Notable Residents
Toulon was the birthplace of:
- Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, Jesuit
- Laurent Emmanuelli, rugby union prop, returning to play for RC Toulon in 2009–10
- Capucine, actress
- Bastien Salabanzi, professional skateboarder
- Félix Mayol, singer and entertainer, and namesake of RC Toulon's stadium
- Raimu, actor
- Gilbert Bécaud, singer
- Mireille Darc, actress
- Kaba Diawara, footballer
- Sébastien Squillaci, French International footballer
- Jean Blondel, political scientist
- LiLi Roquelin, singer-songwriter
- Emmanuel Bertin, inventor of kite surfing
- Lucio Costa, architect and urban planner
- Robert Busnel, basketball player
- Matar Fall, footballer
- Anne Golon, author, has written a series of novels about a heroine Angelique
- Josua Guilavogui, footballer
- Guy du Merle, aeronautical engineer, test pilot and writer
- Loïc Jean-Albert, expert parachuter
- Maryse Joissains-Masini, mayor of Aix-en-Provence
- Jacques Le Goff, historian
- Sabine Paturel, singer and actress
- Gabriel Péri, journalist and politician
- Brigitte Roüan, film director and actress
- Cyril Saulnier, tennis player
- Didier Tarquin, cartoonist and scenarist
- Joëlle Wintrebert, writer
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