List of Famous people born in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Olivier Echouafni
Olivier Echouafni is a French former professional footballer. He played as a midfielder for Ligue 1 team OGC Nice, among others.
Mathias Bourgue
Mathias Bourgue is a French tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He received a wild card to advance to the singles main draw in the 2016 French Open, where he reached the second round, losing to world No. 2 Andy Murray in five sets.
Hélène Grimaud
Hélène Grimaud is a French classical pianist and the founder of the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, New York.
Kévin Tillie
Kévin Tillie is a French volleyball player, member of the France men's national volleyball team and Italian club Top Volley Cisterna, 2015 European Champion, gold medallist of the 2015 World League, Polish Champion.
Casey Legler
Casey Legler is a French-American writer, restaurateur, model, and former Olympic swimmer.
Michèle Mouton
Michèle Mouton is a French former rally driver. Competing in the World Rally Championship for the Audi factory team, she took four victories and finished runner-up in the drivers' world championship in 1982. She is still the last woman to compete in top-level rallying.
Emmanuel Mouret
Emmanuel Mouret is a French actor, director and screenwriter.
Karina Testa
Karina Testa is a French actress. She appeared in more than twenty films since 2001 including the lead role in Frontier(s).
Hubert Falco
Hubert Falco is a French politician who has been appointed Secretary of State for development of the territory in the government of François Fillon on 18 March 2008. He is the mayor of Toulon.
Frédéric Boyer
Frédéric Boyer is a French author of novels, poems, essays, and translations. A former student of the École normale supérieure de Fontenay Saint-Cloud, he coordinated the Bible Nouvelle Traduction, with Olivier Cadiot, Jean Echenoz, Florence Delay, Jacques Roubaud, and others. He proposed new translations of the Confessions by Augustine of Hippo for which he was awarded the Prix Jules Janin of the Académie française as well as Richard II, P.O.L 2010 and Shakespeare's sonnets, P.O.L., 2010). He is published by Éditions P.O.L..