56 Notable alumni of
Grenoble Alpes University

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Grenoble Alpes University is 960th in the world, 332nd in Europe, and 30th in France by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 56 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.

  1. Park Geun-hye

    Park Geun-hye
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    international forum participantpolitician
    Biography

    Park Geun-hye is a South Korean politician who served as the 11th (18th election) president of South Korea from 2013 to 2017, when she was impeached and convicted on related corruption charges.

  2. Empress Masako

    Empress Masako
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    consortdiplomataristocrat
    Biography

    Masako is Empress of Japan (皇后, kōgō) as the wife of Emperor Naruhito, who ascended to the Chrysanthemum Throne following his father's abdication in 2019.

  3. Marlène Schiappa

    Marlène Schiappa
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1982-.. (age 42)
    Occupations
    writerpoliticianwomen's rights activistopinion journalist
    Biography

    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).

  4. Marie Dorin Habert

    Marie Dorin Habert
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1986-.. (age 38)
    Occupations
    cross-country skiermilitary athletebiathlete
    Biography

    Marie Dorin Habert is a retired French biathlete.

  5. Gilles Lipovetsky

    Gilles Lipovetsky
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1944-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    sociologistwriterphilosopher
    Biography

    Gilles Lipovetsky is a French philosopher, writer, and sociologist, professor at Stendhal University in Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

  6. Emmanuel Mounier

    Emmanuel Mounier
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1905-1950 (aged 45)
    Occupations
    writerchefteacherphilosopherjournalist
    Biography

    Emmanuel Mounier was a French philosopher, theologian, teacher and essayist.

  7. Gérard Mourou

    Gérard Mourou
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1944-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    university teacherphysicist
    Biography

    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.

  8. Pierre Lévy

    Pierre Lévy
    Born in
    Tunisia Flag Tunisia
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Enrolled in Grenoble Alpes University
    In 1991 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
    Occupations
    university teachersociologistwriterscreenwriteradjunct professor
    Biography

    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.

  9. Antoine Barnave

    Antoine Barnave
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1761-1793 (aged 32)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    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.

  10. Marc Ferro

    Marc Ferro
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1924-2021 (aged 97)
    Occupations
    historianfilm directoruniversity teacherscreenwriterFrench Resistance fighter
    Biography

    Marc Ferro was a French historian.

  11. Justine Braisaz-Bouchet

    Justine Braisaz-Bouchet
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1996-.. (age 28)
    Occupations
    cross-country skierbiathlete
    Biography

    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.

  12. Driss Basri

    Driss Basri
    Born in
    Morocco Flag Morocco
    Years
    1938-2007 (aged 69)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Driss Basri was a Moroccan politician who served as interior minister from 1979 to 1999. After General Oufkir's death in 1972, and then Ahmed Dlimi's death in 1983, Driss Basri became Hassan II's right-hand man and number two of the regime from the beginning of the 1980s to the end of the 1990s. His name has been associated with the Years of Lead.

  13. Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet

    Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1993-.. (age 31)
    Occupations
    cross-country skierbiathlete
    Biography

    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 biathlete.

  14. Souvanna Phouma

    Souvanna Phouma
    Born in
    Laos Flag Laos
    Years
    1901-1984 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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).

  15. Peter J. Ortiz

    Peter J. Ortiz
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1913-1988 (aged 75)
    Occupations
    military officeractor
    Biography

    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 U.S. Marines 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 the very few U.S. Marines to serve in combat in Europe during World War II, and one of the most decorated Marine officers of the war.

  16. Henri Bosco

    Henri Bosco
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1888-1976 (aged 88)
    Occupations
    poetchildren's writerwriterteacher
    Biography

    Henri Bosco was a French writer. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times.

  17. Louis Néel

    Louis Néel
    Awards
    Nobel Prize in Physics in 1970
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1904-2000 (aged 96)
    Occupations
    university teacherphysicist
    Biography

    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.

  18. Lina Merlin

    Lina Merlin
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1887-1979 (aged 92)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  19. Hazem Al Beblawi

    Hazem Al Beblawi
    Born in
    Egypt Flag Egypt
    Years
    1936-.. (age 88)
    Occupations
    economistwriterpoliticianinternational forum participant
    Biography

    Hazem El Beblawi is an Egyptian economist and politician who was 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.

  20. Célia Aymonier

    Célia Aymonier
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1991-.. (age 33)
    Occupations
    cross-country skierbiathlete
    Biography

    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.

  21. Roland Busch

    Roland Busch
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    international forum participantphysicist
    Biography

    Roland Emil Busch is a German business executive and physicist who has been the chief executive officer of Siemens since 2021.

  22. Pierre Vaultier

    Pierre Vaultier
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1987-.. (age 37)
    Occupations
    snowboarder
    Biography

    Pierre Vaultier is a French two-time Olympic Gold Champion, and one-time World Gold Champion snowboarder, specializing in snowboard cross.

  23. Alim-Louis Benabid

    Alim-Louis Benabid
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1942-.. (age 82)
    Enrolled in Grenoble Alpes University
    In 1970 graduated with doctorate in France
    Occupations
    researcheruniversity teacherneurosurgeonneuroscientist
    Biography

    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.

  24. Jean-Jacques Favier

    Jean-Jacques Favier
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1949-2023 (aged 74)
    Occupations
    physicistastronautengineer
    Biography

    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.

  25. Arnaud Gouillon

    Arnaud Gouillon
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1985-.. (age 39)
    Occupations
    humanitarianpoliticianpolitical activist
    Biography

    Arno Gujon is a French and Serbian politician, humanitarian worker, and founder of far-right Solidarité Kosovo, a French non-governmental humanitarian organization devoted to helping Serbs living in enclaves in Kosovo. He has served as acting director of the Office for Cooperation with the Diaspora and the Serbs in the Region in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia since 26 November 2020.

  26. Abraham Moles

    Abraham Moles
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1920-1992 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    physicistlecturerpsychologistphilosopheraesthetician
    Biography

    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.

  27. Gerhard Rohlfs

    Gerhard Rohlfs
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1892-1986 (aged 94)
    Occupations
    romanistuniversity teacherlinguist
    Biography

    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".

  28. José Ángel Mañas

    José Ángel Mañas
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    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.

  29. Walther Schreiber

    Walther Schreiber
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1884-1958 (aged 74)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  30. Anne-Sophie Barthet

    Anne-Sophie Barthet
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    alpine skier
    Biography

    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.

  31. Jordan Pothain

    Jordan Pothain
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1994-.. (age 30)
    Occupations
    swimmer
    Biography

    Jordan Pothain is a French swimmer.

  32. Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah

    Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah
    Born in
    Mauritania Flag Mauritania
    Years
    1940-.. (age 84)
    Occupations
    politiciandiplomat
    Biography

    Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah is a Mauritanian diplomat who was a senior United Nations official.

  33. Delphine Claudel

    Delphine Claudel
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1996-.. (age 28)
    Occupations
    cross-country skier
    Biography

    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.

  34. Annaïg Le Meur

    Annaïg Le Meur
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1973-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    politiciankinesiotherapist
    Biography

    Annaïg Le Meur is a French politician representing La République En Marche! (LREM) who was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing Finistère's 1st constituency.

  35. Dhimitër Shuteriqi

    Dhimitër Shuteriqi
    Born in
    Albania Flag Albania
    Years
    1915-2003 (aged 88)
    Occupations
    historianpoliticianpoethumanities scholaracademician
    Biography

    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.

  36. Abderrazak Kilani

    Abderrazak Kilani
    Born in
    Tunisia Flag Tunisia
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    diplomatpoliticianlawyer
    Biography

    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.

  37. Coralie Frasse-Sombet

    Coralie Frasse-Sombet
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1991-.. (age 33)
    Occupations
    alpine skier
    Biography

    Coralie Frasse Sombet is a French alpine ski racer.

  38. Valentin Prades

    Valentin Prades
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1992-.. (age 32)
    Enrolled in Grenoble Alpes University
    Studied in 2012-2015
    Occupations
    modern pentathlete
    Biography

    Valentin Prades is a French modern pentathlete. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's event.

  39. Mohammed al-Dairi

    Mohammed al-Dairi
    Born in
    Libya Flag Libya
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    diplomat
    Biography

    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.

  40. Aquino de Bragança

    Aquino de Bragança
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1924-1986 (aged 62)
    Enrolled in Grenoble Alpes University
    Studied physics
    Occupations
    diplomatphysicistuniversity teacherpolitical activistjournalist
    Biography

    Tomaz Aquino Messias de Bragança was a Goan physicist, journalist, diplomat and Mozambican 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 Portugal.

  41. René Ballet

    René Ballet
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1928-2017 (aged 89)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    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.

  42. Mahir Domi

    Mahir Domi
    Born in
    Albania Flag Albania
    Years
    1915-2000 (aged 85)
    Occupations
    linguist
    Biography

    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.

  43. Romain Heinrich

    Romain Heinrich
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1990-.. (age 34)
    Occupations
    shot putterbobsledder
    Biography

    Romain Heinrich is a French bobsledder.

  44. Xavier Roseren

    Xavier Roseren
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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 since 2017. He is affiliated with La République En Marche (LREM).

  45. Richard E. Hoagland

    Richard E. Hoagland
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    diplomat
    Biography

    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.

  46. Marlon Dumas

    Marlon Dumas
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    computer scientist
    Biography

    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.

  47. Max Becker

    Max Becker
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1888-1960 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Max Becker was a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and former member of the German Bundestag.

  48. Florencio Utreras

    Florencio Utreras
    Born in
    Chile Flag Chile
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    computer scientistacademicmathematician
    Biography

    Florencio Ignacio Utreras Díaz is a Chilean mathematician who is considered to be one of the fathers of the Internet in Chile.

  49. Ephraim Ben-Artzi

    Ephraim Ben-Artzi
    Born in
    Belarus Flag Belarus
    Years
    1910-2001 (aged 91)
    Occupations
    military officerengineer
    Biography

    Ephraim Ben-Artzi was an Israeli general and businessman.

  50. Barbara Earl Thomas

    Barbara Earl Thomas
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    painterwriter
    Biography

    Barbara Earl Thomas is an American visual artist, writer, and arts administrator based in Seattle.

  51. Laurent Mailhot

    Laurent Mailhot
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1931-2021 (aged 90)
    Occupations
    university teacherwriterliterary criticliterary historianopinion journalist
    Biography

    Laurent Mailhot was a Canadian historian, writer, professor, essayist, and literary critic.

  52. James Clugnet

    James Clugnet
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1996-.. (age 28)
    Occupations
    cross-country skier
    Biography

    James Clugnet is a British cross-country skier. He competed in the sprint at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

  53. Catherine Ritz

    Catherine Ritz
    Occupations
    geographerpaleoclimatologistglaciologist
    Biography

    Catherine Ritz is a French Antarctic researcher, best known for her work on ice sheets and their impact on sea level rise.

  54. Tifany Roux

    Tifany Roux
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1997-.. (age 27)
    Occupations
    alpine skier
    Biography

    Tifany Roux is a French World Cup alpine ski racer. She made her World Cup debut on 24 February 2019 in Crans-Montana, Switzerland.

  55. Catherine Picart

    Catherine Picart
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    biophysicistphysicistuniversity teacherengineerprofesseur des universités
    Biography

    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).

  56. Gregor Bochmann

    Gregor Bochmann
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1941-.. (age 83)
    Occupations
    computer scientistphysicistuniversity teacher
    Biography

    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.