List of people from Marseille

Born in Marseille

NOTE: People in italics do not have article in the English language Wikipedia; links are to the relevant article in French Wikipedia.

Actors and singers

Béatrice Altariba (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 (30 November 1904; d. Marseille, 30 November 1983) - actor
Henri Arius (19 September 1897d. Marseille, 8 May 1962) - actor
Ariane Ascaride (10 October 1954) - actress
Junie Astor (21 December 1911; d. Sainte-Magnance, 22 August 1967) - actress
Charles Blavette (24 June 1906; d. Suresnes, 21 November 1967) - actor
Patrick Bosso (12 October 1962) - actor
Bréols (12 August 1905; d. Allauch, 20 December 1988) - actor, singer
Pierrette Bruno (22 August 1928) - actress
Lucien Callamand (1 April 1888; d. Nice, 3 December 1968) - actor
Sonia Carrere (31 March 1982) - pornographic actress
Jean Castan (23 August 1917; d. La Penne-sur-Huveaune, 11 November 1990) - actor
Philippe Caubère (21 September 1950) - actor
Fernand Charpin (30 May 1887; d. Marseille, 7 November 1944) - actor
Marcel Charvey (22 February 1916; d. Puteaux, 21 August 1995) - actor
Andrée Clément (7 August 1918; d. Paris, 31 May 1954) - actress
Jo Corbeau (Georges Ohanessian) (1 December 1946) - reggae singer
Henri Crémieux (19 July 1896; d. Cassis, 10 May 1980) - actor
Dazincourt (Joseph Albouis) (11 December 1747; d. Paris, 28 March 1809) - actor
Édouard Delmont (5 December 1883; d. Cannes, 22 November 1955) - actor
Louis Ducreux (22 September 1911; d. Neuilly, 19 December 1992) - actor, director
Dugazon (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
Ginette Garcin (1928–2010), actor
Louis Jourdan (19 June 1921) - actor
Jean Le Poulain (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 (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 (10 February 1876; d. Paris, 10 June 1948) - actor
Géraldine Pailhas (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. farter
Jean-Pierre Rambal (13 September 1931; d. Paris, 18 July 2001) - actor
Marcelle Ranson-Hervé (10 October 1929) - actress
Rellys (Henri Bourelly) (15 December 1905; d. Marseille, 20 July 1991) - actor
Jean Roucas (1 February 1952) - humourist
Catherine Rouvel (31 August 1939) - actress
Daniel Russo (13 May 1948) - actor, double
Simone Simon (23 April 1911; d. Paris, 23 February 2005) - actress
Gabriel Signoret (15 November 1878; d. Paris, 16 March 1937) - actor

Architects

Pascal Coste (26 November 1787; d. Marseille, 8 February 1879) - architect
Paul Dupré-Lafon (17 June 1900; d. Deauville, December 1971) - architect and decorator
Marcel Dourgnon (1858; d. Marseille, 1911) - architect
Albert-Félix-Théophile Thomas (1847; d. Paris, 1907) - architect
Pierre Puget (16 October 1620; d. Marseille, 2 December 1694) - painter, sculptor, architect

Dancers

Marie Allard (14 August 1742; d. Paris, 14 June 1802) - dancer
Georges Appaix (1953) - dancer, choreographer
Gaby Deslys (4 November 1881; d. Paris, 11 February 1920) - dancer, singer
Maurice Béjart (1 January 1927; d. Lausanne, 22 November 2007)- -dancer, choreographer
Mathieu Ganio (1984) - dancer
Daniel Larrieu (1927) - dancer
Lucien Petipa (22 December 1815; d. Versailles, 7 July 1898) - dancer
Marius Petipa (11 March 1818; d. Hourzouf (Crimea), 14 July 1910) - dancer, ballet master

Designers and poster artists

Honoré Daumier: Sunday at the Museum

Georges Arditi (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) - comic stip artist, film director
Lisa Mandel (23 April 1977) - comic strip designer
Jean-Emmanuel Vermot-Desroches (1974) - comic strips
Tibet (31 October 1931; d. Roquebrune-sur-Argens, 3 January 2010) - comic strip designer

Directors

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

Editors

Robert Laffont (30 November 1916; d. Neuilly-sur-Seine, 19 May 2010) - editor
Ferdinand Lop (10 October 1891; d. Saint-Sébastien-de-Morsent, 29 October 1974) - editor, poet

Engravers

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

Explorers

Euthymenes (5th century BC)
Alphonse Fondère (26 August 1865; d. Addis-Abeba, 26 November 1930) - explorer, aviator
Pytheas (4th century BC) - astronomer, explorer
Gaston Rébuffat (7 May 1921; d. Paris) - 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
Augustin Fabre (20 June 1797; d. Marseille, 16 January 1870) - historian
Marc Fumaroli (10 June 1932) - 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 group
Jules Charles-Roux (14 November 1841; d.|Paris, 6 March 1918) - industrialist, writer, patron
Norbert D'Agostino - former president of Olympique de Marseille
Robert Digonnet (8 November 1900; d. Marseille, 28 January 1991) - PDG of the Société du Thé de l'Éléphant.
Augustin Féraud (d. Marseille) - founder of BTP group, GTM, ex-Vinci
Jacques-Antoine Granjon (9 August 1962) - founder of online commerce site Vente-privee.com
Jean Peyrelevade (24 October 1939) - businessman, politician
Dominique Piazza (31 May 1860; d.Marseille, |10 December 1941) - inventor of the postcard
Paul Ricard (9 July 1909; d.|Marseille, 7 November 1997) - founder of the Pernod-Ricard 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 (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 (19 January 1924; d. Paris, 30 April 2006) - philosopher, académicien, journalist, political chronicler and writer

Lawyers and judges

Gilbert Collard (3 February 1948) - lawyer
Paul Lombard (17 February 1917) - lawyer and writer
Eugène Mouton (13 April 1823; d. Paris, 8 June 1902) - magistrate and writer
fr: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 (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 (3 October 1786; d. Paris, 27 January 1841) - brigadier
François Coli (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 (19 December 1756; d. Nantes, 11 May 1827) - general in the French Revolution
Jean Gaspard de Vence (6 April 1747; d. |Tonnerre, March 1808) - corsair, rear-admiral, maritime prefect of Toulon
Joseph Maugard (24 December 1913; d. Montségur-sur-Lauzon, 11 September 1995) - Compagnon de la Libération
Émile Muselier (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) (11 March 1966) - rapper
Georges Arvanitas (13 June 1931; d. 25 July 2005) - pianist
Roberto Benzi (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 (19 November 1753; d. Paris, 19 September 1830) - composer
Georges Chelon (4 January 1943) - author, composer, interpreter
Régine Crespin (23 February 1927; d. Paris, 5 July 2007) - opera singer
Domenico Della-Maria (14 June 1769; d. Paris, 9 March 1800) - opera composer
Patrick Fiori (23 September 1969) - singer
Zino Francescatti (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 (7 October 1940) - saxophonist, clarinettist
Le Rat Luciano (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) - singer
Lucien Muratore (29 August 1876; d. Paris, 16 July 1954) - tenor, film actor
André Pascal (1932; d. 2001) - songwriter
Mireille Ponsard (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
Vincent Scotto (21 April 1876; d. Paris, 15 November 1952) - composer
Soprano (Saïd M'Roumbaba) (14 January 1979) - rapper
Cyril Tarquiny (24 May 1974) - guitarist
Henri Tomasi (17 August 1901; d. Paris, 13 January 1971) - orchestra conductor
Jannick Top (4 October 1947) - composer
Cora Vaucaire (22 July 1918; d. Paris, 17 September 2011) - singer
Raymond Vincy (23 February 1904; d. Neuilly-sur-seine, 26 May 1968) - lyric writer

Painters

Michel Abdou (31 October 1945) - painter
Hubert Aicardi (21 March 1922; d. Marseille, 1991) - painter
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 Jean 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 (23 September 1879; d. Paris, 29 May 1965) - painter
Jacques Carelman (1929) - painter, decorator and illustrator
Alfred Casile (9 February 1848; d. Marseille, 1 June 1909) - painter
Alfred Chataud (17 August 1833; d. Alger, 1908) - Orientalist painter
Jean-Antoine Constantin (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 (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
Philippe Gaillet (1924) - painter
Joseph Garibaldi (1863; d. Marseille, 7 May 1941) - painter
François Gautier (1842; d. 1917) - painter
Antoine Gianelli (23 August 1896; d. Marseille, 23 March 1983) - painter
Jean-Amédée Gibert (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 Klemenciewicz (11 February 1956) - painter
Charles François Lacroix de Marseille' (1700; d. Berlin, 1782) - painter
Alfred Lombard (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 (1855; d. Paris, 1934) - painter
Adolphe Monticelli (18 October 1824; d. Marseille, 26 June 1886) - painter
Alphonse Moutte (4 March 1840; d. Marseille, 21 April 1913) - painter
Louis Nattero (16 October 1870; d. Marseille, 10 November 1915) - painter
Jean-Baptiste Olive (31 July 1848; d. Paris, 13 May 1936) - painter
Henri Pinta (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 (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 (15 June 1867; d. Saint-Chamas, 24 Septembre) - painter
Guy Tempier (1960) - painter, decorator
Louis Toncini (1907; d. 2002) - painter
François Topino-Lebrun (11 April 1964; d. Paris, 31 January 1801) - painter and revolutionary
Stanislas Torrents (23 May 1839; d. Cannes, 6 November 1916) - painter
Guy Toubon (30 October 1931) - painter, writer
Louis Trabuc (2 August 1928; d. Manosque, 23 February 2008) - painter
André Alexandre Verdilhan (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 (23 March 1935) - 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 (21 September 1915; d. 21 July 2007) - Deputy
Charles Barbaroux (6 March 1767; d. Bordeaux, 25 June 1794) - lawyer, Deputy
Henry Bergasse (26 September 1894; d. Marseille, 28 March 1977) - Deputy
Paul Boulet (8 September 1894; d. Montpellier, 27 July 1982) - Deputy
Charles de Casaulx (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) - Queen of Sweden
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 (January 1662; d. Marseille, January 1723) - Alderman
Étienne Garnier-Pagès (27 December 1801; d. Paris, 23 June 1841) - Deputy
Jean-Claude Gaudin (8 October 1939) - Senator, Mayor
François Girard (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 (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 (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 (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 (6 March 1901; d. Marseille, 20 February 1981) - Minister
François-Trophime Rebecquy (1 September 1744; d. Marseille, 3 May 1794) - Deputy
Henri Tasso (8 October 1882; d. Marseille, 12 February 1944) - Mayor of Marseille
Adolphe Thiers (15 April 1797; d. Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 3 September 1877) - President of France
Michel Vaxès (14 November 1940) - Deputy
Raymond Valabrègue (25 September 1899; d. Marseille, 18 April 1966) - Deputy for Drôme

Religious personalities

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
Folquet de Marselha (1155; d. Toulouse, 25 December 1231) - Bishop of Toulouse
Jean-Baptiste Fouque (12 September 1851; d. Marseille, 5 December 1926) - priest
Jean-Pierre Ricard (25 September 1944) - Cardinal

Résistants

Memorial to Eliane Plewman in Dachau concentration camp

Berty Albrecht (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 (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 (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
Henry de Lumley (14 August 1934) - archeologist, geologist and prehistorian
Jean-André Peyssonnel (19 June 1694; d. Saint-Bertrand de l'Isle Grande-Terre in Guadeloupe, 24 December 1759) - doctor and naturalist
Guillaume de Saint-Jacques de Silvabelle (28 January 1722; d. Marseille, 10 February 1801) - mathematician, astronomer
André Turcat (23 October 1921) - test pilot, first pilot of Concorde at supersonic speed

Sculptors

César Baldaccini (1 January 1921; d. Paris, 6 December 1998) - sculptor
Jean-Marie Baumel (2 November 1911; d. Neuilly (Eure), 2 June 1978) - sculptor
Auguste Carli (12 July 1868; d. Paris, 28 January 1930) - sculptor
Alice Colonieu (5 November 1924; d. Marseille, 16 July 2010) - sculptor, ceramicist, painter
Paul Gondard (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 (21 January 1875; d. Paris, 23 July 1929) - sculptor, Prix de Rome 1883
Pierre Puget (16 October 1620; d. Marseille, 2 December 1694) - painter, sculptor, architect and engineer.
Raymond Servian (18 May 1903; d. Marseille, February 1953) - sculptor
Élie-Jean Vézien (18 July 1890; d. Marseille, 7 September 1982) - sculptor, engraver and medallist
Raymonde Martin (15 January 1887; d. Marseille, 7 December 1977) - sculptor

Sportsmen and women

Paul Aymé (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 (20 June 1933; d. Bordeaux, 11 April 2010) - swimmer
Jean Bouin (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 (12 August 1953) - footballer, trainer
Antoine Delpero (1 November 1985) - longboard surfer
Marcel Dib (10 August 1960) - footballer
Albin Ebondo (23 February 1984) - footballer
Jean-Luc Ettori (29 July 1955) - footballer
Mathieu Flamini (7 March 1984) - 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 (7 August 1952) - footballer
Sébastien Grosjean (29 May 1978) - tennis player
Myriam Jérusalmi (24 October 1961) - kayaker
Frank Lebœuf (22 January 1968) - footballer
Peter Luccin (9 April 1979) - footballer
Mohamed M'Changama (9 June 1987) - footballer
William Meynard (11 July 1987) - swimmer
Alain Mosconi (9 September 1949) - swimmer
André Moulon (10 August 1935; d. Marseille, 14 April 2009) - footballer
Samir Nasri (26 June 1987) - footballer
Louisa Nécib (23 January 1987) - footballer
Christopher Pratt (1981) - navigator and skipper
Gaston Rébuffat (7 May 1921; d. Marseille, 1 June 1985) - Alpinist
Julien Sablé (11 September 1980) - footballer
Roger Scotti (29 July 1925; d. Marseille, 12 December 2001) - footballer
Anthony Terras (21 June 1985) - shooting
Alain Weisz (29 May 1953) - former basketball player, trainer
Zinédine Zidane (23 June 1972) - footballer

Writers

Amédée Achard (22 April 1814; d. Paris, 26 March 1875) - writer, journalist
Antonin Artaud (4 September 1896; d. Ivry-sur-Seine, 4 March 1948) - writer, poet
Gilles Ascaride (1947) - writer, sociologist
Gabriel Audisio (27 July 1910; d. Issy-les-Moulineaux, 26 January 1978) - writer, poet
Joseph Autran (20 June 1813; d. Marseille, 6 March 1877) - dramatist, poet
Nicolas Thomas Barthe (1734; d. 17 June 1785) - dramatist, poet
Auguste Barthélémy (11 May 1794; d. Marseille, 23 August 1867) - pPoet
Jean-François de Bastide (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
Robert Bouvier (21 July 1941; d. Marseille, 11 May 1992) - journalist, writer
Marcel Brion (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 (6 October 1932; d. Paris, 13 August 2010) - writer
Jean de La Ceppède (1548; d. Avignon, 1623) - poet, magistrate
Jean Contrucci (7 June 1939) - writer
Gilles Del Pappas (14 December 1949) - writer
César Chesneau Dumarsais (17 July 1676; d. Paris, 11 June 1756) - philosopher, grammarian
Jean-Christophe Duchon-Doris (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 (8 July 1947) - writer
Christian Garcin (8 November 1959) - writer
Victor Gélu (12 September 1806; d. Marseille, 2 April 1885) - poet in Provençal language, Marseilles dialect
Daniel Giraud (10 January 1946) - writer and translator from Chinese, blues musician
Léon Gozlan (11 September 1803; d. Paris, 14 September 1866) - writer, associated with Balzac
Jean-Claude Izzo (20 June 1945; d. Marseille, 26 January 2000) - writer

Edmond Rostand

Edmond Jaloux (19 June 1878; d. Lutry, 15 August 1949) - novelist, literary critic
Sébastien Japrisot (4 July 1931; d. Vichy, 4 March 2003) - novelist, screenwriter
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 (27 December 1958) - writer, painter
Michel Ragon (24 June 1924) - writer
Edmond Rostand (1 April 1868; d. Paris, 2 December 1918) - dramatic author, Académie française
André Roussin (22 January 1911; d. Paris, 3 November 1987) - writer of comedies
Saint-Pol-Roux (15 January 1861; d. Brest, 18 October 1940) - poet
Eugène Saccomano (23 September 1936) - journalist, writer
Serge Scotto (15 November 1963) - writer
André Suarès (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
Florence Pazzottu (9 November 1962) - poet

Associated with Marseille

Marseille was the birthplace or residence of:

Larry Azouni (born 1994), football player
Romain Barnier (born 1976), freestyle swimmer
Jean-Claude Beton (1925-2013), founder of Orangina^[1]
Isabelle Caro (1982-2010), model and actress
Georges Chappe (born 1944), cyclist
Pierre Demours (1702-1795), physician
Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès (1767–1846), geographer, author and translator
Rémy Di Gregorio (born 1985), cyclist
Henri-Irénée Marrou (1904–1977), historian
Charles-Joseph-Eugene de Mazenod (1782–1861), bishop of Marseille and founder of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
Pavlos Melas (1870–1904) Greek army officer
Darius Milhaud (1892–1974), composer
Marc Panther (born 1970), member of the Japanese rock band globe
Jonathan Santiago (born 1994), football player
Sacha Sosno (born 1937), sculptor

References

↑ Yardley, William (6 December 2013). "Jean-Claude Beton, Who Sent Orangina Around the World, Dies at 88". New York Times. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- "Founder of iconic French soda Orangina dies". France 24. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2014.

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