Marseille
Marseille ranks 86th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Shizuoka Prefecture, Vancouver, and Stuttgart. Memorable people born in Marseille include Zinedine Zidane, Petronius, and Honoré Daumier. Memorable people who died in Marseille include André-Marie Ampère, Arthur Rimbaud, and Maximian. Marseille has been the birth place of many soccer players, and writers and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Marseille is located in France.
Marseille or Marseilles is a city in southern France, the prefecture of the department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the Provence region, it is located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, near the mouth of the Rhône river. Marseille is the second-most populous city in France, after Paris, with 873,076 inhabitants in 2021. Marseille with its suburbs and exurbs create the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, with a population of 1,911,311 at the 2021 census. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 380 BC and 2002, Marseille was the birth place of 128 globally memorable people, including Zinedine Zidane, Petronius, and Honoré Daumier. Additionaly, 44 globally memorable people have passed away in Marseille including André-Marie Ampère, Arthur Rimbaud, and Maximian.
People Born in Marseille
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Zinedine Zidane
SOCCER PLAYER
1972 - Present
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 1
Petronius
WRITER
27 - 66
HPI: 75.00
Rank: 2
Honoré Daumier
PAINTER
1808 - 1879
HPI: 72.63
Rank: 3
Désirée Clary
COMPANION
1777 - 1860
HPI: 71.67
Rank: 4
Antonin Artaud
WRITER
1896 - 1948
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 5
Adolphe Thiers
POLITICIAN
1797 - 1877
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 6
Fernandel
ACTOR
1903 - 1971
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 7
Pytheas
EXPLORER
380 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 8
Marius Petipa
DANCER
1818 - 1910
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 9
Roger Garaudy
PHILOSOPHER
1913 - 2012
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 10
Julie Clary
COMPANION
1771 - 1845
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 11
Paul Mauriat
MUSICIAN
1925 - 2006
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Marseille
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Christian Marquand
ACTOR
1927 - 2000
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 37
Jean-Claude Izzo
WRITER
1945 - 2000
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 42
Saint-Pol-Roux
WRITER
1861 - 1940
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 53
Ernest Reyer
COMPOSER
1823 - 1909
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 55
Henri Fabre
INVENTOR
1882 - 1984
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 57
Jacques Rouffio
FILM DIRECTOR
1928 - 2016
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 63
Jean-Jacques Schuhl
WRITER
1941 - Present
HPI: 44.60
Rank: 66
France Nuyen
ACTOR
1939 - Present
HPI: 40.49
Rank: 76
Jacques Abardonado
SOCCER PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 37.05
Rank: 85
Bryan Dabo
SOCCER PLAYER
1992 - Present
HPI: 32.26
Rank: 99
Youssouf M'Changama
SOCCER PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 27.64
Rank: 111
Bilal Boutobba
SOCCER PLAYER
1998 - Present
HPI: 24.07
Rank: 119
People Deceased in Marseille
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André-Marie Ampère
PHYSICIST
1775 - 1836
HPI: 79.07
Rank: 1
Arthur Rimbaud
WRITER
1854 - 1891
HPI: 78.55
Rank: 2
Maximian
POLITICIAN
240 - 310
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 3
Alexander I of Yugoslavia
POLITICIAN
1888 - 1934
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 4
Max von Sydow
ACTOR
1929 - 2020
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 5
Lucius Caesar
POLITICIAN
17 BC - 2
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 6
Marie Taglioni
DANCER
1804 - 1884
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 7
Louise Michel
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1830 - 1905
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 8
Louis Barthou
POLITICIAN
1862 - 1934
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 9
Vlado Chernozemski
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1897 - 1934
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 10
Pierre Puget
PAINTER
1620 - 1694
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 11
Édouard Stephan
ASTRONOMER
1837 - 1923
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Marseille
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Victor of Marseilles
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
300 - 290
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 19
Faustus Cornelius Sulla Felix
POLITICIAN
23 - 62
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 28
Jean-Claude Izzo
WRITER
1945 - 2000
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 29
Franco Bertinetti
ATHLETE
1923 - 1995
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 41
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Marseille were soccer players (43), writers (11), actors (11), athletes (10), and politicians (7), while most who died were politicians (9), writers (5), soccer players (4), religious figures (4), and social activists (2).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Marseille, including Zinedine Zidane, Eric Cantona, and Christophe Galtier. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Marseille, including Zinedine Zidane, Eric Cantona, and Christophe Galtier.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Marseille since 1700.
