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Marseille ranks 88th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Lima, Bologna, and Tallinn. Memorable people born in Marseille include Petronius, Honoré Daumier, and Zinedine Zidane. 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 soccer players. Marseille is located in France.

Marseille, formerly spelled in English as Marseilles, is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the Provence region of southern France, it is located on the coast of the Gulf of Lion, part of the Mediterranean Sea, near the mouth of the Rhône river. A resident of Marseille is a Marseillais. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 380 BC and 2000, Marseille was the birth place of 108 globally memorable people, including Petronius, Honoré Daumier, and Zinedine Zidane. Additionaly, 41 globally memorable people have passed away in Marseille including André-Marie Ampère, Arthur Rimbaud, and Maximian.

People Born in Marseille

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People Deceased in Marseille

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Marseille were soccer players (38), writers (9), actors (8), politicians (7), and athletes (6),  while most who died were politicians (8), soccer players (5), writers (4), religious figures (3), 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.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Marseille since 1700.

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