page_title: Aix-en-Provence
section_title: Births
hierarchical_section_title: Aix-en-Provence / People from Aix / Births
caption_attribution_description: English: French pianist Hélène Grimaud during rehearsal on a Steinway concert grand piano at the La Roque-d'Anthéron International piano festival. Cropped version for use in collages etc.
context_page_description: Aix-en-Provence, or simply Aix, is a city and commune in Southern France, about 30 km north of Marseille. A former capital of Provence, it is in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône, of which it is a subprefecture. The population of Aix-en-Provence numbers approximately 143,000. Its inhabitants are called Aixois or, less commonly, Aquisextains.
context_section_description: Aix-en-Provence was the birthplace of:
  Eleanor of Provence (died 1291), queen consort of King Henry III of England
  Charles Annibal Fabrot (1580–1659), French jurist, born in Aix
  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), baroque composer
  Joseph Lieutaud (1703–1780), doctor to Louis XV of France
  Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–1747), writer and 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), French painter
  Achille Emperaire (1829–1898), French painter, friends with Paul Cézanne
  François Vidal (1832–1911), Occitan poet, musician, activist
  Paul Cézanne (1839–1906), painter who lived and painted in the city
  Philippe Solari (1840–1906), French sculptor
  Baptistin Baille (1841–1918), professor of optics and acoustics
  Maurice Rouvier (1842–1911), politician
  Alfred Capus (1858–1922), playwright, member of the Académie française
  Henri Brémond (1864–1933), theologian
  Armand Lunel (1892–1977), last known speaker of Shuadit
  Darius Milhaud (1892–1984), composer and teacher
  Paul Veyne (born 1930), historian and archeologist
  Jacques Pellegrin (born 1944), painter
  Henri Michel (1947-2018), footballeur and coach
  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), French-Australian actor and host of Australian television program RocKwiz
  Hélène Grimaud (born 1969), concert pianist
  Franck Cammas (born 1972), professional racing sailor
  Norodom Rattana Devi (born 1974), Cambodian princess
  Arnaud Clément (born 1977), professional tennis player, finalist at the Australian Open in 2001
  Célimène Daudet (born 1977), classical pianist
  Mylène Jampanoï (born 1980), French actress
  Paris Laxmi (born 1991), Indian Dancer
caption: Hélène Grimaud.
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