26 Notable alumni of
Francois Rabelais University
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Francois Rabelais University is 1314th in the world, 457th in Europe, and 41st in France by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 26 notable alumni from Francois Rabelais University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Bruno Latour
- Enrolled in Francois Rabelais University
- In 1975 graduated with doctorate in France in philosophy
- Occupations
- writerphilosopheranthropologistprofessorsociologist
- Biography
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Bruno Latour was a French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist. He was especially known for his work in the field of science and technology studies (STS). After teaching at the École des Mines de Paris (Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation) from 1982 to 2006, he became a professor at Sciences Po Paris (2006–2017), where he was the scientific director of the Sciences Po Medialab. He retired from several university activities in 2017. He was also a Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics.
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Laurent Nuñez
- Occupations
- politicianofficial
- Biography
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Laurent Marie Joseph Nuñez-Belda is a French senior civil servant and politician who has served as Minister of the Interior in the second government of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu since 12 October 2025.
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Harry Roselmack
- Occupations
- film producernews presenterscreenwriterfilm editorfilm director
- Biography
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Harry Roselmack is a French radio and TV journalist of Martiniquan descent.
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Okan Bayülgen
- Occupations
- film actorradio personalitystage actor
- Biography
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Kaan Okan Bayülgen is a Turkish actor, theater founder, variety, talk show host, comedian, photographer, dubbing performer, writer, director.
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Éric Brunet
- Occupations
- journalistradio personality
- Biography
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Éric Brunet is a French author, political commentator and radio host. In 2010, he started hosting Radio Brunet, known as Carrément Brunet until 2016, on RMC with 700,000 daily listeners as of 2018. In 2020, Brunet joined La Chaîne Info as host of Brunet Direct and Brunet & les Agitateurs.
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William Peel, 3rd Earl Peel
- Occupations
- aristocratland ownerbusinesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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William James Robert Peel, 3rd Earl Peel, styled Viscount Clanfield until 1969, is a British hereditary peer who was a Conservative peer from 15 May 1973 until October 2006 when, on his appointment as Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Household, he became a crossbench (non-partisan) member of the House of Lords.
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Edward Lachman
- Occupations
- cinematographerfilm director
- Biography
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Edward Lachman is an American cinematographer and director, known primarily for his work in independent films.
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Elvira Roca Barea
- Enrolled in Francois Rabelais University
- Studied in 1994
- Occupations
- columnistwriter
- Biography
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María Elvira Roca Barea is a Spanish academic and writer. She studied philology, and specialized in the literature of the Middle Ages and early modern Europe. Her research work has primarily focused on narrative strategies in different literary periods, but she became famous for her work on the Spanish Black Legend.
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Amadou Koné
- Years
- 1953-.. (age 73)
- Enrolled in Francois Rabelais University
- Graduated with doctorate in France
- Occupations
- writeruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Amadou Koné is a writer from Côte d'Ivoire.
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Philippe Briand
- Occupations
- business executivepolitician
- Biography
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Philippe Briand was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the Indre-et-Loire department, as a member of The Republicans.
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François Lelord
- Occupations
- psychiatristwriter
- Biography
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François Lelord is a French psychiatrist and author.
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Armand Trousseau
- Occupations
- internistpolitician
- Biography
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Armand Trousseau was a French internist. His contributions to medicine include Trousseau sign of malignancy, Trousseau sign of latent tetany, Trousseau–Lallemand bodies (an archaic synonym for Bence Jones proteins). He is sometimes credited with the quip "use new drugs quickly, while they still work", though Michel-Philippe Bouvart had said the same over 40 years earlier.
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Joël Bruneau
- Occupations
- board memberpoliticianprofessions libérales et assimilés
- Biography
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Joël Bruneau is a French politician, mayor of Caen between 2014 and 2024. He was reelected in 2020. He is a Deputy for the 1st constituency of Calvados winning in the 2024 French legislative election against Emma Fourreau in the second round.
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Maboula Soumahoro
- Enrolled in Francois Rabelais University
- In 2008 graduated with doctorate in France in English studies
- Occupations
- scholar of Englishessayistuniversity teacherwomen's rights activist
- Biography
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Maboula Soumahoro is a French scholar and Afro-feminist whose parents came to France from the Ivory Coast in the late 1960s. An associate professor in the English department of the University of Tours, she specializes in studies on Afro-American diaspora and has published a paper on Rastafari. A contributor to the French committee on the history of slavery (Comité national pour la mémoire et l'histoire de l'esclavage), Soumahoro launched the French version of Black History Month in 2011. In 2020, she published Le triangle et l’hexagone inspired by her own experiences as an anti-racist black French Muslim.
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Fabrice Lhomme
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Fabrice Lhomme is a French investigative journalist for Le Monde.
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Derrick de Kerckhove
- Occupations
- theoristlinguistwritertranslatorauthor
- Biography
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Derrick de Kerckhove is the author of The Skin of Culture and Connected Intelligence and Professor in the Department of French at the University of Toronto, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was the Director of the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology from 1983 until 2008.
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Jean Germain
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jean Germain was a French socialist politician.
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François Cormier-Bouligeon
- Enrolled in Francois Rabelais University
- Graduated with diplôme d'études approfondies
- Occupations
- cadres de la fonction publiquepolitician
- Biography
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François Cormier-Bouligeon is a French politician of Renaissance (RE) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing Cher's 1st constituency.
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Daniel Labaronne
- Enrolled in Francois Rabelais University
- Graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- anciens cadreseconomistsenior lecturerpolitician
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Daniel Labaronne is a French economist and politician of Renaissance (RE) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since 18 June 2017, representing the department of Indre-et-Loire.
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Hubert Mono Ndjana
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Hubert Mono Ndjana was a Cameroonian academic and philosopher. Additionally, he was a writer, publishing numerous books on political leaders.
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Laurent Percerou
- Occupations
- Christian ministerCatholic deaconCatholic priest
- Biography
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Laurent Percerou is a French bishop of the Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Moulins from 2013 to 2020. He was named Bishop of Nantes on 11 August 2020.
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Alexandra Goujon
- Occupations
- university teacherpolitical scientistresearch fellow
- Biography
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Alexandra Goujon is a French political scientist. She is a professor of political science at the University of Burgundy. She specializes in political conflict and regime change in Eastern Europe, particularly Ukraine and Belarus.
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Jean-Patrick Gille
- Occupations
- politicianpermanent politician
- Biography
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Jean-Patrick Gille was a member of the National Assembly of France from 2007 to 2017. He represented the 1st constituency of the Indre-et-Loire department, as a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.
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Moshé Prywes
- Occupations
- physician
- Biography
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Moshe Prywes was a Polish-Israeli physician and educator. He was the first President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (1973-1975).
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Nadia Belakhdar
- Occupations
- handball player
- Biography
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Nadia Belakhdar is an Algerian team handball player. She plays for the club Noisy Le Grand, and on the Algerian national team. She competed at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia, where Algeria placed 22nd.
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Philippe Blay
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 66)
- Occupations
- musicologist
- Biography
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Philippe Blay is a French musicologist.
