#1Baptiste Giabiconi
born 1989French singer and model
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Baptiste Giabiconi, the French singer and model, is the most widely known, written about in 17 languages. More than half were born since 1970, 6 in all. The list comes to 2.7 for every 10,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical town in Bouches-du-Rhône. Fewer than a quarter of the 76 towns in Bouches-du-Rhône with famous people list more.
Births peak in the 1980s, with 3 people born in that decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Marignane has 2.4× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
By how many languages cover them, Baptiste Giabiconi comes first (17), then Laurent Imbert (16) and Florian Raspentino (12).
#1French singer and model
#2French Roman Catholic missionary, martyr and saint (1797 – 1839)
#3The rest number 6, with 3 athletes among them.

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Nearby, Rognac has the most on record, with 10.
Berre-l'Étang · 6 miAlbert Emon & 6 moreHDChâteauneuf-les-Martigues · 3 miHenri d'Attilio & 1 moreOJSaint-Victoret · 2 miOdette Jasse
Gignac-la-Nerthe · 2 miGeorges CarnusFBVitrolles · 3 miFarid Boulaya
Les Pennes-Mirabeau · 5 miRoland BlumPDCarry-le-Rouet · 6 miPierre DelanjeacBaptiste Giabiconi (French singer and model) is the best known by our measure: 17 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Laurent Imbert and Florian Raspentino.
9 people born in Marignane have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 12 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 9. That is 44% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Laurent Imbert, born in 1796. The youngest on the list was born in 1989.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Marignane itself, matched by its INSEE code (a commune merged into it counts when the dates allow), whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. A hospital or neighbourhood recorded without its commune isn’t matched. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a hospital, a neighbourhood or a wider area, another commune, or missing, or their articles may not name a birthplace. We only list people the sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations, how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each person) and French and English Wikipedia (each person’s articles confirm the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are matched to the commune by INSEE code and its history of mergers (INSEE COG 2026). Ranked by the number of articles. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across French towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the license below (our copy, resized).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.