List of Famous people born in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Jean-Louis Xavier Trintignant is a French actor. He won the Best Actor Award at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival as well as the Best Actor Award at the César Awards 2013. He starred in classic films such as Z, A Man and a Woman, The Great Silence, The Conformist, Three Colours: Red, and Amour.
Eric Cantona
Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona is a French actor, director, producer, and former professional footballer. He played for Auxerre, Martigues, Marseille, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nîmes, and Leeds United before ending his career at Manchester United, where he won four Premier League titles in five years and two League and FA Cup Doubles. He won the league championship in seven of his last eight full seasons as a professional. At international level, he played for the French national team.
Isabelle Demongeot
Isabelle Demongeot is a former professional tennis player from France, who turned professional on 1 May 1983. She lived in Saint-Tropez in the French Riviera in the early stages of her career and later settled further south in Gassin.
Caroline Fourest
Caroline Fourest is a French feminist writer, film director, journalist, radio presenter at France Culture, and editor of the magazine ProChoix. She is the author of Frère Tariq, a critical look at the works of Muslim intellectual Tariq Ramadan which she and Mr. Ramadan later debated. She was also a columnist for Charlie Hebdo, for Le Monde until 14 July 2012, and she joined Marianne in 2016.
Hugo Lloris
Hugo Hadrien Dominique Lloris is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper and captains both Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the France national team. He is a three-time winner of the National Union of Professional Footballers (UNFP) Ligue 1 Goalkeeper of the Year award. He is widely regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the world due to his quick reflexes and being a formidable opponent in one-on-one situations.
Malang Sarr
Malang Mamadou William Georges Sarr is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Porto, on loan from Chelsea, and the France U21 side. An academy graduate of Nice, he scored on his senior debut in 2016 and made over 100 appearances for the club.
Mireille Mathieu
Mireille Mathieu, is a French singer. She has recorded over 1200 songs in eleven languages, with more than 150 million albums sold worldwide.
Emma Daumas
Manuelle "Emma" Daumas is a French singer-songwriter and performer, particularly well known for her participation in Star Academy.
Clara Morgane
Clara Morgane is a French singer, media personality, TV host and former pornographic actress.
Sarah Biasini
Sarah Magdalena Biasini is a French actress, the daughter of actress Romy Schneider and her second husband and former private secretary Daniel Biasini.