12 Notable alumni of
Central School of Lyon
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The Central School of Lyon is 2514th in the world, 803rd in Europe, and 70th in France by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from the Central School of Lyon sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Paul-Émile Victor
- Occupations
- explorerscientistethnologistwriterpolar explorer
- Biography
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Paul-Émile Victor was a French ethnologist and explorer.
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Marc Riboud
- Enrolled in the Central School of Lyon
- Studied in 1945-1948
- Occupations
- war photographerFrench resistance fighterphotojournalistreporterphotographer
- Biography
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Marc Riboud was a French photographer, best known for his extensive reports on the Far East: The Three Banners of China, Face of North Vietnam, Visions of China, and In China.
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Laurent Naouri
- Occupations
- opera singerperforming artist
- Biography
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Laurent Naouri, Chevalier L.H. is a French bass-baritone. Initially beginning his education at the École Centrale de Lyon, Naouri decided to concentrate on opera in 1986 and continued his musical studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where in his final year in June 1991 he appeared as the Director in Les mamelles de Tirésias.
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Omar Balafrej
- Enrolled in the Central School of Lyon
- 1993-1997 graduated with diplôme d'ingénieur
- Occupations
- engineerpolitician
- Biography
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Omar Balafrej is a Moroccan politician, He served as a member of the Moroccan parliament from 2016 to 2021, representing his hometown Rabat, and was one of the two members of Unified Socialist Party at the time. Since 2014, he is also a board member of the African Innovation Foundation, providing strategic advice and technical support to strengthen the innovation landscape in Africa.
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Christoph Franz
- Occupations
- entrepreneurbusinessperson
- Biography
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Christoph Franz is a German engineer and manager who served as chief executive officer of Lufthansa from 2011 until 2014.
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Laurent Baumel
- Occupations
- cadres de la fonction publiquepolitician
- Biography
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Laurent Baumel is a French politician. He was the deputy for Indre-et-Loire's 4th constituency in the French National Assembly from 2012 to 2017.
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Raphaël Esraïl
- Occupations
- French resistance fighterengineer
- Biography
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Raphaël Esrail was a French Resistance member and engineer.
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Philippe Kruchten
- Years
- 1952-.. (age 74)
- Enrolled in the Central School of Lyon
- Graduated with diplôme d'ingénieur
- Occupations
- computer scientistengineeruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Philippe Kruchten is a Canadian software engineer, and Professor of Software Engineering at University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, known as Director of Process Development (RUP) at Rational Software, and developer of the 4+1 Architectural View Model.
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Jérémy Cabot
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
- Biography
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Jérémy Cabot is a French former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2017 to 2024.
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Jérôme Segal
- Years
- 1970-.. (age 56)
- Enrolled in the Central School of Lyon
- 1990-1993 graduated with diplôme d'ingénieur
- Occupations
- academicessayistwriterjournalistepistemologist
- Biography
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Jérôme Segal is a French-Austrian essayist and historian, lecturer at Sorbonne University and a researcher and journalist in Vienna. He is also known for his contributions in the field of animal law. He is the author of several articles and books, in particular on Jewishness and animal advocacy.
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Edouard Chambon
- Occupations
- athleteprogrammerspeedcuber
- Biography
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Édouard Chambon is a French software engineer who was the world record holder for the fastest single time on a 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube with a time of 9.18 seconds and the fastest average time of 11.48 seconds. These records were set at the Murcia Open on 23 February 2008.
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Dominique Luizet
- Occupations
- botanistchemist
- Biography
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Marie Dominique Luizet was a French botanist and chemist. He was the first to identify several species of Saxifraga.
