Jean-Marie Demange (23 July 1943 in Toulouse – 17 November 2008) was a French member of Parliament. A member of the UMP he was Mayor of Thionville for 13 years, serving in that capacity from 25 June 1995 to 21 March 2008. He had been distraught after losing the 2008 election to a Socialist and committed suicide by gunshot after he killed his mistress following a heated argument.
Franck Jurietti (born 30 March 1975) is a French former professional footballer who played as a full-back. He spent most of his career with Bordeaux.
Rémy Julienne (17 April 1930 – 21 January 2021) was a French driving stunt performer and coordinator, assistant director and occasional actor. He was also a rallycross champion and 1956 French motorcross champion.
Solène Jambaqué (born 14 April 1988 in Toulouse) is a French alpine skier and two time Paralympic Champion.She competed in the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin, Italy.
She won a gold medal in the super-G and Downhill, a silver medal in Slalom, and a bronze medal in the Giant slalom, standing.
She competed in the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, Canada, where she won a silver medal in the Downhill and the Super combined, standing. She became 6th in the Giant slalom, 4th at the super-G and 8th at the Slalom, standing.
Robert Varnajo (1 May 1929 – 13 February 2024) was a French professional road bicycle racer. In the first part of his career, Varnajo won some road races, including a stage in the 1954 Tour de France. Later in his career, he specialized in track racing, and became French champion three times.
Joseph Thomin (30 June 1931 – 16 December 2018) was a French professional road bicycle racer, who won one stage of the 1956 Tour de France.
Laurent Roux (born 3 December 1972 in Cahors) is a French former road bicycle racer.
Nicolas Portal (23 April 1979 – 3 March 2020) was a French directeur sportif and professional road bicycle racer. He was born in Auch, France.
He missed much of the 2009 season because of problems with cardiac arrhythmia and retired as a professional cyclist following the 2010 season. He stayed with his final professional team, Team Sky, as a manager from the 2011 season. Following the retirement of Sean Yates, Portal was appointed lead directeur sportif of Team Sky for 2013.
He died of a heart attack on 3 March 2020, aged 40.
Frédéric Moncassin (born 26 September 1968) is a French former road racing cyclist. He turned professional in 1990 and retired in 1999. He competed in the men's individual road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Moncassin was a strong roadman-sprinter known for his tussles with other riders in the last metres of a race. He clashed with Tom Steels and Mario Cipollini among others. He won 30 races and led the Tour de France for a day in 1996. He also came close to winning the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix. Procycling said when he retired: "It was the 1998 Tour that, in hindsight, probably spelt the end for Fred. Under intense pressure to come up with a stage win, he struggled through the first week, only to see the race collapse around him as the Festina Scandal took hold. His unfashionable criticism of Richard Virenque - "he's an asshole and you can quote me," he told the French paper 'La Dépêche' at the time - allied to his own poor form, and his increasingly public concern that all cyclists were now tarred with the same brush, left him as a fringe character."His name was on the list of doping tests published by the French Senate on 24 July 2013 that were collected during the 1998 Tour de France and found suspicious for EPO when retested in 2004.
Jacques Marinelli (born 15 December 1925) is a French former cyclist. He wore the yellow jersey of leadership for six days in the 1949 Tour de France before finishing third.