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Top 10 Top 10 Figures in History
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1. Julius Caesar
Caesar besieged Marseille after its citizens sided with his rival Pompey in 49 BC.
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2. François Grimaldi
Grimaldi disguised his soldiers as monks in order to seize Monaco in 1297.
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3. The Anti-pope
When the papacy returned to Rome, French cardinals elected Robert de Genève as Pope Clement VII, creating a split in the Church until 1417.
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4. Petrarch
The Italian Renaissance poet (1304–74), who lived in Avignon, was a critic of the ostentatious French papacy.
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5. Nostradamus
Born in St-Rémy-de-Provence, the scholar (1503– 66) published his book of prophecies in 1555.
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6. Napoleon Bonaparte
Bonaparte landed at Golfe-Juan on 1 March 1815 to regain his empire, only to be defeated at Waterloo.
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7. Louis-Auguste Blanqui
Born in Puget-Théniers in 1805, the socialist was one of the leaders of the revolutionary Paris Commune of 1871.
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8. Jacques Cousteau
Toulon-based naval officer Cousteau perfected the aqua-lung in the 1940s, pioneering the sport of scuba diving.
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9. Antoine de St-Exupéry
The aircraft of the French author and pilot vanished in 1944 while on a reconnaissance flight over Provence.
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10. Brigitte Bardot
Sex icon and film star Bardot became the symbol of St-Tropez in the 1960s.
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