Editing Aix-en-Provence (section)

==Notable people==
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*[[Eleanor of Provence]] (died 1291), [[queen consort]] of King [[Henry III of England]]
*[[Charles Annibal Fabrot]] (1580–1659), jurist
*[[David-Augustin de Brueys]] (1640–1723), theologian and playwright
*[[Joseph Pitton de Tournefort]] (1656–1708), botanist
*[[André Campra]] (1660–1744), composer and conductor
*[[Jean-Baptiste van Loo]] (1684–1745), painter
*[[Laurent Belissen]] (1693–1762), composer
*[[Joseph Lieutaud]] (1703–1780), doctor to [[Louis XV of France]]
*[[Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues]] (1715–1747), writer and [[French Moralists|moralist]]
*[[Joseph Sec]] (1715–1794), carpenter and architect
*[[Jean-François Pierre Peyron]] (1744–1814), painter
*[[Jean-Baptiste Giraud]] (1752–1830), sculptor
*[[Toussaint-Bernard Éméric-David]] (1755–1839), archeologist and arts writer
*[[Antoine Balthazar Joachim d'André]] (1759–1825), member of the National Constituent Assembly of 1789
*[[François Marius Granet]] (1775–1849), painter
*[[Charles-Joseph-Eugene de Mazenod]] (1782–1861), [[bishop of Marseille]] and founder of the [[Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate]]
*[[Eliza Courtney]] (1792–1859), illegitimate daughter of the Prime Minister [[Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey]] and [[Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire]]
*[[François Mignet]] (1796–1884), historian
*[[François Vincent Latil]] (1796–1890), painter
*[[Achille Emperaire]] (1829–1898), painter
*[[François Vidal]] (1832–1911), Occitan poet and activist
*[[Paul Cézanne]] (1839–1906), painter
*[[Philippe Solari]] (1840–1906), sculptor
*[[Baptistin Baille]] (1841–1918), professor of [[optics]] and [[acoustics]]
*[[Maurice Rouvier]] (1842–1911), politician
*[[Alfred Capus]] (1858–1922), journalist and playwright
*[[Henri Brémond]] (1864–1933), theologian
*[[Armand Lunel]] (1892–1977), last known speaker of [[Shuadit language|Shuadit]]
*[[Paul Veyne]] (1930–2022), historian and archeologist
*[[Jacques Pellegrin (painter)|Jacques Pellegrin]] (1944–2021), painter
*[[Henri Michel]] (1947–2018), football player and coach
*[[Chef Jean-Pierre|Jean-Pierre Bréhier]] (born 1952), chef
*[[Didier Delsalle]] (born 1957), pilot
*[[Frédéric Fekkai]] (born 1958), celebrity hairstylist
*[[Tristan-Patrice Challulau]] (born 1959), classical composer
*[[Jean-Paul Delfino]] (born 1964), writer
*[[Julia Zemiro]] (born 1967), Australian television presenter and actress
*[[Hélène Grimaud]] (born 1969), concert pianist
*[[Franck Cammas]] (born 1972), yachtsman
*[[Marc Béziat]] (born 1975), music composer
*[[Arnaud Clément]] (born 1977), tennis player
*[[Célimène Daudet]] (born 1977), classical pianist
*[[Mylène Jampanoï]] (born 1980), actress
*[[Ouissem Belgacem]] (born 1988), former football player, writer
*[[Paris Laxmi]] (born 1991), Indian dancer
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===Notable residents===
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*[[Maximinus of Aix]], saint, first bishop of Aix, who according to [[Archbishopric of Aix|provencal tradition]] evangelised Aix with [[Mary Magdalene]]
*[[Saint Mitre]] (433–466), Christian [[martyr]], died here and his [[relics]] are preserved in the Cathedral
*[[René of Anjou]] (1409–1480), Duke of Anjou, Count of Provence
*[[Barthélemy d'Eyck]] (c. 1420 – after 1470), painter
*[[Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc]] (1580–1637), scientist best known for his correspondence
*[[Jean Daret]] (1613–1668), painter, died here
*[[Pierre Joseph Garidel]] (1658–1737), botanist
*[[Claude Arnulphy]] (1697–1786), painter
*[[Jean-Baptiste Marie de Piquet, Marquis of Méjanes]] (1729–1786), who bequeathed to the town his collection of between 60 and 80 thousand books, which later became the municipal library, the Bibliothèque Méjanes
*[[Jean de Dieu-Raymond de Cucé de Boisgelin]] (1732–1804), Archbishop of Aix
*[[Victor d'Hupay]] (1746–1818), writer and philosopher
*[[Jean-Antoine Constantin]] (1756–1844), painter
*[[Antoine de Lhoyer|Antoine de L'Hoyer]] (1768–1852), composer, guitarist and soldier
*[[Ambroise Roux-Alphéran]] (1776–1858), [[clerk of court]] and historian
*[[Émile Zola]] (1840–1902), novelist, spent his childhood here
*[[Émile Dufresne]] (1861–1942), inventor and engineer, died here
*[[Joseph Ravaisou]] (1865–1925), painter, died here
*[[Louise Germain]] (1874–1939), painter, died here
*[[Joseph d'Arbaud]] (1874–1950), poet, died here
*[[Darius Milhaud]] (1892–1984), composer and teacher<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Darius Milhaud, Compositeur de Musique|first=Georges|last=Jessula|url=http://www.cairn.info/article.php?ID_REVUE=AJ&ID_NUMPUBLIE=AJ_361&ID_ARTICLE=AJ_361_0140#|pages=140–144|journal=Revue Juive|year=2003}} Since their marriage in 1892, Milhaud's parents lived in the ''Bras d'Or'' in Aix-en-Provence, where their son grew up; however he was delivered at the home of his maternal grandparents in Marseille.</ref><ref>{{Cite book|first=Darius|last=Milhaud|author-link=Darius Milhaud|title=Ma Vie heureuse |publisher=Zurfluh|year= 1998|isbn=2-87750-083-7}}</ref>
*[[Roland de Pury]] (1907–1979), Swiss minister, died here
*[[Nina Simone]] (1933–2003), American singer, songwriter, pianist, civil rights activist, lived here in 1993–2003
*[[Christophe Rousset]] (born 1961), conductor and harpsichordist, grew up here
*[[Charles Trenet]] (1942–2001), poet, painter and singer, wrote several evergreens here
*[[Bradley Cooper]] (born 1975), American actor, spent 6 months as an exchange student here whilst studying an English major and French minor at [[Georgetown University]].
*[[Grégory Gaultier]] (born 1982), [[2015 Men's World Open Squash Championship|2015 squash world champion]]
*[[Majid Rabah]] (born 1980), footballer
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