List of people from Marseille

Born in Marseille

Actors and singers

• Beatrice Altariba (18 June 1939) – actress
• Andrex (André Jaubert) (23 January 1907, Marseille, 10 July 1989) – singer
• Jacques Angelvin (5 August 1914, Cannes, 10 November 1978) – actor, TV host
• Edmond Ardisson (November 30, 1904, Marseille, November 30, 1983) – actor
• Henri Arius (September 19, 1897, Marseille, May 8, 1962) – actor
• Ariane Ascaride (10 October 1954) – actress
• Junie Astor (December 21, 1911, St. Magnance, August 22, 1967) – actress
• Charles Blavette (June 24, 1906, Suresnes, November 21, 1967) – actor
• Patrick Bosso (12 October 1962) – actor
• Bréols (August 12, 1905, Allauch, December 20, 1988) – actor, singer
• Pierrette Bruno (22 August 1928) – actress
• Lucien Callamand (April 1, 1888, Nice, December 3, 1968) – actor
• Sonia Carrere (March 31, 1982) – pornographic actress
• Jean Castan (August 23, 1917, La Penne-sur-Huveaune, November 11, 1990) – actor
• Philippe Caubère (21 September 1950) – actor
• Fernand Charpin (May 30, 1887, Marseille, November 7, 1944) – actor
• Marcel Charvey (22 February 1916, Puteaux, 21 August 1995) – actor
• Andrée Clément (August 7, 1918, Paris, May 31, 1954) – actress
• Jo Corbeau (George Ohanessian) (December 1, 1946) – reggae singer
• Henri Crémieux (July 19, 1896, Cassis, May 10, 1980) – actor
• Dazincourt (Joseph Albouis) (December 11, 1747, Paris, March 28, 1809) – actor
• Edouard Delmont (December 5, 1883, Cannes, November 22, 1955) – actor
• Doumel (Louis Alfred Doumet) (December 2, 1889, Reillanne, May 23, 1954) – actor
• Louis Ducreux (22 September 1911, Neuilly, 19 December 1992) – actor, director
• Dugazon (Jean-Henry Gourgaud) (November 15, 1746, D. Sandillon, October 11, 1809) – actor
• Fernandel (Fernand Contandin) (May 7, 1903, Paris, February 26, 1971) – actor, singer
• Franck Fernandel (Franck Contandin) (10 December 1935, from Marseille, 8 June 2011) – actor, singer, radio host
• Ginette Garcin (1928-2010) – actor
• Louis Jourdan (19 June 1921) – actor
• Jean Le Poulain (12 September 1924, Paris, 1 March 1988) – actor, director
• Cora Madou (5 January 1891, Villefranche sur Mer, 26 February 1971) – singer
• Lucie Manvel (1 May 1863, Paris 17th, 3 November 1943) – comedy theater actress
• Avy Marciano (1 November 1972) – actor, musician, composer, author, interpreter
• Milly Mathis (September 8, 1901, Salon de Provence, March 30, 1965) actress
• Marcel Maupi (November 6, 1881, Antibes, January 10, 1949) – actor
• Clara Morgane (25 January 1981) – singer, pornographic actress, media personality and TV host
• Paul Ollivier (10 February 1876, Paris, 10 June 1948) – actor
• Géraldine Pailhas (8 January 1971) – actress
• Paul Préboist (21 February 1927, Paris, 13 March 1997) – actor
• Joseph Pujol (June 1, 1865, Toulon, August 8, 1945) – strolling comedian, professional farter
• Jean-Pierre Rambal (13 September 1931, Paris, 18 July 2001) – actor
• Marcelle Ranson-Hervé (October 10th, 1929) – actress
• Rellys (Henri Bourelly) (December 15, 1905, Marseille, July 20, 1991) – actor
• Jean Roucas (1 February 1952) – humorist
• Catherine Rouvel (31 August 1939) – actress
• Daniel Russo (13 May 1948) – actor, double
• Gabriel Signoret (November 15, 1878, Paris, March 16, 1937) – actor
• Simone Simon (April 23, 1911, Paris, February 23, 2005) – actress

Architects

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

Dancers

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

Designers and poster artists

• Georges Arditi (1914, 15 January 2012) – painter
• Jo Berto (Joseph Bertocchio) (22 November 1907, Marseille, 25 June 1978) – lithographic artist
• Honoré Daumier (26 February 1808, Valmondois, 11 February 1879) – caricaturist, sculptor
• Dubout (May 15, 1905, Saint-Aunes, June 27, 1976) – humorous designer
• Gérard Lauzier (November 30, 1932) – comic stip artist, film director
• Lisa Mandel (23 April 1977) – comic strip designer
• Tibet (31 October 1931, Roquebrune-sur-Argens, 3 January 2010) – comic strip designer
• Jean-Emmanuel Vermot-Desroches (1974) – comic strips

Directors

• René Allio (March 8, 1924, Paris, March 27, 1995) – painter, then script writer, film and theater director
• André Benedetto (July 14, 1934, Avignon, July 13, 2009) – author and theater director, founder of “off” at Festival d’Avignon
• Paul Carpita (12 November 1922, Marseille, 23 October 2009) – scenario writer
• Philippe Dajoux (March 23, 1968) – director
• Robert Guédiguian (3 December 1953) – director, actor, screenwriter and producer

Doctors

• Charles Peyssonnel (1640, Marseille, 16 September 1720) – doctor, died from plague
• Jean-André Peyssonnel (19 June 1694, Guadeloupe, 24 December 1759) – doctor and naturalist

Editors

• Robert Laffont (November 30, 1916, Neuilly-sur-Seine , May 19, 2010) – editor
• Ferdinand Lop (October 10, 1891, San Sebastián de Morsent , October 29, 1974) – editor, poet

Engravers

• Jacques Gautier d’Agoty (1710, Paris, 1781) – engraver
• Henri Berengier (1880, 1943) – engraver

Explorers

• Euthymenes (5th century BC)
• Alphonse Fondère (August 26, 1865, Addis Ababa, November 26, 1930) – explore, aviator
• Pytheas (4th century BC) – astronomer, explorer
• Gaston Rébuffat (May 7, 1921, Paris) – Alpinist
• Jean-Noël Savelli (March 26, 1853, Foumban, November 14, 1917) – soldier and explorer

Historians

• Édouard Baratier (19 August 1923, Marseille, 31 July 1972) – historian
• Louis Blancard (1831-1902) – archivist, paleographer
• Augustin Fabre (June 20, 1797, Marseille, January 16, 1870) – historian
• Marc Fumaroli (10 June 1932) – historian, essayist
• Jean-Baptiste Grosson (August 20, 1733, Montefusco, December 20, 1800) – notary, historian of Marseille
• Camille Jullian (15 March 1859, 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, March 6, 1918) – industrialist, writer, boss
• Norbert D’Agostino – former president of Olympique de Marseille
• 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
• Denis Ranque (7 January 1952) – to become CEO and chairman of Thales Group
• Paul Ricard (9 July 1909, d. | Marseille, 7 November 1997) – founder of the Pernod Ricard alcohol group
• Marc Simoncini (1963) – founder of Meetic Internet dating site
• Serge Tchuruk (13 November 1937) – to train CEO and chairman of Alcatel

Journalists

• Jean-Pierre Foucault (November 23, 1947) – radio and TV host
• Patrice Laffont (August 21, 1940) – TV host
• André Remacle (April 3, 1910, Marseille, July 14, 1995) – journalist, writer
• Jean-François Revel (19 January 1924, Paris, 30 April 2006) – philosopher, academician , journalist, political chronicler and writer

Lawyers and judges

• Gilbert Collard (3 February 1948) – lawyer
• Paul Lombard (17 February 1917) – lawyer and writer
• Eugene Mouton (April 13, 1823, Paris, June 8, 1902) – magistrate and writer
• Emile Pollak (April 21, 1914, Marseille, January 6, 1978) – lawyer

Mafia

• Francis the Belgian (March 3, 1946, Paris, July 22, 2000)
• François Spirito (1900, Toulon, 9 October 1967)
• Nick Venturi (June 24, 1923, from Marseille, April 6, 2008)
• Tany Zampa (April 1, 1933, Marseille, August 16, 1984)

Military people

• François Joseph Clary Marie (3 October 1786, Paris, 27 January 1841) – Brigadier
• Francis Coli (June 5, 1881, North Atlantic, May 8, 1927) – aviator
• William Cornut (c.1230, d off Malta, 8 June or 8 July 1283) – admiral
• Pierre Dominique Garnier (December 19, 1756, Nantes, May 11, 1827) – General in the French Revolution
• Jean Gaspard de Vence (April 6, 1747, Tonnerre, March 1808) – corsair, rear admiral, maritime prefect of Toulon
• Joseph Maugard (24 December 1913, Montsegur-sur-Lauzon , 11 September 1995) – Companion of the Liberation
• Emile Muselier (April 10, 1882, Toulon, September 2, 1965) – Admiral
• Nicolas Roze ( The Roze Knight ) (September 25, 1675, Marseille, September 2, 1733) – captain during the 1720 plague
• Jean-Paul de Saumeur (The Knight Paul ) (December 1598, 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, 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) – compose
• Charles Burles (21 June 1936) – tenor
• Léo Chauliac (6 February 1913; d. 27 October 1977) – pianist, composer, orchestra conductor
• Stanislas Champein (November 19, 1753, Paris, September 19, 1830) – compose
• Georges Chelon (4 January 1943) – author, composer, interpreter
• Régine Crespin (23 February 1927, Paris, 5 July 2007) – opera singer
• Domenico Della Maria (14 June 1769, Paris, 9 March 1800) – opera composer
• Patrick Fiori (23 September 1969) – singer
• Mireille Flour (April 29, 1906 – 1984) – classical harpist
• Zino Francescatti (August 9, 1902, La Ciotat, September 17, 1991) – violinist
• Cedric Gervais (1979) – DJ and producer of house music
• Hubert Giraud (1920, 2016) – lyric writer
• André Jaume (7 October 1940) – saxophonist, clarinettist
• The Luciano Rat (Christophe Carmona) (April 21, 1976) – rapper
• Jean Lumière (20 August 1895, Paris, 2 April 1979) – singer
• Paul Mauriat (March 4, 1925, Perpignan, November 3, 2006) – orchestra conductor
• Clara Morgane (1 January 1981) – porn actress
• Lucien Muratore (August 29, 1876, Paris, July 16, 1954) – tenor, film actor
• André Pascal (1932, 2001) – songwriter
• Mireille Ponsard (1908, Paris, 5 February 1999) – singer, actress
• Franck Pourcel (August 14, 1913, Neuilly sur Seine, November 12, 2000) – violinist, orchestra conductor
• Jean-Pierre Rampal (January 7, 1922, Paris, May 20, 2000) – flautist
• Jean Marie Rebischung (March 30, 1962) – compose
• Ernest Reyer (December 1, 1823, Le Lavandou, January 15, 1909) – compose
• Jean-Michel Sanchez (June 28, 1969) – organist, musicologist
• Vincent Scotto (April 21, 1876, Paris, November 15, 1952) – compose
• SCH (real name Julien Schwarzer) (6 April 1993) – rapper
• Cyril Tarquiny (24 May 1974) – guitarist
• Henri Tomasi (August 17, 1901, Paris, January 13, 1971) – orchestra conductor
• Jannick Top (4 October 1947) – compose
• Cora Vaucaire (July 22, 1918, Paris, September 17, 2011) – singer
• Raymond Vincy (23 February 1904, Neuilly-sur-Seine, 26 May 1968) – lyric writer

Painters

• Marguerite Allar (August 1, 1899, Marseille, January 22, 1974) – painter and teacher
• Raymond Allègre (1857, d., Marseille, 1933) – painter
• John Arena (September 11, 1929) – painter
• Marcel Arnaud (8 October 1877, Aix-en-Provence, 18 March 1956) – painter, director of the School of Fine Arts in Aix-en-Provence
• Edmond Astruc (November 4, 1878, Marseille (January 11, 1977) – aviator and painter
• Louis Audibert (June 11, 1880, Marseille, March 20, 1983) – painter
• Joseph Marius Jean Avy (21 September 1871, 1939) – Painter
• Eugene de Barberiis (March 9, 1851, Sanary, November 29, 1937) – Painter
• Jean-Jérôme Baugean (18 June 1764, 1830) – painter and engraver
• Charles Camoin (23 September 1879, Paris, 29 May 1965) – painter
• Jacques Carelman (1929) – painter, decorator and illustrator
• Alfred Casile (9 February 1848, Marseille, 1 June 1909) – painter
• Alfred Chataud (August 17, 1833, from Algiers, 1908) – Orientalist painter
• Jean-Antoine Constantin (January 20, 1756, Aix-en-Provence, January 9, 1844) – painter
• Meiffren Conte (1624, Marseille, 10 March 1705) – painter
• Édouard Crémieux (January 21, 1856, in deportation, May 1944) – painter
• Jean-Joseph Dassy (December 27, 1791, Marseille, July 27, 1865) – painter
• Savior Marius Di Russo (11 January 1897, Marseille, 18 November 1983) – painter
• Eugene Dufour (1873, Marseille, 1941) – painter
• Antoine Ferrari (1 February 1910, Marseille, 1995) – painter
• Joseph Garibaldi (1863, Marseille, May 7, 1941) – painter
• François Gautier (1842, d.1917) – painter
• Antoine Gianelli (23 August 1896, Marseille, 23 March 1983) – painter
• Jean-Amédée Gibert (28 January 1869, Marseille, 1945) – painter ( Prix ​​de Rome 1898), architect, curator of the Marseille Museums
• Marius Guindon (8 April 1805, 1918) – painter, sculptor
• en: Piotr Klemenciewicz (11 February 1956) – painter
• Charles François Lacroix of Marseilles (1700, Berlin, 1782) – painter
• Alfred Lombard (April 24, 1884, Toulon, September 7, 1973) – painter
• Antoine Dominique Magaud (August 4, 1817, Marseille, December 23, 1899) – painter
• Stephen Philippe Martin (July 27, 1856, Marseille, March 6, 1945) – painter, musician
• Jules Monge (1855, Paris, 1934) – painter
• Adolphe Monticelli (18 October 1824, Marseille, 26 June 1886) – painter
• Alphonse Moutte (March 4, 1840, Marseille, April 21, 1913) – painter
• Louis Nattero (16 October 1870, Marseille, 10 November 1915) – painter
• Jean-Baptiste Olive (July 31, 1848, Paris, May 13, 1936) – painter
• Henri Pinta (1856, Paris, 1944) – painter, Prix ​​de Rome 1884
• Jean-Claude Quilici (1941) – painter
• Marie Rauzy (March 21, 1961) – painter
• Marius Rey (1836, 1927) – painter
• Gustave Ricard (1 September 1823, Paris, 23 January 1873) – painter
• Antoine Roux (March 6, 1765, Marseille, April 20, 1835) – painter
• Arsène Sari (October 7, 1895, Aubagne, November 8, 1995) – painter
• René Seyssaud (June 15, 1867, St. Chamas, September 24) – painter
• Louis Toncini (1907, 2002) – painter
• François Topino-Lebrun (April 11, 1964, Paris, January 31, 1801) – painter and revolutionary
• Stanislas Torrents (23 May 1839, Cannes, 6 November 1916) – painter
• Louis Trabuc (2 August 1928, D. Manosque, 23 February 2008) – Painter
• André Alexandre Verdilhan (March 14, 1881, Paris, July 21, 1963) – painter, sculptor
• Fortuné Viguier (1841, 1916) – painter
• Auguste Vimar (November 3, 1851, Marseille, August 23, 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, Cannes, 7 December 2008) – Commissioner, writer and actor

Politicians

• René Arthaud (September 21, 1915, July 21, 2007) – Deputy
• Charles Barbaroux (6 March 1767, Bordeaux, 25 June 1794) – lawyer, Deputy
• Henry Bergasse (September 26, 1894, Marseille, March 28, 1977) – Deputy
• Paul Boulet (8 September 1894, Montpellier, 27 July 1982) – Deputy
• Charles de Casaulx (20 March 1547; d. Marseille, 17 February 1596) – First Consul
• Jean Chevallier (July 31, 1897, Saumur, November 14, 1985) – Vichy French governor of Sigmaringen (1945-1949)
• Désirée Clary (8 November 1777, Stockholm, 17 December 1860) – Queen of Sweden
• François Clary (24 February 1725, Marseille, 20 January 1794) – Alderman of Marseille
• Joseph Nicolas Clary (March 26, 1760, Paris, June 6, 1823) – The Hundred Days
• Augustin-Eudes-Joseph Durand (May 7, 1757) – Deputy
• Jean-Baptiste Estelle (January 1662, d., Marseille, January 1723) – Alderman
• Étienne Garnier-Pagès (December 27, 1801, Paris, June 23, 1841) – Deputy
• Jean-Claude Gaudin (8 October 1939) – Senator, Mayor
• François Girard (July 23, 1761, Paris, March 26, 1854) – Deputy for Vaucluse
• François Omer Granet (16 November 1758, dt 10 September 1821) – Deputy
• François Isoard (March 3, 1765, Aix-en-Provence, September 25, 1795) – Secretary of the Friends of the Constitution Club
• Alexandre Marius Jacob (27 September 1879, Bois-Saint-Denis (Indre), 28 August 1954) – anarchist
• Antoine de Jessé-Charleval (1836, Marseille, 1915) – Mayor of Marseille
• Henri Jibrayel (18 September 1951) – Deputy
• Jean-François Lieutaud (3 March 1754, Paris, 19 February 1801) – Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard in Marseille
• Charles-Marie Livon (May 19, 1850, Marseille, August 16, 1917) – doctor, Mayor of Marseille
• Joseph Mascarel (1816, Los Angeles, 1899) – sailor, Mayor of Los Angeles
• Jean-Raymond Mourraille (25 November 1721, Marseille, 30 December 1808) – astronomer, Mayor of Marseille
• Emile Ollivier (July 2, 1825, St. Gervais baths, August 20, 1913) – Minister
• Claude-Charles de Peyssonnel (1727, Paris, 1790) – Ambassador
• Paul Peytral (20 January 1842, Marseille, 30 November 1919) – Deputy, minister
• Victor Peytral (October 18, 1874, Draguignan, April 20, 1964) – Deputy, Minister
• Michel Pezet (9 April 1942) – Deputy, lawyer
• Germaine Poinso-Chapuis (March 6, 1901, Marseille, February 20, 1981) – Minister
• François-Trophime Rebecquy (September 1, 1744, Marseille, May 3, 1794) – Deputy
• Henri Tasso (8 October 1882, Marseille, 12 February 1944) – Mayor of Marseille
• Adolphe Thiers (April 15, 1797, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, September 3, 1877) – President of France
• Michel Vaxès (14 November 1940) – Deputy
• Raymond Valabrègue (September 25, 1899, Marseille, April 18, 1966) – Deputy for Drôme

Religious personalities

See also Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Marseilles .

• Pierre Barthélemy (Peter Bartholomew) (Palestine, 20 April 1099) – soldier, mystic
• Louis-Toussaint Dassy (November 1, 1808, Marseille, August 23, 1888) – abbot, founder of the institute for young blind
• Jean-Baptiste Fouque (September 12, 1851, d., Marseille, December 5, 1926) – priest
• Folquet de Marselha (1155, Toulouse, 25 December 1231) – Bishop of Toulouse
• Jean-Pierre Ricard (25 September 1944) – Cardinal

Resistant 

• Berty Albrecht (15 February 1893, Fresnes, 1943) – resistant
• Marie-Madeleine Fourcade (November 8, 1909, Paris, July 20, 1989) – Chief of the “Alliance” network
• Eliane Plewman (1917, Dachau, 13 September 1944) – resistant

Scientists

• Elzéar Abeille Perrin (3 January 1843, Marseille, 9 October 1910) – entomologist
• Sabin Berthelot (4 April 1794 – 10 November 1880) – naturalist, ethnologist
• François Cauvière (October 13, 1780, d. | Marseille, October 2, 1858) – surgeon
• Henri Fabre (November 29, 1882, Le Touvet, June 30, 1984) – engineer, aviator
• Charles Fabry (11 June 1867, Paris, 11 December 1945) – physicist
• Max Escalon de Fonton (5 February 1920) – prehistorian, archaeologist
• Jean Baptiste Marie Jaubert (17 March 1726; Brignoles d, 9 August 1884) – doctor and ornithologist
• Henry de Lumley (14 August 1934) – archeologist, geologist and prehistorian
• Frank Merle (22 November 1962) – mathematician
• Fernand Mossé (25 May 1892 – 10 July 1956) – philologist
• Jean-André Peyssonnel (June 19, 1694, St. Bertrand de l’Isle Grande-Terre in Guadeloupe , December 24, 1759) – doctor and naturalist
• William of St. James of Silvabelle (28 January 1722; d. Marseille, 10 February 1801) – mathematician, astronomer
• André Turcat (23 October 1921 – 4 January 2016) – pilot test, first pilot of Concorde at supersonic speed

Sculptors

• César Baldaccini (1 January 1921, Paris, 6 December 1998) – sculptor
• Jean-Marie Baumel (November 2, 1911, Neuilly (Eure), June 2, 1978) – sculptor
• Auguste Carli (12 July 1868, Paris, 28 January 1930) – sculptor
• Alice Colonieu (November 5, 1924, Marseille, July 16, 2010) – sculptor, ceramicist, painter
• Paul Gondard (September 7, 1884, Marseille, February 27, 1953) – sculptor
• Gustave Guétant (May 25, 1873, Marseille, July 23, 1953) – sculptor, designer, illustrator
• Jean-Louis Lagnel (8 February 1764, Marseille, 16 September 1822) – santonnier
• Henri-Edouard Lombard (21 January 1875, Paris, 23 July 1929) – sculptor, Prix ​​de Rome 1883
• Raymonde Martin (15 January 1887, Marseille, 7 December 1977) – sculptor
• Pierre Puget (16 October 1620, Marseille, 2 December 1694) – painter, sculptor, architect and engineer
• Raymond Servian (May 18, 1903, Marseille, February 1953) – sculptor
• Élie-Jean Vézien (18 July 1890, Marseille, 7 September 1982) – sculptor, engraver and medallist

Sportsmen and women

• Paul Aymé (July 29, 1869, Madrid, July 25, 1962) – tennis player
• Elie Bayol (February 28, 1914), La Ciotat, May 25, 1995) – motor racer
• Jean Boiteux (20 June 1933, Bordeaux, 11 April 2010) – swimmer
• Jean Bouin (December 21, 1888, Xivray (Meuse), September 29, 1914) – long-distance runner
• Alexandre Caizergues (March 14, 1979) – kite surfing
• Eric 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 surf
• Marcel Dib (10 August 1960) – footballer
• Albin Ebondo (23 February 1984) – footballer
• Jean-Luc Ettori (29 July 1955) – footballer
• Mathieu Flamini (March 7, 1984) – footballer
• Laurent Foirest (18 September 1973) – basketball player
• Jessica Fox (11 June 1994) – Kayaker and Canoeist
• Gustave Ganay (March 21, 1892, Paris, August 23, 1926) – cyclist
• Gérard Gili (7 August 1952) – footballer
• Sébastien Grosjean (29 May 1978) – tennis player
• Myriam Jerusalmi (24 October 1961) – kayaker
• Frank Leboeuf (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 (August 10, 1935, Marseille, April 14, 2009) – footballer
• Samir Nasri (26 June 1987) – footballer
• Louisa Nécib (23 January 1987) – footballer
• Christopher Pratt (1981) – navigator and skipper
• Gaston Rébuffat (May 7, 1921, from Marseille, June 1, 1985) – Alpinist
• Julien Sablé (11 September 1980) – footballer
• Roger Scotti (29 July 1925, Marseille, 12 December 2001) – footballer
• Anthony Terras (21 June 1985) – shooting
• Alain Weisz (29 May 1953) – train basketball player, trainer
• Zinédine Zidane (23 June 1972) – footballer

Writers

• Amédée Achard (April 22, 1814, Paris, March 26, 1875) – writer, journalist
• Antonin Artaud (4 September 1896, Ivry-sur-Seine, 4 March 1948) – writer, poet
• Gilles Ascaride (1947) – writer, sociologist
• Gabriel Audisio (July 27, 1910, Issy-les-Moulineaux, January 26, 1978) – writer, poet
• Joseph Autran (June 20, 1813, from Marseille, March 6, 1877) – dramatist, poet
• Nicolas Thomas Barthe (1734, 17 June 1785) – dramatist, poet
• Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy (May 11, 1794, from Marseille, August 23, 1867) – poet
• Jean-François de Bastide (July 15, 1724, Milan, July 4, 1798) – polygraph
• Jean-Michel Billioud (1964) – writer
• Maria Borrély (16 October 1890, Digne-les-Bains, 22 February 1963) – writer
• Louis Brauquier (August 14, 1900, Marseille, September 7, 1976) – writer, poet
• Robert Bouvier (July 21, 1941, Marseille, May 11, 1992) – journalist, writer
• Marcel Brion (21 November 1895, Paris, 23 October 1984) – writer, art historian, Academician
• Antoine Bruguière of Sorsum (22 June 1773, Marseille, 7 October 1823) – philologist
• Philippe Carrese (6 April 1956) – writer, documentary maker
• Patrick Cauvin (October 6, 1932, Paris, August 13, 2010) – writer
• Jean de La Ceppède (1548, Avignon, 1623) – poet, magistrate
• Jean Contrucci (7 June 1939) – writer
• Gilles Del Pappas (14 December 1949) – writer
• César Chesneau Dumarsais (July 17, 1676, Paris, June 11, 1756) – philosopher, grammarian
• Jean-Christophe Duchon-Doris (2 January 1960) – writer
• Paul Alexandre Dulard (March 8, 1695, Marseille, December 7, 1760) – poet
• Yann of L’Écotais (14 November 1940, Paris, 23 October 2008) – writer, journalist
• René Frégni (8 July 1947) – writer
• Christian Garcin (8 November 1959) – writer
• Victor Gélu (September 12, 1806, Marseille, April 2, 1885) – poet in Provençal language, Marseilles dialect
• Daniel Giraud (10 January 1946) – Chinese writer and translator, blues musician
• Leon Gozlan (September 11, 1803, Paris, September 14, 1866) – writer, associated with Balzac
• Jean-Claude Izzo (June 20, 1945, d., Marseille, January 26, 2000) – writer

• Edmond Jaloux (June 19, 1878, Lutry, August 15, 1949) – novelist, literary critic
• Sébastien Japrisot (July 4, 1931, Vichy, March 4, 2003) – novelist, screenwriter
• Étienne-François de Lantier (1734-1826) – playwright
• Jean-Patrick Manchette (December 19, 1942, Paris, June 3, 1995) – writer and chronicler
• Joseph Mery (21 January 1797, Paris, 20 June 1866) – polygraph
• Thyde Monnier (Mathilde Anna Rose) (June 23, 1887, Nice, January 18, 1967) – writer
• Marc-Édouard Nabe (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 (April 1, 1868, Paris, December 2, 1918) – dramatic author, French Academy
• André Roussin (22nd January 1911, Paris, 3rd November 1987) – writer of comedies
• Saint-Pol-Roux (January 15, 1861, Brest, October 18, 1940) – poet
• Eugene Saccomano (23 September 1936) – journalist, writer
• Serge Scotto (15 November 1963) – writer
• Christiane Singer (1943, Vienna, 4 April 2007) – writer, essayist and novelist
• André Suarès (June 12, 1868, St. Maur, September 7, 1948) – writer
• Honore d’Urfe (11 February 1568, 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:

• Michel Abdou (31 October 1945) – Painter
• Hubert Aicardi (March 21, 1922, Marseille, 1991) – painter
• 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
• Robert Digonnet (8 November 1900, d., Marseille, 28 January 1991) – CEO of the Elephant Tea Society
• Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès (1767-1846) – geographer, author and translator
• Augustin Féraud (from Marseille) – founder of BTP group, GTM , ex Vinci
• Philippe Gaillet (1924) – painter
• 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) – compose
• Marc Panther (born 1970) – member of the Japanese rock band Globe
• Jonathan Santiago (born 1994) – football player
• Sacha Sosno (born 1937) – sculptor
• Guy Tempier (1960) – painter, decorator
• Guy Toubon (30 October 1931) – painter, writer

References