List of Famous people born in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Jordan Pierre Ayew is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Crystal Palace and the Ghana national team. He is the son of former Ghana captain Abedi Pele and brother of André Ayew, who plays for Swansea City.

Jonathan Christopher Matijas is a French-Algerian professional football player who plays for JSM Skikda.

Dylan Daniel Mahmoud Bronn is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays for FC Metz and the Tunisia national football team. He plays as a central defender. Before becoming professional, Bronn played in the French lower leagues with AS Cannes.

Alain Boghossian is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He serves as an assistant coach for the France national team.

Cédric Jimenez is a French film producer, film director and screenwriter.

Thierry Mariani is a French politician. He was Secretary of State for Transport for the Minister of Ecology, Sustainable development, Transport and Housing in the François Fillon III government, and a member of The Republicans, until joining the National Rally's list for the European election in January 2019.

Frédéric Martel is a French writer, researcher and journalist. His most famous pieces of work are The Pink and the Black, Homosexuals in France since 1968, Mainstream, "Smart" and De la culture en Amérique, a book about cultural policies and industries in the United States, which was featured on the cover of the New York Times art section in 2006. NYT's journalist Alan Riding wrote : "In Culture in America, a 622-page tome weighty with information, Martel challenges the conventional view in France that (French) culture financed and organized by the government is entirely good and that (American) culture shaped by market forces is necessarily bad".

Denise Fabre is a French former television personality, best known for her role as an in-vision continuity announcer. She is now municipal advisor to the presiding mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi.

Younès Belhanda is a professional footballer who plays for Turkish club Galatasaray and for the Morocco national football team.

Jérémie Boga is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Sassuolo and the Ivory Coast national team.