List of sons and daughters of the city of Marseille
This chronologically sorted list includes - without claiming to be exhaustive - people born in the French city of Marseille and represented by an article in the German-language Wikipedia:
Born until 1800
- Lucius Caesar (17 BC - 2 AD), grandson, adopted son and possible successor of Augustus
- Honoré d'Urfé (1567–1625), writer
- Charles Plumier (1646–1704), botanist, discovered the fuchsia
- Jean Croiset (1656–1738), Catholic priest (Jesuit) and author of ascetic writings
- César Chesneau Du Marsais (1676–1756), philosopher and grammarian
- Michel-Ange Marin (1697–1767), religious priest, author of popular devotional novels
- Dugazon (Jean-Henry Gourgaud; 1743–1809), actor
- Claude-François Achard (1751–1809), Romanist and Provençalist
- Claude-Emmanuel de Pastoret (1755-1840), politician and writer
- Jean-Antoine Constantin (1756–1844), painter and draftsman
- Désirée Clary (1777–1860), fiancee of Napoléon Bonaparte, later Queen of Sweden and Norway
- Pascal Coste (1787–1879), engineer, architect, draftsman and painter
- Antoine Bussy (1794–1882), pharmacist and chemist
- Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy (1796–1867), poet
- Adolphe Thiers (1797–1877), statesman
Born in the 19th century
- Honoré Daumier (1808–1879), painter, sculptor, graphic artist and caricaturist
- Louise Colet (1810–1876), French poet
- Henri Puget (1813 - after 1865), opera tenor
- Amédée Achard (1814–1875), writer
- François Bazin (1816–1878), composer
- Marius Petipa (1818–1910), ballet dancer and choreographer, is considered the "father of classical ballet"
- Émile Ollivier (1825–1913), statesman
- Karl Mayer-Eymar (1826–1907), Swiss geologist and paleontologist
- Jules Cohen (1830–1901), composer and organist
- Charles Constantin (1835–1891), conductor and composer
- Émile Bernard (1843–1902), composer and organist
- Ange Flégier (1846–1927), composer, music critic, painter and writer
- Edmond Demolins (1852–1907) founded the French version of the rural education home
- Auguste Bouge (1853–1931), politician
- Fernand Cabrol (1855–1937), theologian and pioneer of the liturgical restoration movement
- Joseph Pujol (1857–1945), artist
- Augustin Simeone (1863–1940), Bishop of Ajaccio and Fréjus
- Marius Gabriel Cazemajou (1864–1898), officer
- Ernest Vessiot (1865–1952), mathematician
- Charles Fabry (1867–1945), physicist, invented the Fabry-Pérot interferometer
- Edmond Rostand (1868–1918), theater writer
- André Suarès (1868–1948), poet
- Salvator Issaurel (1871–1944), singer and music teacher
- Marius Thé (1871–1915), racing cyclist and pacemaker
- Victor Henri (1872–1940), physical chemist and psychologist, pioneer of enzyme kinetics
- Mathilde Tardif (1872–1929), painter
- Edmond Jaloux (1878–1949), writer and literary critic
- Samuel Guyer (1879–1950), Swiss art historian
- François Coli (1881–1927), aviation pioneer
- Henri Fabre (1882–1984), aviation pioneer
- Charles Méré (1883–1970), writer
- Jean Cabannes (1885–1959), physicist
- Jean Wahl (1888–1974), philosopher
- Michel Carlini (1889–1967), politician and mayor of Marseille
- Francis Bousquet (1890–1942), composer
- Gustave Ganay (1892-1926), racing cyclist
- Henry Bergasse (1894–1977), politician
- Charles Crodel (1894–1973), painter
- Marcel Pagnol (1895–1974), writer
- Joseph Rampal (1895–1983), flautist
- Antonin Artaud (1896–1948), actor, playwright, director
- François Spirito (1900–1967), Mafioso
Born in the 20th century
1901-1925
- Germaine Poinso-Chapuis (1901–1981), politician and France's first female minister
- Henri Tomasi (1901–1971), composer and conductor
- Zino Francescatti (1902–1991), violinist
- Fernandel (1903–1971), actor and singer
- Michele Orecchia (1903–1981), Italian racing cyclist
- Marc Berthomieu (1906–1991), composer
- Francis Leenhardt (1908–1983), French politician
- Pierre Lantier (1910–1998), composer
- Simone Simon (1910–2005), actress
- Marcel Bianchi (1911–1998), jazz and entertainment musician
- Léo Chauliac (1913–1977), composer and pianist
- Roger Garaudy (1913–2012), writer and philosopher
- Élie Bayol (1914–1995), racing driver
- Henriette Cohen (1917–2019), last French survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp
- Robert Manzon (1917–2015), Formula 1 racing driver
- Georges de Beauregard (1920–1984), film producer (among others for Godard and Chabrol)
- César Baldaccini (1921–1998), sculptor and sculptor
- Marie-Madeleine Duruflé (1921–1999), organist
- Louis Jourdan (1921-2015), actor
- Gaston Rébuffat (1921–1985), mountaineer
- Jean Robin (1921-2004), football player and coach
- Jean-Pierre Rampal (1922-2000), flautist
- Jean-Pierre Richard (1922–2019), literary scholar and writer
- Dominique Venturi (1923-2008), Mafia boss
- Francis Miroglio (1924-2005), composer
- Michel Ragon (1924-2020), writer
- Roger Scotti (1925-2001), football player
1926-1950
- Maurice Béjart (1927–2007), choreographer and director of the Béjart ballet
- Régine Crespin (1927–2007), opera singer
- Jean Guichet (* 1927), racing car driver
- Peter Wyngarde (1927-2018), actor
- Ginette Garcin (1928-2010), actress and singer
- Jacques Lefèvre (* 1928), saber fencer
- Jacques Rouffio (1928–2016), film director and screenwriter
- Pierre Bellon (* 1930), entrepreneur
- Jean-Baptiste Rossi (1931–2003), journalist, screenwriter and writer
- Marc Fumaroli (1932–2020), philologist, literary scholar and historian
- Gérard Lauzier (1932–2008), comic book writer and illustrator and filmmaker
- Jean Boiteux (1933-2010), swimmer
- Jean-Bernard Eisinger (1938–2015), jazz pianist, composer and doctor
- Jean-Claude Gaudin (* 1939), politician, including mayor of Marseille
- France Nuyen (born 1939), film actress
- Pat Mallet (1941–2012), comic book artist
- Jean-Jacques Schuhl (* 1941), writer
- Jean-Patrick Manchette (1942–1995), writer and journalist
- Anne Poirier (* 1942), installation artist
- Max Jean (* 1943), racing car driver
- Jean-Pierre Cardinal Ricard (* 1944), Archbishop of Bordeaux
- Jean-Claude Izzo (1945-2000), writer
- Jean-Pierre Nicolas (* 1945), rally driver
- Francis Vanverberghe (1946-2000), Mafioso
- Jacques Rouvier (born 1947), pianist
- Jannick Top (* 1947), fusion musician
- Frédéric Dor (* 1948), racing car driver
- Alain Joule (* 1950), composer and jazz drummer
1951-1975
- Hervé Bourde (* 1951), jazz musician
- Cyprien Katsaris (* 1951), pianist and composer
- Robert Guédiguian (* 1953), film director
- Bernard Tchoullouyan (1953-2019), judoka
- Régis Jauffret (* 1955), writer
- Frédéric Dutoit (* 1956), politician
- Philippe Mabboux (* 1957), organist and composer
- Didier Conrad (* 1959), French-Swiss comic artist
- Renaud Muselier (* 1959), politician
- Manuelle Gautrand (* 1961), architect
- Marie-Françoise Sidibé (* 1962), national soccer player
- Jean-Michel Henry (* 1963), fencer
- Philippe Milanta (* 1963), jazz musician
- Eric Plandé (* 1964), jazz musician
- Éric Cantona (* 1966), football player and actor
- Jérôme Noetinger (* 1966), improvisation musician and composer
- Lara Naszinsky (* 1967), actress
- Olivier Père (* 1971), film critic and director of the Locarno International Film Festival
- Zinédine Zidane (* 1972), football player
- Nicolas Minassian (* 1973), racing car driver
- Patrice Oliva (* 1974), composer
- Jean-Michel Arcucci (* 1975), squash player
1976-2000
- Damien Saez (* 1977), songwriter
- Jacques "Pancho" Abardonado (* 1978), football player
- Jean-René de Fournoux (* 1978), racing car driver
- Sébastien Grosjean (* 1978), tennis player
- Franky Zapata (* 1978), jet ski pilot
- Peter Luccin (* 1979), football player
- Soprano (* 1979, Saïd M'Roumbaba ), rapper
- Charlotte and Julie Bonaventura (* 1980), handball referees
- Clara Morgane (* 1981), actress, model and singer
- Nicolas Penneteau (* 1981), football player
- Salim Arrache (* 1982), Algerian football player
- Fabien Laurenti (* 1983), soccer player
- Sophie Milliet (* 1983), chess player
- Mathieu Flamini (* 1984), football player
- Mathieu Ganio (* 1984), ballet dancer
- Kamel Ghilas (* 1984), Algerian-French football player
- Abdoulay Konko (* 1984), football player
- Anthony Terras (* 1985), marksman
- Lassad Nouioui (* 1986), Tunisian football player
- Thomas Rostollan (* 1986), road cyclist
- Louisa Nécib (* 1987), football player
- Mohamed M'Changama (* 1987), French-Comorian football player
- Samir Nasri (* 1987), football player
- Caroline Pizzala (* 1987), soccer player
- Marie-Paule Gnabouyou (* 1988), handball player
- Frédéric Nimani (* 1988), football player
- Jul (* 1990), rapper
- Youssouf M'Changama (* 1990), French-Comorian football player
- Valère Germain (* 1990), football player
- Benjamin Stambouli (* 1990), football player
- Zinédine Machach (* 1996), football player
- Theo Hernández (* 1997), football player
- Jérémie Boga (born 1997), football player
- Boubacar Kamara (* 1999), football player