Jean-Zéphirin (born 1982) – footballer Emil Jellinek-Mercedes – General Counsel for Austria-Hungary, and founder of Mercedes car company buried in Nice at Cimetière du Château Elton John – singer, owned a house in Mont Boron on the hills of Nice David Kadouch (born 1985), pianist and chamber musician Alexis Kossenko (born 1977) – classical flautist and conductor Georges Lautner (1926–2013) – director born in Nice, buried in the cemetery of the Castle J. M. G. Le Clézio – author and professor, was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature Hugo Lloris (born 1986) – French international footballer, born in Nice Heinrich Mann – German novelist (and brother of Thomas Mann) lived in Nice André Masséna (1758–1817) – 1st Duc de Rivoli, 1st Prince d'Essling, one of the original 18 Marshals of the Empire, French military commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, his nickname was l'Enfant chéri de la Victoire ("the Dear Child of Victory") Jean-Pierre Mocky (1929–2019) – film director, actor, screenwriter and producer Amedeo Modigliani lived for a few months in Nice with his companion Jeanne Hébuterne; she gave birth to their daughter Giovanna in 1918. Mohammed VI, king of Morocco, obtained the title of Doctor of Law at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis Jacques Ochs (1883–1971) – artist and Olympic fencing champion Clairemarie Osta (born 1970) – ballet dancer, étoile at Paris Opera Ballet Pino Presti – Italian bassist, arranger, composer, conductor and record producer, has lived in Nice since 2004 Fabio Quartararo (born 1999) – French MotoGP World Champion Auguste Renoir – had his studio in Nice from 1911 to 1919 at the corner of the Rue Alfred Mortier and the Quai St Jean Baptiste. A commemorative plaque is affixed to it. Dick Rivers – born Hervé Forneri, rock singer, born in Nice in 1945 Ken Samaras (born 1990) - known as Nekfeu, french rapper, born in the suburbs of Nice Robert W. Service – poet and writer of the Klondike Gold Rush lived in Nice during the summers from 1916 to 1940 Joann Sfar – comics artist, comic book creator and film director Michel Siffre (born 1939) – adventurer and scientist Gilles Simon (born 1984) – tennis player Michael Sinterniklaas (born 1972) – American voice actor Aimé Teisseire (1914–2008) – French Army officer, lived in Nice after his retirement from the military until his death at the age of 93 Simone Veil (1927–2017) –