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Marseille, France

LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.mairie-marseille.fr/

Population:
795,600 (2004 estimate)

BIRTHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Maurice Béjart
Choreographer
1-Jan-1927 22-Nov-2007 Innovative ballet choreographer
Honoré Daumier
Artist
20-Feb-1808 11-Feb-1879 Caricaturist and satirist
Fernandel
Actor
8-May-1903 26-Feb-1971 Prolific French comedy star
Zino Francescatti
Violinist
9-Aug-1902 17-Sep-1991 French violin virtuoso
Louis Jourdan
Actor
19-Jun-1919 14-Feb-2015 Kamal in Octopussy
Le Pétomane
Oddity
1-Jun-1857 1945 Legendary fartiste
Edmond Rostand
Playwright
1-Apr-1868 2-Dec-1918 Cyrano de Bergerac
Adolphe Thiers
Head of State
18-Apr-1797 3-Sep-1877 First President of the Third Republic
Peter Wyngarde
Actor
23-Aug-1933   Jason King
Zinédine Zidane
Soccer
23-Jun-1972   Real Madrid FC

DEATHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
André-Marie Ampère
Physicist
22-Jan-1775 10-Jun-1836 Explored electromagnetism
Auguste-Arthur de La Rive
Physicist
9-Oct-1801 27-Nov-1873 Traité d'électricité théorique et appliquée
Louis Gabriel Suchet
Military
2-Mar-1770 3-Jan-1826 Napoleonic General





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