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city of Marseille.

Born in Marseille

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Actors and singers

Béatrice Altariba Béatrice Altariba (born 18 June 1939) is a French actress who was active between 1956 and 1969. Biography Born in Marseille, she is the niece of symbolist poet Paul Fort.''Le Film Complet'', n° 591, 15 November 1956.''Elle - Spécial cinéma'' ...

(18 June 1939) - actress * '' Andrex (André Jaubert)'' (23 January 1907; d. Marseille, 10 July 1989) - singer * '' Jacques Angelvin'' (5 August 1914; d. Cannes, 10 November 1978) - actor, TV host *

Edmond Ardisson Edmond Ardisson (23 October 1904, in Marseille – 30 November 1983, in Jouarre Jouarre () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Jouarre Abbey It is the site of the Jouarre Abbey, a ...

(30 November 1904; d. Marseille, 30 November 1983) - actor *

Henri Arius Henri Arius (1897–1968) was a French film and stage actor. Crisp p.176 A character actor he appeared in a large number of films in wartime and post-war France. Selected filmography * '' Jeannou'' (1943) * ''Rooster Heart'' (1946) * ''Inspector ...

(19 September 1897d. Marseille, 8 May 1962) - actor *

Ariane Ascaride Ariane Ascaride (born 10 October 1954) is a French actress and screenwriter. She has appeared in films such as '' Marius et Jeannette'' (''Marius and Jeannette''), '' Ma vraie vie à Rouen'' (''The True Story of My Life in Rouen''; USA, ''My Lif ...

(10 October 1954) - actress * Junie Astor (21 December 1911; d. Sainte-Magnance, 22 August 1967) - actress *

Marguerite Baux Marguerite Baux (1856-?) was a French operatic soprano who performed at the Paris Opera in the 1870s after making her début in February 1876 as Rachel in Fromental Halévy's ''La Juive''. She went on to perform in various provincial opera houses ...

(fl. 1870s–1880s) - opera singer *

Charles Blavette Charles Blavette (24 June 1902 – 21 November 1967) was a French film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1933 and 1966. Selected filmography * '' Jofroi'' (1934) - Antoine * ''Angèle'' (1934) - Tonin * ''Toni'' (1935) - Antonio Canov ...

(24 June 1906; d. Suresnes, 21 November 1967) - actor *

Patrick Bosso Patrick Bosso (born 12 October 1962) is a French comedian and actor. He appeared in more than twenty films since 1996. Filmography References External links * 1962 births Living people French male film actors French people of Ital ...

(12 October 1962) - actor * '' Bréols'' (12 August 1905; d. Allauch, 20 December 1988) - actor, singer * ''

Pierrette Bruno A Pierrette is, in the theatre, a female Pierrot Pierrette may also refer to: * Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze (1758–1836), French chemist, and wife of Antoine Lavoisier *Olga Bancic (1912–1944), Jewish–Romanian activist in the French Resistan ...

'' (22 August 1928) - actress * Lucien Callamand (1 April 1888; d. Nice, 3 December 1968) - actor * ''

Jean Castan Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * Jean ...

'' (23 August 1917; d. La Penne-sur-Huveaune, 11 November 1990) - actor * Philippe Caubère (21 September 1950) - actor *

Fernand Charpin Fernand Charpin (30 May 1887 – 6 November 1944) was a French actor. He is known for his role as Honoré Panisse in Marcel Pagnol's Marseille trilogy, beginning with '' Marius'' in 1931. Selected filmography * '' Marius'' (1931) * '' Fanny'' ( ...

(30 May 1887; d. Marseille, 7 November 1944) - actor * '' Marcel Charvey'' (22 February 1916; d. Puteaux, 21 August 1995) - actor *

Andrée Clément Andrée Clément (7 August 1918 – 31 May 1954) was a French film actress.Hayward p.461 Her husband was killed in 1940 during the Battle of France. She herself died from tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually ...

(7 August 1918; d. Paris, 31 May 1954) - actress * '' Jo Corbeau (Georges Ohanessian)'' (1 December 1946) - reggae singer *

Henri Crémieux Henri Crémieux (19 July 1896 – 10 May 1980) was a French actor. He appeared in more than a hundred films between 1930 and 1980. Selected filmography External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cremieux, Henri 1896 births 1980 deaths Male ac ...

(19 July 1896; d. Cassis, 10 May 1980) - actor *

Dazincourt Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Albouy (11 December 1747, in Marseille – 28 March 1809, in Paris), stage name Dazincourt, was a French actor. Life Educated by the Oratorians, Dazincourt entered the service of the maréchal de Richelieu in 1766 and ha ...

(Joseph Albouis) (11 December 1747; d. Paris, 28 March 1809) - actor *

Édouard Delmont Édouard Delmont (5 December 1883 – 22 November 1955) was a French actor born Édouard Marius Autran in Marseille. He died in Cannes at age 72. Filmography *1930 : '' L'Arlésienne'' de Jacques de Baroncelli *1930 : ''Maison de danses'' de ...

(5 December 1883; d. Cannes, 22 November 1955) - actor *

Doumel Louis Alfred Doumet, known by his stage name of Doumel, (born 2 December 1889 in Marseille; died 23 May 1954 in Reillanne) was a French actor and comedian active in the inter-war years. Biography Having moved to Paris thanks to the passion for t ...

(Louis Alfred Doumet) (2 December 1889; d. Reillanne, 23 May 1954) - actor * Louis Ducreux (22 September 1911; d. Neuilly, 19 December 1992) - actor, director *

Dugazon Jean-Henri Gourgaud (15 November 1746 – 19 October 1809) was a French actor under the stage name Dugazon, the son of Pierre-Antoine Gourgaud, the director of military hospitals there and also an actor. He began his career in the provinces, ma ...

(Jean-Henry Gourgaud) (15 November 1746; d. Sandillon, 11 October 1809) - actor * Fernandel (Fernand Contandin) (7 May 1903; d. Paris, 26 February 1971) - actor, singer *

Franck Fernandel Franck Fernandel (born Franck Gérard Ignace Contandin; 10 December 1935 – 8 June 2011) was a French actor, singer and songwriter, and writer. Biography Franck was the only son of three children born to the famous French actor Fernandel. He a ...

(Franck Contandin) (10 December 1935, d. Marseille, 8 June 2011) - actor, singer, radio host * Ginette Garcin (1928–2010) - actor *

Louis Jourdan Louis Jourdan (born Louis Robert Gendre; 19 June 1921 – 14 February 2015) was a French film and television actor. He was known for his suave roles in several Hollywood films, including Alfred Hitchcock's ''The Paradine Case'' (1947), '' Lette ...

(19 June 1921–2015) - actor *

Jean Le Poulain Jean Le Poulain (12 September 1924 – 1 March 1988) was a French stage actor and stage director. He attended the cours Simon in Paris and won the first prize of Comedy at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in 1949. He was t ...

(12 September 1924; d. Paris, 1 March 1988) - actor, director * '' Cora Madou'' (5 January 1891; d. Villefranche sur Mer, 26 February 1971) - singer * Lucie Manvel (1 May 1863; d. Paris 17e, 3 November 1943) - comedy theatre actress * '' Avy Marciano'' (1 November 1972) - actor, musician, composer, author, interpreter * Milly Mathis (8 September 1901; d. Salon de Provence, 30 March 1965) actress *

Marcel Maupi Marcel Maupi, stage name of Marcel Louis Alexandre Barberin or Maupi, (6 November 1881, Marseille – 4 January 1949, Antibes) was a French actor. Selected filmography * ''Dance Hall'' (1931) * '' Marius'' (1931) * '' Fanny'' (1932) * '' The Iron ...

(6 November 1881; d. Antibes, 10 January 1949) - actor * Clara Morgane (25 January 1981) - singer, former pornographic actress, media personality and TV host *

Paul Ollivier François Hilarion Paul Olivari, stage name Paul Ollivier (10 February 1876 - 10 June 1948) was a French film actor. Selected filmography * ''The Phantom of the Moulin Rouge'' (1925) * ''The Queen of Moulin Rouge'' (1926) * ''The Imaginary Voyag ...

(10 February 1876; d. Paris, 10 June 1948) - actor *

Géraldine Pailhas Géraldine Pailhas (born 8 January 1971) is a French people, French actress. She had her first international success in 1995 as ''Doña Anna'', the unfulfilled love of Johnny Depp in the comedy ''Don Juan DeMarco''. She is married to actor Christ ...

(8 January 1971) - actress * Paul Préboist (21 February 1927; d. Paris, 13 March 1997) - actor * Joseph Pujol (1 June 1865; d. Toulon, 8 August 1945) - strolling comedian, professional farter * ''

Jean-Pierre Rambal Jean-Pierre or Jean Pierre may refer to: People * Karine Jean-Pierre b.1977, White House Deputy Press Secretary for President Joe Biden 2021- * Jean-Pierre, Count of Montalivet (1766–1823), French statesman and Peer of France * Eugenia Pierre ( ...

'' (13 September 1931; d. Paris, 18 July 2001) - actor * ''

Marcelle Ranson-Hervé Marcelle Ranson-Hervé (10 October 1929 – 3 April 2020) was a French actress. Biography Ranson-Hervé was born in Marseille. Her father, Louis Rançon, was an orchestra conductor, who conducted musicians such as Annie Cordy, Bourvil, and George ...

'' (10 October 1929) - actress *

Rellys Henri Marius Bourrelly (12 December 190520 July 1991), known by his stage name of Rellys, was a French actor.- Selected filmography * '' Three Sailors'' (1934) * '' Merlusse'' (1935) * ''Tobias Is an Angel'' (1940) * '' Frederica'' (1942) * ''The ...

(Henri Bourelly) (15 December 1905; d. Marseille, 20 July 1991) - actor *

Ishay Ribo Ishay Ribo ( he, ישי ריבו, born February 3, 1989) is an Israeli singer-songwriter. An Sephardic Orthodox Jew, he has gained popularity in Israel among Haredi, national-religious, and secular Jewish audiences. He has released four studio ...

(born 3 February 1989), Israeli singer-songwriter * ''

Jean Roucas Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * Jean ...

'' (1 February 1952) - humourist * Catherine Rouvel (31 August 1939) - actress *

Daniel Russo Daniel Russo (born 13 May 1948) is a French film actor, comedian and director. Theater Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Russo, Daniel 1948 births Living people Male actors from Marseille French male film acto ...

(13 May 1948) - actor, double *

Gabriel Signoret Gabriel Signoret (November 15, 1878 – March 16, 1937, in Paris, France) was a French silent film actor. He starred in some 70 films between 1910 and 1938. In 1920 he appeared in Guy du Fresnay's ''Flipotte''. His brother Jean Signoret (bor ...

(15 November 1878; d. Paris, 16 March 1937) - actor * Simone Simon (23 April 1911; d. Paris, 23 February 2005) - actress

Architects

* Pascal Coste (26 November 1787; d. Marseille, 8 February 1879) - architect * ''

Paul Dupré-Lafon Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

'' (17 June 1900; d. Deauville, December 1971) - architect and decorator * '' Marcel Dourgnon'' (1858; d. Marseille, 1911) - architect * Pierre Puget (16 October 1620; d. Marseille, 2 December 1694) - painter, sculptor, architect *

Albert-Félix-Théophile Thomas Albert-Félix-Théophile Thomas (11 August 1847 – 1907) was a French architect. Thomas was born in Marseilles, and was a student of Alexis Paccard and Leon Vaudoyer at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He won the first Prix de Rome in 18 ...

(1847; d. Paris, 1907) - architect

Dancers

Marie Allard Marie Allard (1742–1802) was a French ballerina. She debuted in the Paris Opera in 1761. Marie Allard was born in 1742 to a poor family in Marseille. At the age of 10, she was offered to a Monsieur V. and the Comédie de Marseille. Her mother d ...

(14 August 1742; d. Paris, 14 June 1802) - dancer * '' Georges Appaix'' (1953) - dancer, choreographer *

Gaby Deslys Gaby Deslys (born Marie-Elise-Gabrielle Caire, 4 November 1881 – 11 February 1920) was a singer and actress during the early 20th century. She selected her name for her stage career, and it is a contraction of ''Gabrielle of the Lillies'' ...

(4 November 1881; d. Paris, 11 February 1920) - dancer, singer * Maurice Béjart (1 January 1927; d. Lausanne, 22 November 2007) - dancer, choreographer *

Mathieu Ganio Mathieu Ganio (born 16 March 1984) is a French ''danseur étoile'' of the Paris Opera Ballet. Mathieu Ganio was born in Marseille, France, the son of Ballet National de Marseille principal dancers Dominique Khalfouni and Denys Ganio. He began da ...

(1984) - dancer * '' Daniel Larrieu'' (1927) - dancer * Lucien Petipa (22 December 1815; d. Versailles, 7 July 1898) - dancer *

Marius Petipa Marius Ivanovich Petipa (russian: Мариус Иванович Петипа), born Victor Marius Alphonse Petipa (11 March 1818), was a French ballet dancer, pedagogue and choreographer. Petipa is one of the most influential ballet masters an ...

(11 March 1818; d. Hourzouf (Crimea), 14 July 1910) - dancer, ballet master

Designers and poster artists

* ''

Georges Arditi Georges may refer to: Places *Georges River, New South Wales, Australia *Georges Quay (Dublin) * Georges Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania Other uses * Georges (name) * ''Georges'' (novel), a novel by Alexandre Dumas * "Georges" (song), a 19 ...

'' (1914; d. 15 January 2012) - painter * '' Jo Berto'' (Joseph Bertocchio) (22 November 1907; d. Marseille, 25 June 1978) - lithographic artist * Honoré Daumier (26 February 1808; d. Valmondois, 11 February 1879) - caricaturist, sculptor * '' Dubout'' (15 May 1905; d. Saint-Aunès, 27 June 1976) - humorous designer * Gérard Lauzier (30 November 1932; d. 6 December 2008) - comic strip artist, film director *

Lisa Mandel Lisa or LISA may refer to: People People with the mononym * Lisa Lisa (born 1967), American actress and lead singer of the Cult Jam * Lisa (Japanese musician, born 1974), stylized "LISA", Japanese singer and producer * Lisa Komine (born 1978), J ...

(23 April 1977) - comic strip designer * '' Tibet'' (31 October 1931; d. Roquebrune-sur-Argens, 3 January 2010) - comic strip designer * '' Jean-Emmanuel Vermot-Desroches'' (1974) - comic strips

Directors

René Allio René Allio (; 3 August 1924, Marseille – 27 March 1995, Paris) was a French film and theater director. Filmography * ''The Shameless Old Lady ''The Shameless Old Lady'' (Original title: ''La Vieille dame indigne'') is a 1965 French film. ...

(8 March 1924; d. Paris, 27 March 1995) - painter, then scenario writer, film and theatre director * '' André Benedetto'' (14 July 1934; d. Avignon, 13 July 2009) - author and theatre director, founder of « off » at Festival d'Avignon * '' Paul Carpita'' (12 November 1922; d. Marseille, 23 October 2009) - scenario writer * Philippe Dajoux (23 March 1968) - director * Robert Guédiguian (3 December 1953) - director, actor, screenwriter and producer

Doctors

* '' Charles Peyssonnel'' (1640; d. Marseille, 16 September 1720) - doctor, died from plague *

Jean-André Peyssonnel Jean-André Peyssonnel (19 June 1694, Marseille – 24 December 1759, Saint-Bertrand, Guadeloupe) was a French physician and naturalist, known for his work in marine natural history. Content is translated from the existing French Wikipedia ar ...

(19 June 1694; d. Guadeloupe, 24 December 1759) - doctor and naturalist

Editors

* Robert Laffont (30 November 1916; d.

Neuilly-sur-Seine Neuilly-sur-Seine (; literally 'Neuilly on Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is a commune in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in France, just west of Paris. Immediately adjacent to the city, the area is composed of mostly select residentia ...

, 19 May 2010) - editor * Ferdinand Lop (10 October 1891; d.

Saint-Sébastien-de-Morsent Saint-Sébastien-de-Morsent () is a commune in the Eure department in the Normandy region in northern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of over ...

, 29 October 1974) - editor, poet

Engravers

Jacques Gautier d'Agoty Jacques Fabien Gautier d'Agoty (1716–1785) was a French anatomist, painter and printmaker. D'Agoty was born in Marseille, and became a pupil of the painter and engraver Jacob Christoph Le Blon, with whom he became a rival for title of the ...

(1710; d. Paris, 1781) - engraver * '' Henri Berengier'' (1880; d. 1943) - engraver

Explorers

Euthymenes Euthymenes of Massalia (; grc-gre, Εὐθυμένης ὁ Μασσαλιώτης ''Euthymenēs ho Massaliōtēs''; fl. early sixth century BCE) was a Greek explorer from Massalia (modern Marseille), who explored the coast of West Africa as far, a ...

(5th century BC) *

Pierre Blancard Pierre Blancard (born 21 April 1741 in Marseille – deceased 16 March 1826 in Aubagne) was a French navy officer, botanist and explorer. He was the first to import Chinese chrysanthemum in France. Life After being promoted to the rank of capta ...

(1741-1826), introduced the chrysanthemum to France * ''

Alphonse Fondère Alphonse may refer to: * Alphonse (given name) * Alphonse (surname) * Alphonse Atoll, one of two atolls in the Seychelles' Alphonse Group See also

*Alphons *Alfonso (disambiguation) {{dab ...

'' (26 August 1865; d. Addis-Abeba, 26 November 1930) - explorer, aviator *

Pytheas Pytheas of Massalia (; Ancient Greek: Πυθέας ὁ Μασσαλιώτης ''Pythéas ho Massaliōtēs''; Latin: ''Pytheas Massiliensis''; born 350 BC, 320–306 BC) was a Greeks, Greek List of Graeco-Roman geographers, geographer, explor ...

(4th century BC) - astronomer, explorer *

Gaston Rébuffat Gaston Rébuffat (; 7 May 1921, Marseille – 31 May 1985, Paris) was a French alpinist, mountain guide, and author. He is well known as a member of the first expedition to summit Annapurna 1 in 1950 and the first man to climb all six of the ...

(7 May 1921; d. Paris, 31 May 1985) - Alpinist * '' Jean-Noël Savelli'' (26 March 1853; d. Foumban, 14 November 1917) - soldier and explorer

Historians

* '' Édouard Baratier'' (19 August 1923; d. Marseille, 31 July 1972) - historian * Louis Blancard (1831–1902) - archivist, paleographer * ''

Augustin Fabre Augustin may refer to: * Augustin (name), male name, variant of Augustine * Augustin (typography), English or 14-point type * Augustin, Brașov, a commune in Brașov County, Romania * Dacian fortress of Augustin, ruined Dacian fortified town ...

'' (20 June 1797; d. Marseille, 16 January 1870) - historian *

Marc Fumaroli Marc Fumaroli (10 June 1932 – 24 June 2020) was a French historian and essayist who was widely respected as an advocate for French literature and culture. While born in Marseille, Fumaroli grew up in the Moroccan city of Fez, and served in the ...

(10 June 1932–24 June 2020) - historian, essayist * '' Jean-Baptiste Grosson'' (20 August 1733; d. Montefusco, 20 December 1800) - notary, historian of Marseille * Camille Jullian (15 March 1859; d. Paris, 12 December 1933) - historian of Gaul

Industrialists and business people

* Pierre Bellon (24 January 1930) - founder of

Sodexo Sodexo (formerly Sodexho Alliance) is a French food services and facilities management company headquartered in the Paris suburb of Issy-les-Moulineaux. It has 412,088 employees as of 2021, operates in 55 countries and serves 100 million custome ...

group * '' Jules Charles-Roux'' (14 November 1841; d., Paris, 6 March 1918) - industrialist, writer, patron * '' Norbert D'Agostino'' - former president of

Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille (, ; oc, Olimpic de Marselha, ), also known simply as Marseille or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional men's football club based in Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Founded in 1899, the club pl ...

* Jacques-Antoine Granjon (9 August 1962) - founder of online commerce site

Vente-privee.com Veepee (named vente-privee.com until January 2019) is a French retailer company that sells products through online flash sales. The site, that celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2011, was developed in an online environment to host sales of design ...

Jean Peyrelevade Jean Peyrelevade (born 24 October 1939) is a senior French center-left politician and business leader. Beliefs and political career In 1981 Peyrelevade was appointed deputy director of the cabinet and economic adviser to French Prime Ministe ...

(24 October 1939) - businessman, politician * '' Dominique Piazza'' (31 May 1860; d. Marseille, , 10 December 1941) - inventor of the postcard *

Denis Ranque Denis Ranque (born 7 January 1952 in Marseille) is a French engineer and businessman who served as CEO and chairman of Thales Group from 1998 until 2009. Career In 1976, Denis Ranque began his career as an engineer of the Corps des mines at the M ...

(7 January 1952) - former

CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

and

chairman The chairperson, also chairman, chairwoman or chair, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the grou ...

of Thales Group *

Paul Ricard Paul Louis Marius Ricard (; July 9, 1909 – November 7, 1997) was a French industrialist and creator of an eponymous pastis brand which merged in 1975 with its competitor Pernod to create Pernod Ricard. Ricard was also an environmentalist and t ...

(9 July 1909; d., Marseille, 7 November 1997) - founder of the

Pernod-Ricard Pernod Ricard () is a French company best known for its anise-flavoured pastis apéritifs Pernod Anise and Ricard Pastis (often referred to simply as ''Pernod'' or ''Ricard (drink), Ricard''). The world’s second-largest wine and spirits seller ...

alcohol group * '' Marc Simoncini'' (1963) - founder of Internet dating site Meetic * Serge Tchuruk (13 November 1937) - former CEO and chairman of Alcatel

Journalists

Jean-Pierre Foucault Jean-Pierre Foucault (; born 23 November 1947 in Marseille) is a French television and radio host. He was born in Marseille, his mother was Jewish. He was the host of '' Qui Veut Gagner des Millions ?'', the French version of ''Who Wants to Be a ...

(23 November 1947) - radio and TV host * Patrice Laffont (21 August 1940) - TV host * '' André Remacle'' (3 April 1910; d. Marseille, 14 July 1995) - journalist, writer *

Jean-François Revel Jean-François Revel (born Jean-François Ricard; 19 January 192430 April 2006) was a French philosopher, journalist, and author. A prominent public intellectual, Revel was a socialist in his youth but later became a prominent European propo ...

(19 January 1924; d. Paris, 30 April 2006) - philosopher, académicien, journalist, political chronicler and writer

Lawyers and judges

Gilbert Collard Gilbert Georges Jean Camille René Collard (; born 3 February 1948) is a French writer, barrister and politician serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019. A member of the National Rally (RN) until 2022, he was a member of t ...

(3 February 1948) - lawyer * ''

Paul Lombard Paul Henri Marius Lombard (15 December 1927 – 7 June 2020) was a French politician. Biography Lombard was born in La Ciotat, but his family moved to Martigues when he was a few years old. His father, Paul-Baptistin Lombard, who took part in ...

'' (17 February 1917) - lawyer and writer * Eugène Mouton (13 April 1823; d. Paris, 8 June 1902) - magistrate and writer * '' Emile Pollak'' (21 April 1914; d. Marseille, 6 January 1978) - lawyer

Mafia

* '' Francis le Belge'' (3 March 1946; d. Paris, 22 July 2000) *

François Spirito François Spirito, born Lydio Spirito (1898 – 9 October 1967) was an Italian-born French gangster. He was one of the leaders of the French Connection, and inspired the film ''Borsalino (film), Borsalino'', which featured Alain Delon and Jean-Pau ...

(1900; d. , Toulon, 9 October 1967) * '' Nick Venturi'' (24 June 1923; d. Marseille, 6 April 2008) * '' Tany Zampa'' (1 April 1933; d. Marseille, 16 August 1984)

Military people

* ''

François Joseph Marie Clary François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters" * Francis II of France, Kin ...

'' (3 October 1786; d. Paris, 27 January 1841) - brigadier *

François Coli François Coli (5 June 1881 – presumably on or after 8 May 1927) was a French pilot and navigator best known as the flying partner of Charles Nungesser in their fatal attempt to achieve the first transatlantic flight. Early life and World ...

(5 June 1881; d. North Atlantic, 8 May 1927) - aviator * '' Guillaume Cornut'' (c. 1230; d. off Malta, 8 June or 8 July 1283) - admiral *

Pierre Dominique Garnier Pierre Dominique Garnier, born 19 December 1756 – died 11 May 1827, was a French general during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. He enlisted in the French royal army in 1773 and served in the French West Indies. At the outbr ...

(19 December 1756; d. Nantes, 11 May 1827) - general in the French Revolution *

Jean Gaspard de Vence Jean Gaspard de Vence (6 April 1747 – 12 March 1808) was a French privateer, admiral and Maritime Prefect of Toulon. Biography In 1762 at age 15 he entered the merchant navy in Bayonne, sailed to Saint-Domingue and several years later beca ...

(6 April 1747; d. , Tonnerre, March 1808) - corsair, rear-admiral, maritime prefect of Toulon * '' Joseph Maugard'' (24 December 1913; d.

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, 11 September 1995) - Compagnon de la Libération *

Émile Muselier Émile Henry Muselier (Marseilles, 17 April 1882 – Toulon, 2 September 1965) was a French admiral who led the Free French Naval Forces ('' Forces navales françaises libres'', or FNFL) during World War II. He was responsible for the idea ...

(10 April 1882; d. Toulon, 2 September 1965) - admiral * ''Nicolas Roze ( Le Chevalier Roze)'' (25 September 1675; d. Marseille, 2 September 1733) - captain during the 1720 plague * Jean-Paul de Saumeur (Le Chevalier Paul) (December 1598; d. Toulon, 20 December 1667) - squadron commander

Musicians

* Akhenaton (Philippe Fragione) (17 September 1968) - rapper *

Shurik'n Geoffroy Mussard (; born 11 March 1966), known by his stage name Shurik'n, is a French rapper from Marseille. He is one of the members of the hip hop group IAM, as well as a major solo artist. With his brother Faf Larage (Raphaël Mussard), he al ...

(Geoffroy Mussard) (11 March 1966) - rapper * Georges Arvanitas (13 June 1931; d. 25 July 2005) - pianist *

Roberto Benzi Roberto Benzi (born 1937) is a French conductor and former child actor. Early life Roberto Benzi was born on December 12, 1937, in Marseille, France. His parents discovered his musicality when he was very young, and taught him solfège and piano. ...

(12 December 1937) - orchestra conductor * Erick Benzi (1 March 1959) - author, composer, director * '' Ralph Bernet'' (1927) - lyric writer * '' Georges Boeuf'' (1937) - composer * Charles Burles (21 June 1936) - tenor * Léo Chauliac (6 February 1913; d. 27 October 1977) - pianist, composer, orchestra conductor *

Stanislas Champein Stanislas Champein (19 November 1753 – 19 September 1830) was an 18th/19th-century French composer and politician, a member of the Institut de France. In 1792, Champein joined the administration and was made a Prefect in Mainz. Works (selecti ...

(19 November 1753; d. Paris, 19 September 1830) - composer * Georges Chelon (4 January 1943) - author, composer, interpreter *

Régine Crespin Régine Crespin (23 February 1927 – 5 July 2007) was a French singer who had a major international career in opera and on the concert stage between 1950 and 1989. She started her career singing roles in the dramatic soprano and spinto soprano ...

(23 February 1927; d. Paris, 5 July 2007) - opera singer *

Domenico Della-Maria Domenico Della Maria (born in Marseilles, 1768; died in Paris, 9 March 1800) was a mandolin virtuoso and dramatic composer of operas. Early years He was the son of Italian parents. His father Domenico was a roving mandolin player, who with h ...

(14 June 1769; d. Paris, 9 March 1800) - opera composer * Patrick Fiori (23 September 1969) - singer *

Mireille Flour Mireille Flour (29 April 1906 in Marseille – 1984 was a French classical harpist, naturalised Belgian. Biography After studying at the conservatoire de Marseille, then the conservatoire de Paris for half a century, Flour was a striking figure o ...

(29 April 1906 – 1984) - classical harpist *

Zino Francescatti René-Charles "Zino" Francescatti (August 9, 1902 – September 17, 1991) was a French virtuoso violinist. Zino Francescatti was born in Marseilles, to a musical family. Both parents were violinists. His father, who also played the cello, had stu ...

(9 August 1902; d. La Ciotat, 17 September 1991) - violinist * Cedric Gervais (1979) - DJ and producer of house music * Hubert Giraud (1920; d. 2016) - lyric writer * ''

André Jaume André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew, and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries. It is a variation o ...

'' (7 October 1940) - saxophonist, clarinettist *

Maxence Larrieu Maxence Larrieu (born 27 October 1934 in Marseille) is a French classical flautist. Career He studied flute from age 10 at the Marseille Conservatory of Music with Joseph Rampal, who was the father of Jean-Pierre Rampal Jean-Pierre Louis ...

(27 October 1934) - classical flautist *

Le Rat Luciano Fonky Family () or La Fonky Family (often shortened to La Fonky, or La FF), is a French hip hop band from Marseille, consisting of four rappers, Le Rat Luciano, , and Sat, producer , DJ Djel, dancer Blaze, singer Karima, Flex (fetus) Nand ...

(Christophe Carmona) (21 April 1976) - rapper * '' Jean Lumière'' (20 August 1895; d. Paris, 2 April 1979) - singer * Paul Mauriat (, 4 March 1925; d. Perpignan, 3 November 2006) - orchestra conductor * Clara Morgane (1 January 1981) - porn actress * Lucien Muratore (29 August 1876; d. Paris, 16 July 1954) - tenor, film actor * André Pascal (1932; d. 2001) - songwriter * ''

Mireille Ponsard Mireille () is a French given name, derived from the Provençal Occitan name '' Mirèio'' (or ''Mirèlha'' in the classical norm of Occitan, ). It could be related to the Occitan verb ''mirar'' "to look, to admire" or to the given names ''Miriam' ...

'' (1908; d. Paris, 5 February 1999) - singer, actress * Franck Pourcel (14 August 1913; d. Neuilly sur Seine, 12 November 2000) - violinist, orchestra conductor * Jean-Pierre Rampal (7 January 1922; d. Paris, 20 May 2000) - flautist * Jean Marie Rebischung (30 March 1962) - composer * Ernest Reyer (1 December 1823; d. Lavandou, 15 January 1909) - composer * Jean-Michel Sanchez (28 June 1969) - organist, musicologist * Vincent Scotto (21 April 1876; d. Paris, 15 November 1952) - composer * SCH (real name Julien Schwarzer) (6 April 1993) - rapper * '' Cyril Tarquiny'' (24 May 1974) - guitarist * Henri Tomasi (17 August 1901; d. Paris, 13 January 1971) - orchestra conductor *

Jannick Top Jannick "Janik" Top is a French bass player and composer, born in Marseille. Top plays the electric bass and the cello. In the 1970s, he was a lead member of the influential zeuhl band Magma, along with Christian Vander and Didier Lockwood. Fr ...

(4 October 1947) - composer * ''

Cora Vaucaire Cora may refer to: Science * ''Cora'' (fungus), a genus of lichens * ''Cora'' (damselfly), a genus of damselflies * CorA metal ion transporter, a Mg2+ influx system People * Cora (name), a given name and surname * Cora E. (born 1968), German h ...

'' (22 July 1918; d. Paris, 17 September 2011) - singer * '' Raymond Vincy'' (23 February 1904; d. Neuilly-sur-seine, 26 May 1968) - lyric writer

Painters

* '' Marguerite Allar'' (1 August 1899; d. Marseille, 22 January 1974) - painter and teacher * '' Raymond Allègre'' (1857; d. Marseille, 1933) - painter * '' Jean Arène'' (11 September 1929) - painter * '' Marcel Arnaud'' (8 October 1877; d. Aix-en-Provence, 18 March 1956) - painter, director of the école des beaux-arts d'Aix-en-Provence * '' Edmond Astruc'' (4 November 1878; d. Marseille (11 January 1977) - aviator and painter * '' Louis Audibert'' (11 June 1880; d. Marseille, 20 March 1983) - painter * '' Joseph-Marius Avy'' (21 September 1871; d. 1939) - painter * '' Eugène de Barberiis'' (9 March 1851; d. Sanary, 29 November 1937) - painter * '' Jean-Jérôme Baugean'' (18 June 1764; d. 1830) - painter and engraver *

Charles Camoin Charles Camoin (; 23 September 1879 – 20 May 1965) was a French expressionist landscape painter associated with the Fauves. ''Les Fauves: A Sourcebook'', by Russell T. Clement, p. 2, web: -->&lpg=PA2 Google Books Born in Marseille, Franc ...

(23 September 1879; d. Paris, 29 May 1965) - painter * Jacques Carelman (1929) - painter, decorator and illustrator * ''

Alfred Casile Alfred Casile (1848–1909) was a French landscape and marine painter. Biography His mother was from an old, established Marseille family. His father was of Corsican origin and held a high position in the railroad company. He received his art ...

'' (9 February 1848; d. Marseille, 1 June 1909) - painter * '' Alfred Chataud'' (17 August 1833; d. Alger, 1908) - Orientalist painter *

Jean-Antoine Constantin Jean-Antoine Constantin (January 1756 - 9 January 1844) was a French painter. Biography Born in the vicinity of the Loubière, in Marseille, Jean-Antoine Constantin studied at the Academy of Painting in Marseille under the tutelage of Jean-Jose ...

(20 January 1756; d. Aix-en-Provence, 9 January 1844) - painter * '' Meiffren Conte'' (1624; d. Marseille, 10 March 1705) - painter * Édouard Crémieux (21 January 1856; d. in deportation, May 1944) - painter *

Jean-Joseph Dassy Jean-Joseph Dassy, a French historical and portrait painter, and lithographer, was born at Marseilles on 27 December 1791, and died in the same city on 27 July 1865. He studied under Girodet-Trioson, and commenced exhibiting at the Paris Salon i ...

(27 December 1791; d. Marseille, 27 July 1865) - painter * '' Sauveur Marius Di Russo'' (11 January 1897; d. Marseille, 18 November 1983) - painter * '' Eugène Dufour'' (1873; d. Marseille, 1941) - painter * '' Antoine Ferrari'' (1 February 1910; d. Marseille, 1995) - painter *

Joseph Garibaldi Joseph Garibaldi (12 May 1863, Marseille - 6 May 1941, Marseille) was a French painter, specializing in cityscapes and coastal scenes. Biography His father, an employee of the Noilly Prat distillery, was originally from Italy. Louis Prat, one ...

(1863; d. Marseille, 7 May 1941) - painter *

François Gautier François Gautier (born 1950) is a journalist based in India who served as the South Asian correspondent for multiple reputed French-language dailies. He advocates for an Indigenous Aryan narrative. He is also the founder of a private museum ...

(1842; d. 1917) - painter * '' Antoine Gianelli'' (23 August 1896; d. Marseille, 23 March 1983) - painter *

Jean-Amédée Gibert Jean-Amadée Gibert (January 28, 1869, Marseille – 1945, Marseille), was a French painter, architect and curator. Biography He was a pupil of Antoine Dominique Magaud. In 1890, he won a painting prize in Marseille which allowed him to st ...

(28 January 1869; d. Marseille, 1945) - painter ( Prix de Rome 1898), architect, curator of the Musées de Marseille * '' Marius Guindon'' (8 April 1805; d. 1918) - painter, sculptor * '' Piotr Klemensiewicz'' (11 February 1956) - painter * '' Charles François Lacroix de Marseille'' (1700; d. Berlin, 1782) - painter * ''

Alfred Lombard Alfred may refer to: Arts and entertainment *''Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series * ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne * ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák *"Alfred (Interlu ...

'' (24 April 1884; d. Toulon, 7 September 1973) - painter * Antoine Dominique Magaud (4 August 1817; d. Marseille, 23 December 1899) - painter * '' Étienne Philippe Martin'' (27 July 1856; d. Marseille, 6 March 1945) - painter, musician *

Jules Monge Jules Monge (25 December 18551 July 1934) was a French painter. Biography He was a pupil of Alexandre Cabanel, Édouard Detaille and . He exhibited in Paris at the Salon des artistes français from 1881 to 1933 and achieved many successes. He ...

(1855; d. Paris, 1934) - painter *

Adolphe Monticelli Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli (October 14, 1824 – June 29, 1886) was a French painter of the generation preceding the Impressionists. Biography Monticelli was born in Marseille in humble circumstances. He attended the École Municipale de ...

(18 October 1824; d. Marseille, 26 June 1886) - painter * ''

Alphonse Moutte Jean Joseph Marie Alphonse Moutte (March 4, 1840 – April 21, 1913) was a French painter in the Naturalist style, known for his genre scenes and coastal landscapes. Biography He was born to an old Provençal family and began his education at ...

'' (4 March 1840; d. Marseille, 21 April 1913) - painter *

Louis Nattero Louis Alexandre Marie Nattero (16 October 1870 – 10 November 1915 in Marseilles) was a French painter. He was known for his sea and port pictures and depictions of local street scenes and children. He also painted the Port of Toulon Tou ...

(16 October 1870; d. Marseille, 10 November 1915) - painter * ''

Jean-Baptiste Olive Jean-Baptiste Olive ( – 1936) was a French painter. Biography Olive, the son of a wine merchant, was born in Marseille's Saint-Martin neighbourhood. Étienne Cornellier, a decorator, encouraged him to register at École des beaux-arts de Ma ...

'' (31 July 1848; d. Paris, 13 May 1936) - painter *

Henri Pinta Henri Ludovic Marius Pinta (15 June 1856, in Marseille – 18 October 1944, in Paris) was a French painter who specialized in religious works. He also created designs for mosaics and stained glass windows. Biography He studied with Alexandre ...

(1856; d. Paris, 1944) - painter, Prix de Rome 1884 * '' Jean-Claude Quilici'' (1941) - painter * '' Marie Rauzy'' (21 March 1961) - painter * '' Marius Rey'' (1836; d. 1927) - painter *

Gustave Ricard Louis Gustave Ricard (1 September 1823, Marseille - 23 January 1873, Paris) was a French painter, known primarily for his portraits. Biography According to some sources, his family was originally from Florence and spelled their name "Ricoard ...

(1 September 1823; d. Paris, 23 January 1873) - painter * Antoine Roux (6 March 1765; d. Marseille, 20 April 1835) - painter * '' Arsène Sari'' (7 October 1895; d. Aubagne, 8 November 1995) - painter *

René Seyssaud René Seyssaud (16 June 1867 – 26 September 1952) was a Provençal painter and is known as a precursor of Fauvism. Biography Seyssaud was born on 16 June 1867 in Marseille, but spent his childhood at his ancestral home of Pe ...

(15 June 1867; d. Saint-Chamas, 24 Septembre) - painter * '' Louis Toncini'' (1907; d. 2002) - painter *

François Topino-Lebrun François Jean-Baptiste Topino-Lebrun (11 April 1764, in Marseille – 30 January 1801, in Paris) was a French painter and revolutionary. He worked in the Neoclassicism, Neo-Classical style and was said to be the favorite student of Jacques- ...

(11 April 1764; d. Paris, 31 January 1801) - painter and revolutionary * ''

Stanislas Torrents Stanislas Torrents (1839-1916) was a French painter. His parents were Spanish. His paintings are in the collections of many museums, including the Musée Louis Vouland in Avignon. Stanislas Torrents-Claire Charles-Roux.jpg, ''Mme Claire Charle ...

'' (23 May 1839; d. Cannes, 6 November 1916) - painter * '' Louis Trabuc'' (2 August 1928; d. Manosque, 23 February 2008) - painter * ''

André Alexandre Verdilhan André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew, and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries. It is a variation o ...

'' (14 March 1881; d. Paris, 21 July 1963) - painter, sculptor * '' Fortuné Viguier'' (1841; d. 1916) - painter * '' Auguste Vimar'' (3 November 1851; d. Marseille, 23 August 1916) - painter, sculptor

Police officers

Lucien Aimé-Blanc Lucien Aimé-Blanc (23 March 1935 – 19 February 2020)

(23 March 1935–19 February 2020) - Commissioner * '' Gérard Girel'' (7 August 1946) - Commissioner * Georges Nguyen Van Loc (2 April 1933; d. Cannes, 7 December 2008) - Commissioner, writer and actor

Politicians

* ''

René Arthaud René Arthaud (20 September 1915 - 21 July 2007) was a French politician. He served as a member of the National Assembly from 1946 to 1951, representing Vaucluse Vaucluse (; oc, Vauclusa, label= Provençal or ) is a department in the south ...

'' (21 September 1915; d. 21 July 2007) - Deputy *

Charles Barbaroux Charles Jean Marie Barbaroux (6 March 1767 – 25 June 1794) was a French politician of the Revolutionary period and Freemason. Biography Early career Born in Marseille, Barbaroux was educated at first by the local Oratorians, then studied l ...

(6 March 1767; d. Bordeaux, 25 June 1794) - lawyer, Deputy * ''

Henry Bergasse Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, ...

'' (26 September 1894; d. Marseille, 28 March 1977) - Deputy * Paul Boulet (8 September 1894; d. Montpellier, 27 July 1982) - Deputy * ''

Charles de Casaulx Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was " ...

'' (20 March 1547; d. Marseille, 17 February 1596) - Premier Consul * '' Jean Chevallier'' (31 July 1897; d. Saumur, 14 November 1985) - Vichy French governor of Sigmaringen (1945-1949) * Désirée Clary (8 November 1777; d. Stockholm, 17 December 1860) -

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* '' François Clary'' (24 February 1725; d. Marseille, 20 January 1794) - Alderman of Marseille * '' Joseph Nicolas Clary'' (26 March 1760; d. Paris, 6 June 1823) - Pair des Cent-Jours * '' Augustin-Eudes-Joseph Durand'' (7 May 1757) - Deputy *

Jean-Baptiste Estelle Jean-Baptiste Estelle (1662, Marseille – 1723, Marseille) was French Consul in the Moroccan city of Salé in 1689–98. He was the son of Pierre Estelle, Consul at Tetuan."...the reports sent to the Government of Louis XIV by P. Estelle, Consu ...

(January 1662; d. Marseille, January 1723) - Alderman * Étienne Garnier-Pagès (27 December 1801; d. Paris, 23 June 1841) - Deputy *

Jean-Claude Gaudin Jean-Claude Gaudin (; born 8 October 1939) is a French politician for The Republicans. He served as the Mayor of Marseille from 1995 to 2020. He was a member of the National Assembly of France from Bouches-du-Rhône from 1978 to 1989 and has be ...

(8 October 1939) - Senator, Mayor * ''

François Girard François Girard (born January 12, 1963) is a French Canadian director and screenwriter from Montreal. Born in Saint-Félicien, Quebec, Girard's career began on the Montreal art video circuit. In 1990, he produced his first feature film, ''Car ...

'' (23 July 1761; d. Paris, 26 March 1854) - Deputy for Vaucluse * '' François Omer Granet'' (16 November 1758; d. 10 September 1821) - Deputy * '' François Isoard'' (3 March 1765; d. Aix-en-Provence, 25 September 1795) - secretary of the Club des amis de la Constitution * Alexandre Marius Jacob (27 September 1879; d. Bois-Saint-Denis (Indre), 28 August 1954) - anarchist * '' Antoine de Jessé-Charleval'' (1836; d. Marseille, 1915) - Mayor of Marseille *

Henri Jibrayel Henri Jibrayel ( ar, هنرى چيبرايل; born on in Marseille) is a French politician with Lebanese and Assyrian roots. His father was an Assyrian survivor of the Assyrian genocide, that took place in present-day Turkey, who had taken re ...

(18 September 1951) - Deputy * '' Jean-François Lieutaud'' (3 March 1754; d. Paris, 19 February 1801) - Commandant général of the garde nationale in Marseille * '' Charles-Marie Livon'' (19 May 1850; d. Marseille, 16 August 1917) - doctor, Mayor of Marseille *

Joseph Mascarel Jose Mascarel (April 18, 1816 – October 6, 1899) was a 19th−century sea captain, California landowner, investor, baker, and vintner; and a mayor of Los Angeles, California. Personal Birth and death Mascarel was born in Marseilles or Ment ...

(1816; d. Los Angeles, 1899) - sailor, Mayor of Los Angeles * '' Jean-Raymond Mourraille'' (25 November 1721; d. Marseille, 30 December 1808) - astronomer, Mayor of Marseille * Émile Ollivier (2 July 1825; d. Saint-Gervais les bains, 20 August 1913) - Minister * '' Claude-Charles de Peyssonnel'' (1727; d. Paris, 1790) - Ambassador * ''

Paul Peytral Paul Peytral (20 January 1842 – 30 November 1919) was a French politician of the French Third Republic. Career Paul Louis Peytral was born on 20 January 1842 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. He was elected deputy for Bouches-du-Rhône on 4 Se ...

'' (20 January 1842; d. Marseille, 30 November 1919) - Deputy, minister * Victor Peytral (18 October 1874; d. Draguignan, 20 April 1964) - Deputy, minister * '' Michel Pezet'' (9 April 1942) - Deputy, lawyer *

Germaine Poinso-Chapuis Germaine Poinso-Chapuis (6 March 1901, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône – 20 February 1981) was a French politician. She was the first woman to hold a Cabinet-level post in the French government. Her political convictions have been characterized ...

(6 March 1901; d. Marseille, 20 February 1981) - Minister * '' François-Trophime Rebecquy'' (1 September 1744; d. Marseille, 3 May 1794) - Deputy *

Henri Tasso Henri Tasso (8 October 1882 – 12 February 1944) was a French Socialist politician. He served as the Mayor of Marseille from 1935 to 1939. He also served as a member of the National Assembly from 1924 to 1938, and of the Senate from 1938 to 1945 ...

(8 October 1882; d. Marseille, 12 February 1944) - Mayor of Marseille *

Adolphe Thiers Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers ( , ; 15 April 17973 September 1877) was a French statesman and historian. He was the second elected President of France and first President of the French Third Republic. Thiers was a key figure in the July Rev ...

(15 April 1797; d. Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 3 September 1877) - President of France *

Michel Vaxès Michel Vaxès (November 14, 1940 – September 18, 2016) was a French politician. Early life Michel Vaxès was born on November 14, 1940 in Marseille, Southern France. Career Vaxès was a school counsellor. Vaxès was a member of the French Co ...

(14 November 1940) - Deputy * '' Raymond Valabrègue'' (25 September 1899; d. Marseille, 18 April 1966) - Deputy for Drôme

Religious personalities

See also Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Marseille. * Pierre Barthélemy (Peter Bartholomew) (d. Palestine, 20 April 1099) - soldier, mystic * '' Louis-Toussaint Dassy'' (1 November 1808; d. Marseille, 23 August 1888) - abbot, founder of the institute for young blind * '' Jean-Baptiste Fouque'' (12 September 1851; d. Marseille, 5 December 1926) - priest *

Folquet de Marselha Folquet de Marselha, alternatively Folquet de Marseille, Foulques de Toulouse, Fulk of Toulouse (c. 1150 – 25 December 1231) came from a Genoese merchant family who lived in Marseille. He is known as a trobadour, and then as a fiercely anti- ...

(1155; d. Toulouse, 25 December 1231) - Bishop of Toulouse * Jean-Pierre Ricard (25 September 1944) - Cardinal

''Résistants''

Berty Albrecht Berty Albrecht (15 February 1893 – 31 May 1943) was a French feminist and Resistance martyr. Life Albrecht was born Berthe Wild in Marseilles on 15 February 1893 to a middle-class Protestant family. She married the Dutch banker Frédéric Alb ...

(15 February 1893; d. Fresnes, 1943) - ''résistante'' * Marie-Madeleine Fourcade (8 November 1909; d. Paris, 20 July 1989) - Chief of the "Alliance" network * Éliane Plewman (1917; d. Dachau, 13 September 1944) - ''résistante''

Scientists

Elzéar Abeille de Perrin Elzéar Emmanuel Arène Abeille de Perrin (3 January 1843, Marseille – 9 October 1910, Marseille) was a French entomologist. Abeille de Perrin was a lawyer in Marseille. He gave all his free time to entomology and was a member of the Soci� ...

(3 January 1843; d. Marseille, 9 October 1910) - entomologist * Sabin Berthelot (4 April 1794; d. 10 November 1880) - naturalist, ethnologist * '' François Cauvière'' (13 October 1780; d., Marseille, 2 October 1858) - surgeon *

Henri Fabre Henri Fabre (29 November 1882 – 30 June 1984) was a French aviator and the inventor of the first successful seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion. Henri Fabre was born into a prominent family of shipowners in the city of Marseille. He was educated ...

(29 November 1882; d. Le Touvet, 30 June 1984) - engineer, aviator * Charles Fabry (11 June 1867; d. Paris, 11 December 1945) - physicist * '' Max Escalon de Fonton'' (5 February 1920) - prehistorian, archaeologist * '' Jean Baptiste Marie Jaubert'' (17 March 1726; d. Brignoles, 9 August 1884) - doctor and ornithologist * Michel Lazdunski (born 11 April 1938) – biochemist * Henry de Lumley (14 August 1934) - archeologist, geologist and prehistorian *

Frank Merle Frank Merle is an American screenwriter, director and producer best known for '' The Employer'' and '' From Jennifer.'' Also a theatrical producer and director, Merle trained at The Theatre School at DePaul University. Film career After graduat ...

(22 November 1962) - mathematician *

Fernand Mossé Fernand Mossé (25 May 1892 – 10 July 1956) was a 20th-century French philologist and historian, specialized in Germanic languages and German literature. Biography An agrégé of English, Fernand Mossé was a lecturer at the Bangor Univer ...

(25 May 1892 – 10 July 1956) - philologist *

(19 June 1694; d. Saint-Bertrand de l'Isle Grande-Terre in

Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the ...

, 24 December 1759) - doctor and naturalist * '' Guillaume de Saint-Jacques de Silvabelle'' (28 January 1722; d. Marseille, 10 February 1801) - mathematician, astronomer *

André Turcat Major André Édouard Turcat (23 October 1921 – 4 January 2016) was a French Air Force pilot and test pilot celebrated for flying the first prototype of Concorde for its maiden flight. Turcat was born on 23 October 1921 in Marseille (Bouches-du ...

(23 October 1921 – 4 January 2016) - test pilot, first pilot of Concorde at supersonic speed

Sculptors

* César Baldaccini (1 January 1921; d. Paris, 6 December 1998) - sculptor *

Jean-Marie Baumel Jean-Marie Baumel was a French sculptor born in Marseille on 2 November 1912 and who died in Neuilly/Eure on 2 June 1978. Biography Jean-Marie Baumel studied in Paris at the École des Beaux-Arts under Henri Bouchard. He exhibited at the Par ...

(2 November 1911; d. Neuilly (Eure), 2 June 1978) - sculptor *

Auguste Carli Auguste Carli (12 July 1868 – 28 January 1930) was a French sculptor. Biography Early life Auguste Carli was born on 12 July 1868 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. His younger brother, François Carli (1872-1957), was also a sculptor. ...

(12 July 1868; d. Paris, 28 January 1930) - sculptor *

Alice Colonieu Alice Victorine Antoinette Colonieu (5 November 1924 – 16 July 2010) was a French ceramicist, painter and sculptor. Biography From an old family from Vaucluse, Alice Colonieu was born in Marseille, the daughter of Albert, a SNCF contr ...

(5 November 1924; d. Marseille, 16 July 2010) - sculptor, ceramicist, painter *

Paul Gondard Paul Gondard (1884–1953) was a French sculptor. Biography Gondard studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Marseille but did not pursue further studies in Paris as was usual with provincial sculptors at that time, choosing instead to remain i ...

(7 September 1884; d. Marseille, 27 February 1953) - sculptor * '' Gustave Guétant'' (25 May 1873; d. Marseille, 23 July 1953) - sculptor, designer, illustrator * '' Jean-Louis Lagnel'' (8 February 1764; d. Marseille, 16 September 1822) - santonnier * ''

Henri-Édouard Lombard Henri-Édouard Lombard (21 November 1855 - 23 July 1929) was a French sculptor. He won the Prix de Rome in 1883. He was a Professor of Sculpture at the École des Beaux-Arts from 1900 to 1929. He designed public sculptures in Marseille, Nice and P ...

'' (21 January 1875; d. Paris, 23 July 1929) - sculptor, Prix de Rome 1883 * ''

Raymonde Martin Raymonde is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Raymonde Allain (1912–2008), French model and actress *Raymonde April, OC (born 1953), Canadian contemporary artist, photographer and academic *Raymonde Arsen née Vital, servant ...

'' (15 January 1887; d. Marseille, 7 December 1977) - sculptor * Pierre Puget (16 October 1620; d. Marseille, 2 December 1694) - painter, sculptor, architect and engineer * ''

Raymond Servian Raymond is a male given name. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ ( ...

'' (18 May 1903; d. Marseille, February 1953) - sculptor * Élie-Jean Vézien (18 July 1890; d. Marseille, 7 September 1982) - sculptor, engraver and medallist

Sportsmen and women

Paul Aymé Paul Aymé (29 July 1869 in Marseille – 25 July 1962 in Madrid) was a French tennis player Tennis career Paul Aymé is best remembered for winning the French Championship four straight years; 1897, 1898, 1899, and 1900. References * Bud Col ...

(29 July 1869; d. Madrid, , 25 July 1962) - tennis player * Élie Bayol (28 February 1914; d. La Ciotat, 25 May 1995) - motor racer *

Jean Boiteux Jean Boiteux (20 June 1933 – 11 April 2010) was a French freestyle swimmer. He competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won the 400 m event in 1952, breaking the Olympic record and becoming the first French swimmer to win an Olympi ...

(20 June 1933; d. Bordeaux, 11 April 2010) - swimmer *

Jean Bouin Alexandre François Étienne Jean Bouin (; 21 December 1888 – 29 September 1914) was a French middle-distance runner. He competed in the 1500m at the 1908 Olympics and the 5000m at the 1912 Olympics. He won a silver medal in the 5000m in 191 ...

(21 December 1888; d. Xivray (Meuse), 29 September 1914) - long-distance runner * '' Alexandre Caizergues'' (14 March 1979) - kite surfer * Éric Cantona (24 May 1966) - footballer * '' Daniel Costantini'' (21 October 1943) - handball trainer *

Rolland Courbis Rolland Courbis (; born 12 August 1953) is a French football manager and former professional player who played as a defender. He was most recently manager of Stade Rennais F.C., having replaced Philippe Montanier on 20 January 2016. Career Bo ...

(12 August 1953) - footballer, trainer * ''

Antoine Delpero Antoine is a French given name (from the Latin '' Antonius'' meaning 'highly praise-worthy') that is a variant of Danton, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin. The name is used in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, West Greenland, Haiti, French Gui ...

'' (1 November 1985) - longboard surfer * Marcel Dib (10 August 1960) - footballer *

Albin Ebondo Albin Ebondo (born 23 February 1984 in Marseille), is a Congolese- French football defender who last played for Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; frp, Sant-Etiève; oc, Sant Estève, ) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire department ...

(23 February 1984) - footballer *

Jean-Luc Ettori Jean-Luc Ettori (born 29 July 1955) is a French former professional footballer who played as goalkeeper. He spent his entire career with AS Monaco, and had held the record for the most appearances by any player in Ligue 1 or Division 1 with 602 ...

(29 July 1955) - footballer * Mathieu Flamini (7 March 1984) - footballer * Wesley Tidjan Fofana (17 December 2000) - footballer * Laurent Foirest (18 September 1973) - basketball player * Jessica Fox (11 June 1994) - kayaker and canoeist * '' Gustave Ganay'' (21 March 1892; d. Paris, 23 August 1926) - cyclist *

Gérard Gili Gérard Gili (born 7 August 1952) is a French football manager and former player. Gili's highest profile appointment was as manager of Ivory Coast. He was named as the Ivorians' head coach in January 2008, following the resignation of Ulrich St ...

(7 August 1952) - footballer *

Sébastien Grosjean Sébastien René Grosjean (; born 29 May 1978) is a French former professional tennis player. Grosjean reached the semifinals at the 2001 Australian and French Opens, and at Wimbledon in 2003 and 2004. He finished eight consecutive seasons rank ...

(29 May 1978) - tennis player *

Lucas Hernandez Lucas François Bernard Hernandez (; born 14 February 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left back or centre back for club Bayern Munich and the France national team. Considered one of the best defenders in the world, ...

(14 February 1996) - footballer *

Théo Hernandez Théo Bernard François Hernandez (; born 6 October 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Serie A club AC Milan and the France national team. Known for his speed, dribbling, and goal scoring ability, he is regar ...

(6 October 1997) - footballer * Myriam Jérusalmi (24 October 1961) - kayaker * Frank Lebœuf (22 January 1968) - footballer * Peter Luccin (9 April 1979) - footballer *

Mohamed M'Changama Mohamed "Momo" M'Changama (born 9 June 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Racing Besançon. Born in France, he represented the Comoros national team. Previously, he has played with amateur clubs Aubagne and Gardanne a ...

(9 June 1987) - footballer * William Meynard (11 July 1987) - swimmer *

Alain Mosconi Alain Mosconi (born 9 September 1949) is a French former swimmer, Olympic medalist and world record holder. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics in six freestyle, butterfly and medley relay events. In 1968 he won a bronze medal in the ...

(9 September 1949) - swimmer * ''

André Moulon André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew, and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries. It is a variation o ...

'' (10 August 1935; d. Marseille, 14 April 2009) - footballer * Anthony Muleta (31 January 1986) - rugby union player * Samir Nasri (26 June 1987) - footballer *

Louisa Nécib Louisa Nécib Cadamuro (; born 23 January 1987) is a French former professional footballer who played for the France national team. She spent the majority of her career at Lyon, amassing eighteen titles with the French club over a nine-year spa ...

(23 January 1987) - footballer * '' Christopher Pratt'' (1981) - navigator and skipper *

(7 May 1921; d. Marseille, 1 June 1985) - Alpinist * Julien Sablé (11 September 1980) - footballer *

Roger Scotti Roger Scotti (29 July 1925 – 12 December 2001) was a French footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Scotti spent his entire career with Olympique de Marseille. He also held the record for most games played under the Olympian colors: 453 ...

(29 July 1925; d. Marseille, 12 December 2001) - footballer *

Anthony Terras Anthony Terras (born 21 June 1985) is a French shooter Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, Bow and arrow, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or Blowgun, blowpipe). Even the acts of launching ...

(21 June 1985) - shooting * ''

Alain Weisz Alain may refer to: People * Alain (given name), common given name, including list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Alain (surname) * "Alain", a pseudonym for cartoonist Daniel Brustlein * Alain, a standard author abbreviation ...

'' (29 May 1953) - former basketball player, trainer *

Zinédine Zidane Zinedine Yazid Zidane (; born 23 June 1972), popularly known as Zizou, is a French professional football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He most recently coached Spanish club Real Madrid and is one of the mos ...

(23 June 1972) - footballer

Writers

Amédée Achard Amédée is a French masculine forename. Notable people with the forename include: Persons * Amédée, stage name of Philippe de Chérisey (1923-1985), French writer, radio humorist, surrealist and actor * Amédée Artus (1815-1892), French cond ...

(22 April 1814; d. Paris, 26 March 1875) - writer, journalist *

Antonin Artaud Antoine Marie Joseph Paul Artaud, better known as Antonin Artaud (; 4 September 1896 – 4 March 1948), was a French writer, poet, dramatist, visual artist, essayist, actor and theatre director. He is widely recognized as a major figure of the E ...

(4 September 1896; d. Ivry-sur-Seine, 4 March 1948) - writer, poet * '' Gilles Ascaride'' (1947) - writer, sociologist * ''

Gabriel Audisio In Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Gabriel (); Greek: grc, Γαβριήλ, translit=Gabriḗl, label=none; Latin: ''Gabriel''; Coptic: cop, Ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, translit=Gabriêl, label=none; Amharic: am, ገብር� ...

'' (27 July 1910; d. Issy-les-Moulineaux, 26 January 1978) - writer, poet *

Joseph Autran Joseph Autran (20 June 1813 – 6 March 1877) was a French poet. Biography Autran was born in Marseille. In 1832 he addressed an ode to Alphonse de Lamartine, who was then at Marseille on his way to the East. Lamartine persuaded the young man's f ...

(20 June 1813; d. Marseille, 6 March 1877) - dramatist, poet *

Nicolas Thomas Barthe Nicolas-Thomas Barthe (1734, Marseille – 17 June 1785, Paris) was an 18th-century French poet and playwright. Works ;Theatre *1764: ''L'Amateur'', one-act comedy in verse, Paris, Hôtel de Richelieu, 1 March *1768: ''Les Fausses Infidélit� ...

(1734; d. 17 June 1785) - dramatist, poet * Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy (11 May 1794; d. Marseille, 23 August 1867) - poet *

Jean-François de Bastide Jean-François de Bastide (15 July 1724, Marseille – 4 July 1798, Milan aged 73) was an 18th-century French writer and playwright. The son of a magistrate from Provence, Bastide was a polygraph: he wrote novels (''Histoire d'une religieuse par e ...

(15 July 1724; d. Milan, 4 July 1798) - polygraph * '' Jean-Michel Billioud'' (1964) - writer * '' Maria Borrély'' (16 October 1890; d. Digne-les-Bains, 22 February 1963) - writer * '' Louis Brauquier'' (14 August 1900; d. Marseille, 7 September 1976) - writer, poet *

Marcel Brion Marcel Brion (; 21 November 1895 – 23 October 1984) was a French essayist, literary critic, novelist, and historian. Early life The son of a lawyer, Brion was classmates in Thiers with Marcel Pagnol and Albert Cohen. After completing his ...

(21 November 1895; d. Paris, 23 October 1984) - writer, art historian, Académicien * '' Antoine Bruguière de Sorsum'' (22 June 1773; d. Marseille, 7 October 1823) - philologist * '' Philippe Carrese'' (6 April 1956) - writer, documentary maker *

Patrick Cauvin Claude Klotz (6 October 1932 in Marseille – 13 August 2010 in Paris), better known by his pen name Patrick Cauvin, was a French writer. Works All of his works were published with Le Livre de Poche except when otherwise noted. * 1971: ''Les I ...

(6 October 1932; d. Paris, 13 August 2010) - writer *

Jean de La Ceppède Jean de La Ceppède (c. 1550 – 1623) was a French nobility, French nobleman, judge, and French poetry, poet from Aix-en-Provence. La Ceppède was a Christian poetry, Christian poet and wrote French Alexandrine, Alexandrine sonnets in Middle Fren ...

(1548; d. Avignon, 1623) - poet, magistrate * ''

Jean Contrucci Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * Jean ...

'' (7 June 1939) - writer * '' Gilles Del Pappas'' (14 December 1949) - writer *

César Chesneau Dumarsais César Chesneau, sieur Dumarsais or Du Marsais (July 17, 1676 – June 11, 1756) was a French ''philosophe'', grammarian and contributor to the ''Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers''. He was a promin ...

(17 July 1676; d. Paris, 11 June 1756) - philosopher, grammarian * Joseph Héliodore Garcin de Tassy (1794-1878) - orientalist * ''

Jean-Christophe Duchon-Doris ''Jean-Christophe'' (1904‒1912) is the novel in 10 volumes by Romain Rolland for which he received the Prix Femina in 1905 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915. It was translated into English by Gilbert Cannan. The first four volumes ar ...

'' (2 January 1960) - writer * '' Paul Alexandre Dulard'' (8 March 1695; d. Marseille, 7 December 1760) - poet * '' Yann de L'Écotais'' (14 November 1940; d. Paris, 23 October 2008) - writer, journalist * ''

René Frégni René Frégni (born 1947) is a French novelist. Early life Frégni was born in 1947 in Marseille. Career Frégni owned a restaurant on the main square of Manosque, which he sold after his business associate was arrested for money laundering. He ...

'' (8 July 1947) - writer * '' Christian Garcin'' (8 November 1959) - writer * ''

Victor Gélu The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...

'' (12 September 1806; d. Marseille, 2 April 1885) - poet in Provençal language, Marseilles dialect * '' Jean-Baptiste Germain'' (1701-1781) - Occitan author * '' Daniel Giraud'' (10 January 1946) - writer and translator from Chinese, blues musician *

Léon Gozlan Léon Gozlan (11 September 1803 – 14 September 1866) was a 19th-century French novelist and playwright. Life When he was still a boy, his father, who had made a large fortune as a ship-broker, met with a series of misfortunes, and Léon, befo ...

(11 September 1803; d. Paris, 14 September 1866) - writer, associated with Balzac *

Jean-Claude Izzo Jean-Claude Izzo (Marseille 20 June 1945 – Marseille 26 January 2000) was a French poet, playwright, screenwriter, and novelist who achieved sudden fame in the mid-1990s with the publication of his three neo-noir crime novels ''Total Chaos'', ...

(20 June 1945; d. Marseille, 26 January 2000) - writer Edmond Rostand en habit vert 01

Edmond Jaloux Edmond Jaloux (19 June 1878, Marseille – 22 August 1949, Lutry) was a French novelist, essayist, and critic. His works tended to be set in Paris or his native Provence. He was interested in German Romanticism and English writers. In 1936 h ...

(19 June 1878; d. Lutry, 15 August 1949) - novelist, literary critic *

Sébastien Japrisot Sébastien Japrisot (4 July 1931 – 4 March 2003) was a French author, screenwriter and film director. His pseudonym was an anagram of Jean-Baptiste Rossi, his real name. Renowned for subverting the rules of the crime genre, Japrisot broke dow ...

(4 July 1931; d. Vichy, 4 March 2003) - novelist, screenwriter *

Étienne-François de Lantier Étienne-François de Lantier (1 October 1734, Marseille – 31 January 1826, Marseille) was an 18th-century French writer and playwright. Works * 1768: ''L’Impatient'', one-act comedy Online* 1782: ''Le Flatteur'' comedy in 5 acts composed wi ...

(1734–1826) - playwright * Jean-Patrick Manchette (19 December 1942; d. Paris, 3 June 1995) - writer and chronicler * Joseph Méry (21 January 1797; d. Paris, 20 June 1866) - polygraph * '' Thyde Monnier (Mathilde Anna Rose)'' (23 June 1887; d. Nice, 18 January 1967) - writer *

Marc-Édouard Nabe Marc-Édouard Nabe (born Alain Marc Édouard Zannini; 27 December 1958) is a French writer, painter and jazz guitarist. After drawing cartoons for several publications including Hara-Kiri, Nabe published his first book ''Au régal des vermines'' ...

(27 December 1958) - writer, painter * '' Florence Pazzottu'' (9 November 1962) - poet * '' Michel Ragon'' (24 June 1924) - writer * Charles Rinn (1849–1929) - hellenist, lexicographer *

Edmond Rostand Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (, , ; 1 April 1868 – 2 December 1918) was a French poet and dramatist. He is associated with neo-romanticism and is known best for his 1897 play ''Cyrano de Bergerac''. Rostand's romantic plays contrasted with t ...

(1 April 1868; d. Paris, 2 December 1918) - dramatic author, Académie française *

André Roussin André Roussin, (22 January 1911 – 3 November 1987), was a French playwright. Born in Marseille, he was elected to the Académie française on 12 April 1973. Bibliography *1933 ''Patiences et impatiences'' *1944 ''Am Stram Gram'' *1945 ''U ...

(22 January 1911; d. Paris, 3 November 1987) - writer of comedies *

Saint-Pol-Roux Paul-Pierre Roux, called Saint-Pol-Roux (15 January 1861, quartier de Saint-Henry, Marseille - 18 October 1940, Brest) was a French Symbolist poet. Life Marseille Saint-Pol-Roux was born to a middle-class family in Marseille, where his fath ...

(15 January 1861; d. Brest, 18 October 1940) - poet *

Eugène Saccomano Eugène Saccomano (23 September 1936 – 7 October 2019) was a French radio journalist and non-fiction author. Biography Eugène Saccomano was born on 23 September 1936 in Marseille, southern France.Grégoire LeménagerEugène Saccomano, le journ ...

(23 September 1936) - journalist, writer * '' Serge Scotto'' (15 November 1963) - writer *

Christiane Singer Christiane Singer, married name Christiane Thurn-Valsassina (23 March 1943, in Marseille – 4 April 2007, in Vienna) was an Austrian writer, essayist and novelist. Biography Her father was of Hungarian origin and her mother was half Russian and ...

(1943; d. Vienna, 4 April 2007) - writer, essayist and novelist *

André Suarès André Suarès, born Isaac Félix Suarèshttp://data.bnf.fr/11925703/andre_suares/fr.pdf (12 June 1868, Marseille – 7 September 1948, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés) was a French poet and critic. From 1912 onwards, he was one of the four "pillars" o ...

(12 June 1868; d. Saint-Maur, 7 September 1948) - writer * Honoré d'Urfé (11 February 1568; d. Villefranche-sur-mer, 1 June 1625) - novelist * Frédéric Valabrègue (12 January 1952) - novelist * '' Jean-Marc Valladier'' (1957) - writer

Associated with Marseille

Marseille was the place of birth, death or residence of: * Arthur Rimbaud (died 1891) - poet *

Larry Azouni Larry Francis Abdel Azouni (born 23 March 1994) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for zanatir Club Africain. Born in France, he opted to represent Tunisia internationally. Club career Azouni made his professional de ...

(born 1994) - football player *

Romain Barnier Romain Barnier (born 10 May 1976 in Marseille) is a freestyle swimmer from France, who won the bronze medal in the 100 m freestyle at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2001. He competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for h ...

(born 1976) - freestyle swimmer * Jean-Claude Beton (1925–2013) - founder of Orangina
- *

Isabelle Caro Isabelle Caro Rosenbohm (12 September 1982 – 18 November 2010) was a French model and actress from Marseille, France, who became well known after appearing in a controversial advertising campaign "No Anorexia" which showed Caro with vertebr ...

(1982–2010) - model and actress *

Georges Chappe Georges Chappe (born 5 March 1944) is a retired cyclist from France, who was nicknamed ''Jojo'' during his professional career. He was a professional from 1965 to 1975. In 1970 he won the Critérium International. In 1968, Chappe won a stage in ...

(born 1944) - cyclist *

Pierre Demours Pierre Demours (1702 – June 26, 1795) was a French physician, zoologist and translator. Biography Demours was born in Marseille; his father was a pharmacist. He is not to be confused with his son, Antoine-Pierre Demours (1762–1836), also a ...

(1702–1795) - physician * Cornelius Evans (

fl. ''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...

1648), a Marseille native and an impostor * Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès (1767–1846) - geographer, author and translator *

Rémy Di Gregorio Rémy Di Gregorio (born 31 July 1985) is a French road bicycle racer, who is currently suspended from the sport following a positive in-competition doping test for darbepoetin alfa, a re-engineered form of erythropoietin (EPO). He has previous ...

(born 1985) - cyclist *

Henri-Irénée Marrou Henri-Irénée Marrou (; 12 November 1904 in Marseilles – 11 April 1977 in Bourg-la-Reine) was a French historian. A Christian humanist in outlook, his work was primarily in the spheres of Late Antiquity and the history of education. He is b ...

(1904–1977) - historian * Charles-Joseph-Eugene de Mazenod (1782–1861) -

bishop of Marseille The Archdiocese of Marseille (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Massiliensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Marseille'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France.Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate * Pavlos Melas (1870–1904) - Greek army officer * Darius Milhaud (1892–1974) - composer * Jonathan Santiago (born 1994) - football player *

Sacha Sosno Alexandre Joseph Sosnowsky (1937 – 3 December 2013), better known by the name Sacha Sosno, was an internationally renowned French sculptor and painter. Working most of the time in Nice, in his last decades Sosno achieved international recognit ...

(born 1937–2013) - sculptor

References

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