62 Notable alumni of
Grenoble Alpes University
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Grenoble Alpes University is 932nd in the world, 331st in Europe, and 31st in France by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 62 notable alumni from Grenoble Alpes University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. 1 individual affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University won Nobel Prizes in Physics.
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Park Geun-hye
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- politician
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Park Geun-hye is a South Korean politician who served as the 11th president of South Korea from 2013 until her removal from office in 2017. A member of then Saenuri Party and the eldest daughter of the third president, Park Chung Hee, she was the first woman in the country and the first in East Asia to be elected as head of state. Park previously served as the first lady of South Korea under her father's presidency from 1974 until her father's assassination in 1979.
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Empress Masako
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- diplomatconsortaristocrat
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Masako is Empress of Japan as the wife of Emperor Naruhito.
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Marlène Schiappa
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- writeropinion journalistwomen's rights activistpolitician
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Marlène Schiappa is a French writer and politician who served as State Secretary for the Social and Solidarity Economy and Associative Life, attached to the Prime Minister, in the Borne government (2022–2023), as Minister Delegate in charge of Citizenship, attached to the Minister of the Interior, in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex (2020–2022) and as Secretary of State for Gender Equality in the government of Prime Minister Édouard Philippe (2017–2020).
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Marie Dorin Habert
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- biathletemilitary athletecross-country skier
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Marie Dorin Habert is a French retired biathlete.
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Gilles Lipovetsky
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- philosopherwritersociologist
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Gilles Lipovetsky is a French philosopher, writer, and sociologist.
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Emmanuel Mounier
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- teacherchefwriterjournalistphilosopher
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Emmanuel Mounier was a French philosopher, Catholic theologian, teacher and essayist.
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Justine Braisaz-Bouchet
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- biathletecross-country skier
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Justine Braisaz-Bouchet is a French biathlete, Olympic champion in the 12.5 km mass start at the 2022 Beijing Games and medalist at the Winter Olympics 2018 and World Championships.
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Gérard Mourou
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- university teacherresearcherphysicist
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Gérard Albert Mourou is a French scientist and pioneer in the field of electrical engineering and lasers. He was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics in 2018, along with Donna Strickland, for the invention of chirped pulse amplification, a technique later used to create ultrashort-pulse, very high-intensity (petawatt) laser pulses.
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Antoine Barnave
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- lawyerpolitician
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Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave was a French politician, and, together with Honoré Mirabeau, one of the most influential orators of the early part of the French Revolution. He is most notable for correspondence with Marie Antoinette in an attempt to set up a constitutional monarchy and for being one of the founding members of the Feuillants.
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Pierre Lévy
- Enrolled in Grenoble Alpes University
- In 1991 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
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- screenwriterwritersociologistuniversity teacherphilosopher
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Pierre Lévy is a Tunisian-born French philosopher, cultural theorist and media scholar who specializes in the understanding of the cultural and cognitive implications of digital technologies and the phenomenon of human collective intelligence.
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Driss Basri
- Enrolled in Grenoble Alpes University
- Graduated with doctorate in France in public law
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- politician
- Biography
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Driss Basri was a Moroccan politician who served as interior minister from 1979 to 1999. His name has been associated with the Years of Lead in Morocco. During this time, he was known as the "King's Policeman".
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Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet
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- biathletecross-country skier
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Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet is a retired French biathlete. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, 2018 Winter Olympics and 2022 Winter Olympics. She retired at the end of the 2022/23 season. Her sister Chloé Chevalier is also a retired biathlete.
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Souvanna Phouma
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- politician
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Prince Souvanna Phouma was the leader of the neutralist faction and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Laos several times (1951–1954, 1956–1958, 1960, and 1962–1975).
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Marc Ferro
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- screenwriteruniversity teacherfilm directorhistorianFrench resistance fighter
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Marc Ferro was a French historian. Author of several books, including The Use and Abuse of History.
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Roland Busch
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- chief executive officermanagerphysicist
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Roland Emil Busch is a German business executive and physicist who serves as the chief executive officer and president of Siemens AG.
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Peter J. Ortiz
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- actormilitary officer
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Pierre Julien Ortiz OBE (July 5, 1913 – May 16, 1988) was a United States Marine Corps colonel who received two Navy Crosses for extraordinary heroism as a major in World War II. He served in North Africa and Europe during the war, as a member of the French Foreign Legion, the Marine Corps, and the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), operating behind enemy lines several times. Ortiz also acted in Hollywood films after the war. He was one of very few Marines who served in combat in Europe during World War II, and one of the most decorated Marine officers of the war.
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Henri Bosco
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- writerchildren's writerpoetteacher
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Henri Bosco was a French writer. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times.
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Lina Merlin
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- politician
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Angelina "Lina" Merlin was an Italian politician, perhaps best known for authoring and promoting the so-called "Merlin law" which abolished state-regulated prostitution in Italy. She was also an activist and educator, and took part in the Italian resistance movement.
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Louis Néel
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- university teacherresearcherphysicist
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Louis Eugène Félix Néel was a French physicist born in Lyon who received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1970 for his studies of the magnetic properties of solids.
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Hazem Al Beblawi
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- economistwriterpolitician
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Hazem El Beblawi, is an Egyptian economist and politician who was the interim prime minister of Egypt from 2013 until 1 March 2014. Previously he served as deputy prime minister and minister of finance in 2011. After the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi and his government in July 2013, Beblawi was named interim prime minister. On 24 February 2014, Beblawi announced his resignation.
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Célia Aymonier
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- biathletecross-country skier
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Célia Aymonier is a former French cross-country skier and biathlete. She competed as a cross-country skier at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, competing in the skiathlon and the 10 km classical.
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Arnaud Gouillon
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- humanitarianpolitical activistpolitician
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Arno Gujon is a French-born Serbian official.
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Iosif Sifakis
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- computer scientistresearcherengineer
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Joseph Sifakis is a Greek-French computer scientist. He received the 2007 Turing Award, along with Edmund M. Clarke and E. Allen Emerson, for his work on model checking.
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Pierre Vaultier
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- snowboarder
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Pierre Benjamin Florent Vaultier is a French two-time Olympic Gold Champion, and one-time World Gold Champion snowboarder, specializing in snowboard cross.
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Alim-Louis Benabid
- Enrolled in Grenoble Alpes University
- In 1970 graduated with doctorate in France
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- researcherneuroscientistneurosurgeonuniversity teacher
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Alim Louis Benabid is a French-Algerian emeritus professor, neurosurgeon and member of the French Academy of Sciences, who has had a global impact in the development of deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders. He became emeritus professor of biophysics at the Joseph Fourier University in Grenoble in September 2007, and chairman of the board of the Edmond J. Safra Biomedical Research Center in 2009 at Clinatec, a multidisciplinary institute he co-founded in Grenoble that applies nanotechnologies to neurosciences.
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Jean-Jacques Favier
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- engineerastronautphysicist
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Jean-Jacques Favier was a German-born French engineer and a CNES astronaut who flew aboard the STS-78 NASA Space Shuttle mission in 1996. Favier was due to fly aboard the doomed Columbia mission in 2003 (STS-107), but later opted out of the mission. Jean-Jacques Favier was deputy director for space technology and deputy director for advanced concepts and strategy at CNES, director of the Solidification Laboratory at the French Atomic Energy Commission and research program director at the International Space University.
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Abraham Moles
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- lecturerphysicistsociologistengineeraesthetician
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Abraham Moles was a pioneer in information science and communication studies in France, He was a professor at Ulm school of design and University of Strasbourg. He is known for his work on kitsch.
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José Ángel Mañas
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- writer
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José Ángel Mañas is a Spanish writer. Mañas is often included as a member of the generation of neorealist Spanish writers from the 1990s, along with Juan Gracia, Gabriela Bustelo, Ray Loriga and Lucía Etxebarria. His books have been translated into several languages.
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Gerhard Rohlfs
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- university teacherromanistlinguist
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Gerhard Rohlfs was a German linguist. He taught Romance languages and literature at the universities in Tübingen and Munich. He was described as an "archeologist of words".
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Walther Schreiber
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- politician
- Biography
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Walther Carl Rudolf Schreiber was a German politician who served as the mayor of West Berlin from 1953 to 1955, as a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Party.
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Annaïg Le Meur
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- kinesiotherapistpoliticianprofessions libérales et assimilés
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Annaïg Le Meur is a French politician representing Renaissance (RE) who was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing Finistère's 1st constituency.
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Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah
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- diplomatministerpolitician
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Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah is a Mauritanian diplomat who was a senior United Nations official.
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Henri Capitant
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- jurist
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Henri Capitant was a French jurist.
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Jordan Pothain
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- swimmer
- Biography
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Jordan Pothain is a French swimmer.
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Delphine Claudel
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- cross-country skier
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Delphine Claudel is a French cross-country skier. She competed in the women's 10 kilometre freestyle at the 2018 Winter Olympics. She competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Women's 30 kilometre freestyle, Women's 15 kilometre skiathlon, and Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay.
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Anne-Sophie Barthet
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- alpine skier
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Anne-Sophie Barthet is a French World Cup alpine ski racer and soldier. She competed for France at four Winter Olympics and five World Championships.
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Dhimitër Shuteriqi
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- historianpoetpoliticianhumanities scholar
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Dhimitër Shuteriqi was an Albanian scholar, literary historian, and writer. He participated in the anti-fascist National Liberation Movement. After the war, he was a member of the People's Assembly and one of the founders and later president of the Albanian League of Writers and Artists. In addition to a series of books and novels, he has published numerous volumes of textbooks, especially those on the history of Albanian literature for high schools.
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Valentin Prades
- Enrolled in Grenoble Alpes University
- Studied in 2012-2015
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- modern pentathlete
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Valentin Prades is a French modern pentathlete. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's event.
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Florian Jouanny
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- athletesport cyclist
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Florian Jouanny is a French Para-cyclist who represented France at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics.
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Xavier Roseren
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- politiciancommerçants et assimilés
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Xavier Roseren is a French politician and shopkeeper who has served as a member of the French National Assembly for Haute-Savoie's 6th constituency from 2017 to 2024. He is affiliated with La République En Marche (LREM).
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Abderrazak Kilani
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- diplomatlawyerpolitician
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Abderrazak Kilani is a Tunisian politician and lawyer. In 2010 and during the Tunisian Revolution, he was the chairman of the National Bar of Lawyers In 2012, he served as the Deputy Prime Minister for Relations With the Constituent Assembly under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali. Since 2013, he has been Ambassador of Tunisia to the United Nations. In October 20, 2020, Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi decided to appoint Abderrazak Kilani as President of the General Authority of Resisters, Martyrs and Wounded of the Revolution and Terrorist Operations, a Prime Ministry press release announces.
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Aquino de Bragança
- Enrolled in Grenoble Alpes University
- Studied physics
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- university teacherphysicistdiplomatjournalistpolitical activist
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Tomaz Aquino Messias de Bragança was a Mozambican physicist, journalist, diplomat and social scientist at the Eduardo Mondlane University. He played a leading intellectual and political role in the campaign for the decolonialisation of Mozambique from its colonial power.
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Otto Kissenberth
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- aircraft pilotmilitary officer
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Otto Kissenberth was a German flying ace of World War I credited with 20 aerial victories. He was a prewar mechanical engineer who joined the German air service in 1914. After being trained and after serving as a reconnaissance pilot, he became one of the first German fighter pilots, flying with Kampfeinsitzerkommando (Combat Single-Seater Command) KEK Einsisheim. He scored six victories with this unit as it morphed into a fighter squadron, Jagdstaffel 16. His success brought him command of Jagdstaffel 23 on 4 August 1917. He would run his victory tally to 20, downing his final victim using a captured British Sopwith Camel on 20 May 1918. Nine days later, a crash while flying the Camel ended Kissenberth's combat career. His injuries were severe enough he was not returned to combat, instead being assigned to command Schleissheim's flying school. Although Otto Kissenberth survived the war, he died soon after in a mountaineering accident on 2 August 1919.
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Mohammed al-Dairi
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- diplomat
- Biography
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Mohammed al-Dairi or Mohammed ad-Dairi is a Libyan politician. He was the foreign minister of Libya from the Tobruk-based House of Representatives since 28 September 2014 until 28 February 2019.
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René Ballet
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- journalistessayist
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René Ballet was a French journalist, novelist and essayist. A communist, he was an international correspondent for L’Humanité. He was the author of 14 novels and 35 essays, many of which were about Roger Vailland.
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Mahir Domi
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- linguist
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Mahir Domi was an Albanian linguist, professor, and academic. He was one of the organizers and main participants of the Albanian Orthography Congress, and member of the follow-up commission responsible for deploying the orthographic rules of the Standard Albanian language.
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Max Becker
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- politician
- Biography
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Max Becker was a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and former member of the German Bundestag.
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Charles Pomaret
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- historianlawyerjournalistpolitician
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Charles Pomaret was a French lawyer, journalist, historian, and statesman of the Third French Republic.
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Romain Heinrich
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- bobsleddershot putter
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Romain Heinrich is a French bobsledder.
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Richard E. Hoagland
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- 1950-.. (age 76)
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- diplomat
- Biography
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Richard Eugene Hoagland is a career ambassador in the United States Department of State. He was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs from 2013-2015. In the summer of 2016, based at the U.S. Embassy in Amman, Jordan, he was the senior U.S. liaison to the Russian Reconciliation Center at the Russian military base in Latakia, Syria. In 2017 he served as interim U.S. co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, the group appointed by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to coordinate international peace-making efforts on the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Ephraim Ben-Artzi
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- engineermilitary officer
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Ephraim Ben-Artzi was an Israeli general and businessman.
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Florencio Utreras
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- computer scientistmathematicianacademic
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Florencio Ignacio Utreras Díaz is a Chilean mathematician who is considered to be one of the fathers of the Internet in Chile.
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Marlon Dumas
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- 1975-.. (age 51)
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- computer scientist
- Biography
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Marlon Gerardo Dumas Menjivar is a Honduran computer scientist, and Professor of Software Engineering at the University of Tartu in Estonia, known for his contributions in the field of Business Process Management.
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Coralie Frasse-Sombet
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- alpine skier
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Coralie Frasse Sombet is a French alpine ski racer.
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Léo Trespeuch
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- university teachersnowboarder
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Léo Trespeuch, was born on 4 April 1987. He lives in Val Thorens. He has practiced snowboarding since 1997. On the 26 January 2007, he became the Boardercross University World Champion. He studied at University of Savoy and University of Grenoble. He researches into sports marketing, including Sponsoring, Crowdfunding and Participation.
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Barbara Earl Thomas
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- writerpainter
- Biography
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Barbara Earl Thomas is an American visual artist, writer, and arts administrator based in Seattle.
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James Clugnet
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- cross-country skier
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James Clugnet is a British cross-country skier. He competed in the sprint at the 2022 Winter Olympics Clugnet also competed at the 2026 Winter Olympics, individually in the 10 kilometre freestyle and sprint, and then teaming up with Andrew Musgrave to achieve Great Britain's best result in Olympic cross-country skiing by finishing fifth in the team sprint.
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Tifany Roux
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- alpine skier
- Biography
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Tifany Roux is a French World Cup alpine ski racer. She made her World Cup debut on 24 February 2019 in Crans-Montana, Switzerland.
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Catherine Ritz
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- glaciologistpaleoclimatologistgeographer
- Biography
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Catherine Ritz is a French Antarctic researcher, best known for her work on ice sheets and their impact on sea level rise.
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Laurent Mailhot
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- literary criticwriteruniversity teacheressayistopinion journalist
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Laurent Mailhot was a Canadian historian, writer, professor, essayist, and literary critic.
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Catherine Picart
- Years
- 1971-.. (age 55)
- Occupations
- researcherprofesseur des universitésuniversity teacherbiophysicistengineer
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Cathérine Cécile Picart is a French biophysicist and bioengineer. She is the Head of the Department of Health at CEA Grenoble (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission) in the area of fundamental research, a professor at the Institut polytechnique de Grenoble École nationale supérieure de physique, électronique, matériaux (PHELMA) and researcher at the Laboratoire des Matériaux et du Génie Physique (LMGP).
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Gregor Bochmann
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- computer scientistuniversity teacherphysicist
- Biography
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Gregor von Bochmann is a German-Canadian computer scientist and emeritus professor of the Université de Montréal and the University of Ottawa. He is known for his work in the area of protocol engineering and distributed applications.
