Notable People
- The Provençal poet Frédéric Mistral (1830–1914) was born near Arles.
- Jeanne Calment (1875–1997), the oldest human being whose age is documented, was born, lived and died, at the age of 122 years and 164 days, in Arles
- Anne-Marie David, singer (Eurovision winner in 1973)
- Christian Lacroix, fashion designer, was born in Arles. He is well known in the gay community.
- Lucien Clergue, photographer
- Djibril Cissé, footballer for Queens Park Rangers F.C and France
- Genesius of Arles, a notary martyred under Maximianus in 303 or 308.
- Blessed Jean Marie du Lau, last Archbishop of Arles, killed by the revolutionary mob in Paris on September, 2 1792
- Juan Bautista, matador
- Mehdi Savalli, matador
- The medieval writer Antoine de la Sale was probably born in Arles around 1386
- Home of the Gipsy Kings, a music group from Arles
- Gael Givet footballer for Blackburn Rovers
- Lloyd Palun, footballer
- Vincent van Gogh, lived here from February 1888 until July 1890 the year of his death, from a gunshot wound.
- Fanny Valette, actress.
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