34 Notable alumni of
Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
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Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 is 1400th in the world, 485th in Europe, and 45th in France by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 34 notable alumni from Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Marine Lorphelin
- Occupations
- modelbeauty pageant contestant
- Biography
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Marine Lorphelin is a French model, beauty pageant titleholder and General practitioner who was crowned Miss France 2013 on 8 December 2012, representing the region of Burgundy and then represented France at Miss World 2013 and placed 1st runner up.
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Louisa Necib Cadamuro
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Louisa Nécib Cadamuro is a French former professional footballer who played for the France national team. She spent the majority of her career at Lyon, amassing eighteen titles with the French club over a nine-year span. She played as an attacking midfielder and was described as a "gifted playmaker" who "possesses superb technique". Nécib is also known for her "elegant possession, sublime passing skills, and cultured touch on the ball".
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Nicolas Hayek
- Occupations
- entrepreneur
- Biography
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Nicolas George Hayek was a Lebanese-Swiss businessman, and the co-founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of The Swatch Group.
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Elsa Bois
- Enrolled in Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
- Studied science and technology of physical and sporting activities
- Occupations
- choreographerdancercomedy filminfluencer
- Biography
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Elsa Bois is a French dancer and choreographer. She is mainly known for her participation in the TV show Danse avec les stars in 2021 on TF1.
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Gwendal Peizerat
- Occupations
- business executiveice dancerpolitician
- Biography
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Gwendal Peizerat is a French former competitive ice dancer. With Marina Anissina, he is the 2002 Olympic champion, the 1998 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2000 World champion, and a six-time French national champion.
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Ilham Kadri
- Occupations
- business executive
- Biography
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Ilham Kadri is a Moroccan business executive, and the former CEO of Syensqo. Between 2019 and 2023, she was the CEO of Solvay, a Belgian chemical company. After the split of the company in December 2023, she continued as CEO of Syensqo until December 2025.
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Antonio Pintus
- Occupations
- professional fitness coach
- Biography
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Antonio Pintus is an Italian fitness coach, currently working as a conditioning coach for Real Madrid.
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Bernard Accoyer
- Occupations
- politicianphysician
- Biography
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Bernard Accoyer is a French politician who was President of the National Assembly of France from 2007 to 2012. He was also the Mayor of Annecy-le-Vieux.
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Nasser Larguet
- Enrolled in Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
- Studied in 2001-2002
- Occupations
- association football playerassociation football coach
- Biography
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Nasser Larguet is a Moroccan football coach, former head of the academy for Marseille. He was briefly the interim coach of the Marseille senior team.
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Romain Haguenauer
- Occupations
- figure skating choreographerfigure skating coachice dancer
- Biography
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Romain Haguenauer is a French ice dancing coach, choreographer, and former competitor. He is best known for his work with the French five-time World and 2022 Olympic champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron; and with Canadian three-time World champions and two-time Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir. He has also coached the top-ranking American teams of Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue, and Madison Chock and Evan Bates.
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Abdelkarim Zbidi
- Occupations
- politicianphysician
- Biography
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Abdelkrim Zbidi is a Tunisian politician.
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Serge Tisseron
- Occupations
- psychoanalystwriterpsychiatristcaricaturistuniversity teacher
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Serge Tisseron is a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist. He holds a PhD in Psychology. He is a senior research fellow at University Paris VII Denis Diderot. He is a member of Centre of Psychoanalysis Research, Medicine and Society at Université Paris VII (CRPMS). He studies the relationships between youth, the media and images and the effect of information and communication technology on young people. He is also an illustrator and a photographer.
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Grégory Bourillon
- Enrolled in Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
- 2019-2021 graduated with Diplôme universitaire in sport management
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Grégory Bourillon is a French former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
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Anthony Scaramozzino
- Enrolled in Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
- 2017-2019 graduated with Diplôme universitaire in sport management
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Anthony Scaramozzino is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Thonon Evian.
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Jean Auroux
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jean Auroux is a French politician. He served as Minister of Labour from 1981 to 1983, under former President François Mitterrand.
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Catherine Dufour
- Occupations
- computer scientistscience fiction writerlibrarian
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Catherine Dufour in Paris, is a French novelist, short story writer and computer scientist. She writes fantasy and science fiction.
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Véronique Trillet-Lenoir
- Enrolled in Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- university teacheroncologistpolitician
- Biography
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Véronique Trillet-Lenoir was a French oncologist and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who was elected as a member of the European Parliament in 2019. After joining the Parliament, Trillet-Lenoir was a member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.
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Jérémie Azou
- Occupations
- rower
- Biography
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Jérémie Azou is a French former rower. He is an Olympic, World, and European champion in the men's lightweight double sculls.
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Jean Decety
- Occupations
- university teacherneuroscientistpsychologist
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Jean Decety is an American–French neuroscientist specializing in developmental neuroscience, affective neuroscience, and social neuroscience. His research focuses on the psychological and neurobiological mechanisms underpinning social cognition, particularly social decision-making, empathy, moral reasoning, altruism, pro-social behavior, and more generally interpersonal relationships. He is Irving B. Harris Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago.
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Cyrille Isaac-Sibille
- Occupations
- professions libérales et assimilésphysicianpolitician
- Biography
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Cyrille Isaac-Sibille is a French politician representing the Democratic Movement. He was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the Rhône's 12th Constituency.
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Arnaud Balijon
- Enrolled in Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
- 2009-2011 graduated with Diplôme universitaire in sport management
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Arnaud Balijon is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Championnat National 2 club Cannes.
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Xavier Tomas
- Enrolled in Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
- 2021-2023 graduated with Diplôme universitaire in sport management
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Xavier Tomas is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre back for FC Bassin Piennois.
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Marta Macho Stadler
- Enrolled in Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
- In 1996 graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- writermathematician
- Biography
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Marta Macho Stadler is a Basque mathematician, expert in scientific divulgation. She teaches undergraduate courses on geometry and topology at the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU and her research area is the Geometric Theory of Foliations and Noncommutative Geometry. She is editor in chief of the digital blog Mujeres con Ciencia (Women with Science) of the Scientific Culture Chair UPV/EHU and has been awarded several prizes, among others the Emakunde Equality Prize 2006.
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Richard Socrier
- Enrolled in Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
- 2015-2017 graduated with Diplôme universitaire in sport management
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Richard Socrier is a French-born Guadeloupean former professional footballer, who most recently played as a striker for French club AS Poissy.
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Samira Merai
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Samira Merai Friaa is a Tunisian doctor and politician who served as Minister of Public Health from 2016 to 2017.
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Christopher Glombard
- Enrolled in Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
- Studied in 2021-2023
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Christopher Glombard is a footballer who plays as a right back for Championnat National 3 club Bassin d'Arcachon. Born in France, and a former French youth international, he plays for the Martinique national team. Glombard is the younger brother of Luigi Glombard, who is also a football player and is now retired.
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Emmie Charayron
- Occupations
- triathleteathletics competitor
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Emmie Charayron, also known as Emma Charayron, is a French professional triathlete, European Champion of the year 2011, ten time French Champion in various age categories, and both European and World Junior Champion in 2009, and U23 World Championship bronze medalist in 2010.
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Claire Bové
- Occupations
- rower
- Biography
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Claire Bové is a French rower. She competed in the women's lightweight double sculls event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Danièle Hérin
- Enrolled in Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
- Graduated with diplôme d'études approfondies in nuclear physics
- Occupations
- computer scientistprofessors, scientific professionsprofesseur des universitéspolitician
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Danièle Hérin is a French computer scientist and politician of Renaissance (RE) who was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing Aude's 1st constituency.
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Michel Fanget
- Occupations
- politicianphysician
- Biography
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Michel Fanget is a French politician and a member of the MoDem.
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Marc Jeannerod
- Occupations
- university teacherneurologistresearcherpsychologistneuroscientist
- Biography
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Marc Jeannerod was a neurologist, a neurophysiologist and an internationally recognized expert in cognitive neuroscience and experimental psychology. His studied the cognitive and neurophysiological mechanisms underpinning motor control, motor cognition, the sense of agency, and more recently language and social cognition. Jeannerod's work bridges with elegance and rigor various levels of analysis, ranging from neuroscience to philosophy of mind, with clear implications for the understanding of a number of psychiatric and neurological disorders, especially schizophrenia.
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Vincent Le Baron
- Enrolled in Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
- Studied in 2015-2017
- Occupations
- real estate negotiatorassociation football player
- Biography
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Vincent Le Baron is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He started his senior career hometown club Vannes OC and with Saint-Colomban Locminé. Le Baron made 13 appearances for Vannes during the 2010–11 season and was signed by Stade Lavallois in the summer of 2011.
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Vincent Castell
- Enrolled in Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
- Studied in 2011-2012
- Occupations
- bobsledder
- Biography
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Vincent Castell is a French bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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Nouria Salehi
- Born in
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Afghanistan - Occupations
- nuclear physicistbiophysicisthumanitarian
- Biography
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Nouria Sultana Salehi AM is an Afghan-Australian nuclear physicist, biophysicist and humanitarian. She is the founder of the Afghan Australian Development Organisation.
