LOCATION

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

Population:
795,600 (2004 estimate)

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Antonin Artaud	Playwright	4-Sep-1896	4-Mar-1948	Theater of Cruelty
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
Louis Jourdan	Actor	19-Jun-1919		Kamal in Octopussy
France Nuyen	Actor	31-Jul-1939		The Joy Luck Club
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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
André-Marie Ampère	Physicist	22-Jan-1775	10-Jun-1836	Explored electromagnetism
Maximian	Royalty	c. 250 AD	310 AD	Roman Emperor, 286-305 AD
Arthur Rimbaud	Poet	20-Oct-1854	10-Nov-1891	Une Saison en Enfer
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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