List of Famous people born in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Gilles Marini
Gilles Marini is a French actor known for his roles in the film Sex and the City, and in the American television shows Brothers & Sisters, Switched at Birth and Devious Maids. He was also the runner-up in season 8 of Dancing with the Stars, and was one of the returning celebrities in season 15. He was also a French co-host on the Netflix show Ultimate Beastmaster.
Jade Wiel
Jade Wiel is a French professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope. She won the 2019 French National Road Race Championships ahead of Victorie Guilman and Aude Biannic.
Véronique Olmi
Véronique Olmi is a French playwright and novelist. She won the Prix Alain-Fournier emerging artist award for her 2001 novella Bord de Mer. It has since been translated into several European languages. Olmi has published a dozen plays and half a dozen novels.
Denis Jeambar
Denis Jeambar is a French journalist.
Rémy Di Gregorio
Rémy Di Gregorio is a French road bicycle racer, who is currently suspended from the sport following a positive in-competition doping test for darbepoetin alfa, a re-engineered form of erythropoietin (EPO). He has previously competed for Française des Jeux (2005–2010), Astana (2011), Cofidis (2012), and Delko–Marseille Provence KTM (2014–2018) in his professional career.
Béryl Gastaldello
Béryl Gastaldello is a French swimmer.
Roberto Benzi
Roberto Benzi is a French conductor and former child actor.
Alix, Princess Napoléon
Alix, Princess Napoléon is the widow of Louis, Prince Napoléon, the disputed head of the House of Bonaparte, and pretender to the Imperial throne of France from their marriage in 1949 until his death in 1997. Bonapartists regarded her as "Empress of the French" for almost fifty years of the 20th century.
Nicolas Reyes
Nicolas Reyes is the lead singer, guitarist, songwriter, arranger, producer and founder of the French musical group Gipsy Kings, along with Tonino Baliardo, the group popular for their Spanish music in the 1980s. Even though the group members were born in France, he was brought up in a Spanish culture since their parents were gitanos who fled Catalonia during the Spanish Civil War.
Kassim Abdallah
Kassim Abdallah Mfoihaia is a French-born Comorian professional footballer who plays for Athlético Marseille. At international level, he represented the Comoros national team.