michel de Beaupuy
French general (1755-1796)
Georges de Peyrebrune
French writer
Marie-Céline de la Présentation
French nun (1878-1897)
Anne Nompar de Caumont
French Countess (1758-1842)
Pierre Thibaud
French trumpeter and music educator (1929–2004)
Martin Fourichon
French politician (1809-1884)
Pierre Arpaillange
French judge and politician (1924-2017)
Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne
French composer
Robert Lacoste
French politician (1898–1989)
Hubert Faure
French military personnel
Adeline Yzac
French Occitan writer
Jacqueline Robin
French musician (1917–2007)
Jacques Reclus
French protestant church clergyman (1796-1882)
Jean Abel Gruvel
French biologist (1870–1941)
Fernand Faure
French politician (1853-1929)
Jean-Marc Janaillac
French businessman (born 1953)
John Misaubin
British doctor
Giraut de Salignac
French troubadour
Armand de Foucauld de Pontbriand
Marie François Oscar Bardy de Fourtou
French politician (1836-1897)
Elias Fonsalada
French troubadour