43 Notable alumni of
National Advanced School of Engineering
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The National Advanced School of Engineering is 1382nd in the world, 475th in Europe, and 44th in France by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 43 notable alumni from the National Advanced School of Engineering sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Alain Barrière
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- singersinger-songwriter
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Alain Barrière was a French singer, who was active from the 1950s until his death and was known for participating in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963.
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Henri Verneuil
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- writerdirectorscreenwriterfilm producerfilm director
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Henri Verneuil was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who made a successful career in France. He was nominated for Oscar and Palme d'Or awards, and won Locarno International Film Festival, Edgar Allan Poe Awards, French Legion of Honor, Golden Globe Award, French National Academy of Cinema and Honorary Cesar awards.
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René Fonck
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- politicianaircraft pilotmilitary officer
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Colonel René Paul Fonck was a French aviator who ended the First World War as the top Entente fighter ace and, when all succeeding aerial conflicts of the 20th and 21st centuries are also considered, Fonck still holds the title of "all-time Allied Ace of Aces". He received confirmation for 75 victories (72 solo and three shared) out of 142 claims. Taking into account his probable claims, Fonck's final tally could conceivably be nearer 100 or above. He was made an Officer of the Legion of Honor in 1918 and later a Commander of the Legion of Honor after the war, and raised again to the dignity of Grand Officer.
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Thomas Couture
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- painterteacher
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Thomas Couture was a French history painter and teacher. He taught such later luminaries of the art world as Édouard Manet, Henri Fantin-Latour, John La Farge, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, John Ward Dunsmore, Karel Javůrek, William Morris Hunt, and Joseph-Noël Sylvestre.
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Pierre Bézier
- Enrolled in the National Advanced School of Engineering
- Studied in 1927-1930
- Occupations
- computer scientistengineermathematician
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Pierre Étienne Bézier was a French engineer and one of the founders of the fields of solid, geometric and physical modelling as well as in the field of representing curves, especially in computer-aided design and manufacturing systems. As an engineer at Renault, he became a leader in the transformation of design and manufacturing, through mathematics and computing tools, into computer-aided design and three-dimensional modeling.
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Gustave Trouvé
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- inventorphysicist
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Gustave Pierre Trouvé was a French electrical engineer and inventor in the 19th century. A polymath, he was highly respected for his innovative skill in miniaturization.
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Jacques Bonsergent
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- engineerFrench Resistance fighter
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Jacques Bonsergent was a French engineer who was executed by firing squad on 23 December 1940. Bonsergent's execution has been described as the first execution of a French civilian in the German occupation of France in World War II.
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René Couzinet
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- aerospace engineeraircraft pilotengineer
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René Couzinet was a French aeronautics engineer and aircraft manufacturer, inventor with 91 patented registered inventions. The Société des Avions René Couzinet manufactured a range of Couzinet aircraft during the 1920s and 1930s.
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Laurent Lantieri
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- plastic surgeonuniversity teacher
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Laurent Lantieri is a French plastic surgeon who is a pioneer in the field of face transplantation. He performed the first second and third full face transplants. He was the first person to do a second face transplant on the same patient in 2018.
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Louis-Guillaume Perreaux
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- engineerinventor
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Louis-Guillaume Perreaux was a French inventor and engineer who submitted one of the first patents for a working motorcycle in 1869.
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Jacques Rougerie
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- oceanographerarchitect
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Jacques Rougerie is a French Architect and Oceanographer who specialises in underwater habitats. MAD Architects has revealed its design proposal for the Aquatic Centre for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Envisioning the sports facility as an urban public artwork, displaying the beauty and hope of Paris, the proposal was created in collaboration with three French architectural studios, Jacques Rougerie Architecture, Atelier Phileas Architecture, and Apma Architecture.
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Michel Destot
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- politicianphysicist
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Michel Destot is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Isère department, and is a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche. He was the mayor of Grenoble between 1995 and 2014, when his chosen successor was defeated by Éric Piolle.
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Eugene Houdry
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- inventorbusinesspersonengineer
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Eugène Jules Houdry was a mechanical engineer who graduated from École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers in 1911. Houdry served as a lieutenant in a tank company in the French Army during World War One, receiving the French Legion of Honour. He helped innovate catalytic cracking of petroleum feed stocks, for which he received the Perkin Medal among others.
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François Castaing
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- car designerengineer
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François J. Castaing was a French automotive executive with Renault, American Motors, and Chrysler. He was an engineering graduate from École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers in Paris, and worked in Europe for Gordini and Renault before being named vice president for Product Engineering and Development at American Motors Corporation (AMC).
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Arthur Groussier
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- politicianengineer
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Arthur Groussier was a French politician. At first he joined the Federation of the Socialist Workers of France (FTSF). In 1890 he joined the Revolutionary Socialist Workers' Party (POSR). In 1896 he joined the Revolutionary Communist Alliance (ACR), which in 1902 merged into the Socialist Party of France (PSdF), which in turn merged into the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) in 1905. Groussier was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1893 to 1902 and from 1906 to 1924. He was a very active Freemason.
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Émile Prisse d'Avennes
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- journalistegyptologistarchitectarchaeologist
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Achille-Constant-Théodore-Émile Prisse d'Avennes was a French archaeologist, Egyptologist, architect and writer.
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Louis Delâge
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- engineerbusinessperson
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Louis Delâge was a French pioneer automotive engineer and manufacturer.
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Hippolyte Fontaine
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- inventorbusinesspersonengineer
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Hippolyte Fontaine was a French electrical engineer who worked with Zénobe Gramme on the development of the Gramme machine (the first industrially viable electrical generator), and whose contributions were essential to the creation of the dynamo. He was the first to transmit electricity via electrical wires.
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Émile Delahaye
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- industrialistentrepreneurbusinessperson
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Émile Delahaye was a French automotive pioneer who founded Delahaye Automobiles.
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Alexandru G. Golescu
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- politiciandiplomat
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Alexandru G. Golescu was a Romanian politician who served as a Prime Minister of Romania in 1870.
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Adrien Dauzats
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- paintergraphic artistlithographer
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Adrien Dauzats was a French landscape, genre painter and painter of Oriental subject matter. He travelled extensively throughout the Middle East and illustrated a number of books for the travel writer, Baron Taylor.
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Louis Coatalen
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- car designerengineer
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Louis Hervé Coatalen was an automobile engineer and racing driver born in Brittany who spent much of his adult life in Britain and took British nationality. He was a pioneer of the design and development of internal combustion engines for cars and aircraft.
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Léon Lemartin
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- aerospace engineeraircraft pilotengineer
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Théodore Clovis Edmond Lemartin, known as Léon Lemartin, was a pioneer aviator who set a world record on 3 February 1911 at Pau, France when he carried seven passengers in a Blériot XIII Aerobus. He then took eight, eleven and thirteen passengers aloft the following month. He is also known as the world's first professional test pilot.
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Jean Pinet
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- test pilotadministrateur civil (France)engineeraircraft pilotfighter pilot
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Jean Pinet is a French aviator and aeronautical engineer; as a former Concorde test pilot, he was the first person to take Concorde supersonic, in early October 1969.
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Henry Bauchet
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- industrialistengineer
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Henry Bauchet was a French ingénier and inventor. He was born on 22 April 1879 in Frevent, Pas-de-Calais and died on 19 December 1970 in Lyon. He designed and manufactured the first prototype of modern automobile, called "La Sirène" from 1899 to 1907.
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Alfred Mongy
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- engineer
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Alfred Mongy was a French engineer. He was born on March 21, 1840, in Lille, and died June 30, 1914. He was actively involved in the development of Lille, particularly in the field of urban transport.
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Vazken Andréassian
- Enrolled in the National Advanced School of Engineering
- Studied in 1927
- Occupations
- aerospace engineerwriterengineer
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Vazken Andréassian was a French engineer and author of Armenian descent.
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Eric Benhamou
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- engineercomputer scientistinternational forum participantbusinessperson
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Éric Benhamou was the former CEO of 3Com and Palm.
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Fernand Picard
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- engineer
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Fernand Picard was a design director for Renault. known for designing the Renault 4CV and the Renault Dauphine.
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Roger Sommer
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- industrialistaircraft pilot
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Roger Sommer was a French aviator. Born to Alfred Sommer, a Belgian industrialist, Roger Sommer became involved with aviation from an early age. He broke the record for flight duration in 1909. After this, Sommer began working on aircraft construction. He constructed 182 aircraft, making him a pioneer in the field. Sommer was a friend of Roland Garros. Sommer's company, named Sommer, is now a part of Sommer-Allibert. Roger Sommer was the father of former Formula One driver Raymond, and François and Pierre Sommer.
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Camille Cavallier
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- business executivebusinessperson
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Camille Cavallier was a French industrialist who directed the Pont-à-Mousson iron works in Lorraine in the first quarter of the 20th century, specializing in making cast iron pipes. He came from a poor family but obtained a good technical education and joined the iron maker as an employee in 1874. He rose rapidly through the ranks, and started to acquire shares. Soon after taking charge of the company he became the largest shareholder. He quadrupled production in the years leading up to World War I (1914–18). The company was devastated by the war, but Cavallier managed to bring production back up to prewar levels before his death.
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André Perchicot
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- track cyclistsinger
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André Perchicot was a French cyclist who won the bronze medal at the 1912 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's Sprint in Newark, New Jersey and the 1912 French National Track Championships.
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Henri Guinier
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- painter
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Henri Guinier was a French portrait and landscape painter.
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Michel Alberganti
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- radio producerjournalistradio personality
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Michel Alberganti was a French radio producer, writer, and journalist.
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Francis Saint-Léger
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- anciens cadrespolitician
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Francis Saint-Léger was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented Lozère's 1st constituency as is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement until the 2012 election, when the two Lozère constituencies were combined into one.
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Catherine Plaisant
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- authorcomputer scientistresearcheruniversity teacher
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Catherine Plaisant is a French/American Research Scientist Emerita at the University of Maryland, College Park and assistant director of research of the University of Maryland Human–Computer Interaction Lab.
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Lucien Chauvière
- Enrolled in the National Advanced School of Engineering
- Studied in 1891-1894
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- aerospace engineerengineer
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Lucien Chauvière was a French aeronautical engineer. He is best known for his Integrale propellers, which were the first aerodynamically advanced propellers manufactured in Europe.
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Lucien Arbel
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- politicianindustrialist
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Lucien Arbel was a French draftsman who became a machinist and then an engineer. He started his own metalworking business and became a major industrialist. He was also a deputy and then a senator of France. His business was passed down to his sons and later evolved into Arbel Fauvet Rail.
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Frédéric Barlat
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- physicistmetallurgistuniversity teacherscientist
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Professor Frédéric Barlat is a French/American scientist in the field of plasticity, damage and metal forming. He is currently the director of A&S Center at Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology at Pohang University of Science and Technology in South Korea. Professor Barlat's contribution in the field of plasticity, particularly his models on anisotropic plasticity of metallic materials, has been recognized worldwide.
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Jacques-Eugène Armengaud
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- technicianengineer
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Jacques-Eugène Armengaud was a French industrial engineer, and professor of machine drawing at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM), particularly known as the original author of The practical draughtsman's book of industrial design, 1851.
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Joseph Meifred
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- horn player
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Joseph Meifred was a hornist, a pedagogue, and a horn designer. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Louis-François Dauprat and won the first prize in horn performance in 1818. He later became a professor at the conservatory and taught until his retirement in 1864.
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Henri Gambey
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- inventor
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Henri-Prudence Gambey was French mechanic and scientific instrument maker. His precision instruments made mainly for survey, geomagnetism, and astronomy were used around the world in the early 19th century.
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Frank Verpillat
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- film producerfilm director
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Frank Verpillat was a French director, inventor and artist. In 1981 he conceived the prototype for the first operational virtual film editing machine in the world and conducted extensive research leading and development in the fabrication and manipulation of 3D images.
