This is a list of people from the French city of Marseille.
Born in Marseille NOTE: People in italics do not have an 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 Marguerite Baux (fl. 1870s–1880s) - opera singer 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 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 Doumel (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-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 Contandin) (10 December 1935, d. Marseille, 8 June 2011) - actor, singer, radio host Ginette Garcin (1928–2010) - actor Louis Jourdan (19 June 1921 – 2015) - 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, professional 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 Ishay Ribo (born 3 February 1989), Israeli singer-songwriter Jean Roucas (1 February 1952) - humourist Catherine Rouvel (31 August 1939) - actress Daniel Russo (13 May 1948) - actor, double Gabriel Signoret (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 (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 (1847; d. Paris, 1907) - 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
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; d. 6 December 2008) - comic strip artist, film director Lisa Mandel (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 (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) Pierre Blancard (1741–1826), introduced the chrysanthemum to France 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, 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 (20 June 1797; d. Marseille, 16 January 1870) - historian Marc Fumaroli (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 group Jules Charles-Roux (14 November 1841; d.|Paris, 6 March 1918) - industrialist, writer, patron 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 photographic postcard Denis Ranque (7 January 1952) - former 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 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 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 Mireille Flour (29 April 1906 – 1984) - classical harpist 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 Landmvrks (2014–present) - metalcore band Maxence Larrieu (27 October 1934) - classical flautist 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 Guy Morançon (1929 – 2025) – organist and composer 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 (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 (4 October 1947) - composer Cora Vaucaire (22 July 1918; d. Paris, 17 September 2011) - singer