List of Famous people born in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Patrick Mennucci
Patrick Mennucci is a French politician and a member of the Socialist Party. He had been the MP of the Bouches-du-Rhône's 4th constituency from June 2012 to June 2017, where he was defeated by Jean-Luc Mélenchon of La France insoumise party.
Cédric Herrou
Cédric Herrou is a French olive farmer and immigration activist. He became known in France and internationally following his arrests for helping more than 250 migrants cross into France from Italy. Herrou's efforts have been described in the media as the "French Underground railroad". After numerous convictions for assisting migrants to cross the border, Herrou's actions were found to be legal by the French Constitutional Council, which found Herrou's actions to be covered under the constitutional exercise of fraternity to others.
Philippe Pradal
Philippe Pradal is a French politician. He is currently a member of the Rally for the Republic party. He served as Mayor of Nice from 2016 to 2017. He was first deputy mayor of Nice from 2013 to 2016. He receives the knights of the Legion of honor in July 2017. He supports Nicolas Sarkozy for the republican presidential primary in 2016.
Annette Messager
Annette Messager is a French visual artist. In 2005 she won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Biennale for her artwork at the French Pavilion. In 2016, she won the prestigious Praemium Imperiale International Arts Award. She lives and works in Malakoff, France.
Romain Alessandrini
Romain Alessandrini is a French footballer who currently plays as a winger for Chinese Super League club Qingdao Huanghai.
Olivia Ciappa
Olivia Ciappa is a French photographer and film director. She is a director of short films, a director of musicals for the theater, illustrator of books for children, producer and director of documentaries, journalist of cinema, photographer also creator of stamps.
Freeman
Malek Brahimi, better known by his stage name Freeman, is a French hip hop artist and breakdancer. He was a member of the successful hip hop group IAM together with Akhenaton, Shurik'n, Khéops, Imhotep, and Kephren. He has also worked as a solo artist and an actor. Freeman lives in Marseille, but says that he is above all an Internationalist.
Sébastien Squillaci
Sébastien Squillaci is a French former professional footballer who played as a centre back. From 2004 to 2010, he played 21 matches for the France national team while also making three appearances for the Corsica national team.
Farid Boulaya
Farid Boulaya is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for FC Metz.
Julien Aubert
Julien Aubert is a French Republican politician who has represented Vaucluse's 5th constituency in the National Assembly since 2012.