Frédéric Mistral

male, deceased (1914)
Frédéric Mistral was a French poet who led the 19th century revival of Occitan (Provençal) language and literature. He was a key figure in the lit...

Troubadour

male
A troubadour (a French adaptation of the Occitan word trobador) was a composer and performer of songs during the High Middle Ages in Europe. The...
Pierre de Fermat

Pierre de Fermat

male, deceased (1665)
Pierre de Fermat (August 17 1601-January 12 1665) was a French lawyer at the "Parlement" of Toulouse, France, and a mathematician who is given...
Claude Nougaro

Claude Nougaro

male, deceased (2004)
Claude Nougaro was a French songwriter and singer. Born in Paris to an opera singer and an Italian piano teacher (Liette), he was raised by his...
Bertran de Born

Bertran de Born

male, deceased (1215)
Bertran de Born (1140s - by 1215) was a baron from the Limousin in France, and one of the major Occitan troubadours of the twelfth century.
Yannick Jauzion

Yannick Jauzion

male, 31 years old
Yannick Jauzion is a French rugby union footballer. He plays at centre for Stade Toulousain and the French national team. He is a key player behind...
Eleanor Of Aquitaine

Eleanor Of Aquitaine

female, deceased (1204)
Eleanor of Aquitaine, Duchess of Aquitaine and Gascony and Countess of Poitou (1122 – April 1 1204) was one of the wealthiest and most powerful wo...
Richard Gasquet

Richard Gasquet

male, 23 years old
Richard Gasquet (born 18 June, 1986) is a French tennis player. He has reached a career high of No. 7 in the world on July 9, 2007 after making it...

Théophile Gautier

male, deceased (1872)
Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic. While an ardent defender of Romanticism, G...
Max Roqueta

Max Roqueta

male
Max Roqueta (Argeliers, December 8, 1908 - June 22, 2005) was one of the most famous contemporary Occitan writers.