79 Notable alumni of
New Sorbonne University - Paris III

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New Sorbonne University - Paris III is 525th in the world, 195th in Europe, and 14th in France by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 79 notable alumni from New Sorbonne University - Paris III sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. 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).

  2. Chiara Mastroianni

    Chiara Mastroianni
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1972-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    musicianfilm actoractorsinger
    Biography

    Chiara Charlotte Mastroianni is a French actress and singer. She is the daughter of actors Marcello Mastroianni and Catherine Deneuve.

  3. Claude Lelouch

    Claude Lelouch
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1937-.. (age 87)
    Occupations
    writercinematographerdirectoractorfilm editor
    Biography

    Claude Barruck Joseph Lelouch is a French film director, writer, cinematographer, actor and producer. Lelouch grew up in an Algerian Jewish family. He emerged as a prominent director in the 1960s. Lelouch gained critical acclaim for his 1966 romantic melodrama film A Man and A Woman. At the 39th Academy Awards in 1967, A Man and a Woman won Best Original Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film. Lelouch was also nominated for Best Director. While his films have gained him international recognition since the 1960s, Lelouch's methods and style of film are known for attracting criticism.

  4. Julie Gayet

    Julie Gayet
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1972-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    film directordirectorfilm actoractorfilm producer
    Biography

    Julie Gayet is a French actress and film producer. She is also known for being the wife of the former President of France, François Hollande.

  5. Alan García

    Alan García
    Born in
    Peru Flag Peru
    Years
    1949-2019 (aged 70)
    Occupations
    writerlawyerpoliticiansociologistjurist
    Biography

    Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez was a Peruvian politician who served as President of Peru for two non-consecutive terms from 1985 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2011. He was the second leader of the Peruvian Aprista Party and to date the only party member ever to have served as President. Mentored by the founder of the APRA, Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, he served in the Constituent Assembly of 1978–1979. Elected to the Peruvian Congress in 1980, he rose to the position of General Secretary of the APRA in 1982, and was subsequently elected to the presidency in 1985 in a landslide victory at the age of 35 years.

  6. Géraldine Nakache

    Géraldine Nakache
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    film directorscreenwriterfilm actoractor
    Biography

    Géraldine Nakache is a French actress, director and screenwriter of Algerian Jewish descent.

  7. Anaïs Demoustier

    Anaïs Demoustier
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1987-.. (age 37)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actorstage actor
    Biography

    Anaïs Demoustier is a French actress. She has appeared in more than fifty films since 2000. In April 2023, she was announced the president of the Caméra d’Or Jury of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.

  8. Olivier Assayas

    Olivier Assayas
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1955-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    writerfilm criticdirectorfilm directorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Olivier Assayas is a French film director, screenwriter and film critic. Assayas is known for his eclectic filmography, consisting of slow-burning period pieces, psychological thrillers, neo-noirs, and comedies. He has directed French, Spanish, and English-language films with international casts. The son of filmmaker Jacques Rémy, Assayas began his career as a critic for Cahiers du Cinéma. There he wrote about world cinema and its film auteurs, who later influenced his work. Assayas made several short films, and made his feature debut with Disorder in 1986.

  9. Guillaume Bats

    Guillaume Bats
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1987-2023 (aged 36)
    Occupations
    actorcomedian
    Biography

    Guillaume Bats was a French humorist.

  10. Jean-Pierre Thiollet

    Jean-Pierre Thiollet
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    writerjournalist
    Biography

    Jean-Pierre Thiollet is a French writer and journalist.

  11. Cédric Klapisch

    Cédric Klapisch
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    film directorscreenwriterfilm actoractorfilm producer
    Biography

    Cédric Klapisch is a French film director, screenwriter and producer.

  12. Youssoupha

    Youssoupha
    Born in
    DR Congo Flag DR Congo
    Years
    1979-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    singer-songwriter
    Biography

    Youssoupha Mabiki, better known by his nickname Youssoupha ( French pronunciation: ) is a French-Congolese rapper of Congolese descent.

  13. Zineb El Rhazoui

    Zineb El Rhazoui
    Born in
    Morocco Flag Morocco
    Years
    1982-.. (age 42)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Zineb El Rhazoui is a Moroccan-born French journalist. She was a columnist for the Paris-based satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo from 2011 to 2017, but was in Morocco during the Charlie Hebdo shooting on 7 January 2015.

  14. Verónika Mendoza

    Verónika Mendoza
    Born in
    Peru Flag Peru
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    politiciananthropologistpsychologist
    Biography

    Verónika Fanny Mendoza Frisch is a Peruvian-French psychologist, educator, and politician. She is the founder and current leader of the New Peru movement.

  15. Christian Lacroix

    Christian Lacroix
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Enrolled in New Sorbonne University - Paris III
    Studied in 1971
    Occupations
    postage stamp designerbusinesspersonfashion designergrand couturiercostume designer
    Biography

    Christian Marie Marc Lacroix is a French fashion designer. The name may also refer to the company he founded.

  16. Kim Chapiron

    Kim Chapiron
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm director
    Biography

    Kim Chapiron is a French film director, screenwriter, and musician of Vietnamese descent.

  17. Arnaud Desplechin

    Arnaud Desplechin
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    directorcinematographerscreenwriteractorfilm producer
    Biography

    Arnaud Desplechin is a French film director and screenwriter. In 2016, he won the César Award for Best Director for My Golden Days (2015).

  18. Alan Stivell

    Alan Stivell
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1944-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    composerrecord producersingermusic arrangerrecording artist
    Biography

    Alan Stivell is a Breton and Celtic musician and singer, songwriter, recording artist, and master of the Celtic harp. From the early 1970s, he revived global interest in the Celtic (specifically Breton) harp and Celtic music as part of world music. As a bagpiper and bombard player, he modernized traditional Breton music and singing in the Breton language. A precursor of Celtic rock, he is inspired by the union of the Celtic cultures and is a keeper of the Breton culture.

  19. Maryse Condé

    Maryse Condé
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1937-.. (age 87)
    Occupations
    children's writerplaywrightwriteruniversity teacher
    Biography

    Maryse Condé is a French novelist, critic, and playwright from the French Overseas department and region of Guadeloupe. Condé is best known for her novel Ségou (1984–85).

  20. Arthur Dupont

    Arthur Dupont
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1985-.. (age 39)
    Occupations
    film actoractor
    Biography

    Arthur Dupont is a French actor. He was born in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France.

  21. Pedro Paulet

    Pedro Paulet
    Born in
    Peru Flag Peru
    Years
    1874-1945 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    diplomatphysicistengineer
    Biography

    Pedro Eleodoro Paulet Mostajo was a Peruvian diplomat and engineer. Some early rocket experts described him as a pioneer in aeronautics, saying that he was the first person to build a liquid-propellant rocket engine and modern rocket propulsion system, but his experiments were never independently verified.

  22. Esther Benbassa

    Esther Benbassa
    Born in
    Turkey Flag Turkey
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    historianwriteruniversity teacherJudaic scholarpolitician
    Biography

    Esther Benbassa is a French-Turkish-Israeli historian and politician. She specializes in the history of Jews and other minorities. Since 2011, Benbassa has served as a French senator, representing Paris from 2017 onwards and Val-de-Marne from 2011 to 2017.

  23. Delphine O

    Delphine O
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1985-.. (age 39)
    Enrolled in New Sorbonne University - Paris III
    Studied German
    Occupations
    administratorentrepreneurpolitician
    Biography

    Delphine O is a French politician and a former member of the French National Assembly, who represented Paris. She is the Secretary General of the Generation Equality Forum 2021.

  24. Nadine Heredia

    Nadine Heredia
    Born in
    Peru Flag Peru
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    sociologistpolitician
    Biography

    Nadine Heredia Alarcón de Humala is a Peruvian politician. As the wife of President of Peru Ollanta Humala, she served as the First Lady of Peru from 2011 to 2016. The President of the Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP), which formed the Peru Wins electoral alliance in 2011, Heredia is seen as a highly influential figure in Peruvian politics. She has headed the PNP since December 2013.

  25. Marie-Hélène Lafon

    Marie-Hélène Lafon
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    writerprofesseur agrégé
    Biography

    Marie-Hélène Lafon is a French educator and award-winning writer.

  26. Marie de Hennezel

    Marie de Hennezel
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    writerpsychoanalystpsychotherapistpsychologistnon-fiction writer
    Biography

    Marie de Hennezel is a French psychologist, psychotherapist and writer. She is known for her commitment to improving conditions at the end of life. Her books, her two reports to the government, and her speeches on the subject have contributed to the evolution of the image of aging and old age in society.

  27. Youssef Seddik

    Youssef Seddik
    Born in
    Tunisia Flag Tunisia
    Years
    1943-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    journalistanthropologisthistorianphilosopher
    Biography

    Youssef Seddik is a noted Tunisian philosopher and anthropologist specializing in Ancient Greece and the anthropology of the Qur'an.

  28. Mariem Ben Chaabane

    Mariem Ben Chaabane
    Born in
    Tunisia Flag Tunisia
    Years
    1983-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Mariem Ben Chaabane is a Tunisian actress. She is especially known for her roles in the Tunisian series Casting and Machair.

  29. Predrag Matvejević

    Predrag Matvejević
    Born in
    Bosnia and Herzegovina Flag Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Years
    1932-2017 (aged 85)
    Occupations
    university teachertranslatorwriterliterary historianopinion journalist
    Biography

    Predrag Matvejević was a Bosnian and Croatian writer and scholar. A literature scholar who taught at universities in Zagreb, Paris and Rome, he is best known for his 1987 non-fiction book Mediterranean: A Cultural Landscape, a seminal work of cultural history of the Mediterranean region which has been translated into more than 20 languages.

  30. Laïla Marrakchi

    Laïla Marrakchi
    Born in
    Morocco Flag Morocco
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm director
    Biography

    Laila Marrakchi is a Moroccan film maker most famous for the controversial film Marock. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. She is married to film director Alexandre Aja. She grew up in the upper class Casablanca milieu that is portrayed in Marock.

  31. Katerina Moutsatsou

    Katerina Moutsatsou
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1972-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    film produceractor
    Biography

    Katerina Moutsatsou or Moutsatsos, is a Los Angeles-based Greek actress, producer, writer, and activist. She is the author and producer of experimental films, videos, and animation series, which focus mainly on subjects related to her country of origin, Greece. She is vocal on the area of politics, and cultural identity. Her political animation series Sara and Mara Greek: Η Σάρα και η Μάρα was published by the Greek newspaper Eleftherotypia.

  32. Burhan Ghalioun

    Burhan Ghalioun
    Born in
    Syria Flag Syria
    Years
    1945-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    university teacherpoliticiansociologist
    Biography

    Burhan Ghalioun is a French-Syrian professor of sociology at the Université de Paris III Sorbonne University in Paris, and the first chairman of the Syrian opposition Transitional National Council (SNC). He was named chairman on 29 August 2011. His chairmanship was criticized for his perceived closeness to the Muslim Brotherhood, his early reluctance to arm opposition forces, and what opponents called the autocratic nature of his leadership. On 17 May 2012, feeling he had become an increasingly divisive figure for the council, Ghalioun resigned.

  33. Meherzia Labidi Maïza

    Meherzia Labidi Maïza
    Born in
    Tunisia Flag Tunisia
    Years
    1963-2021 (aged 58)
    Occupations
    politiciantranslatorteacher
    Biography

    Meherzia Labidi Maïza was a Tunisian politician and professional translator and interpreter. She became the first deputy speaker of the Constituent Assembly of Tunisia.

  34. Dina Bousselham

    Dina Bousselham
    Born in
    Morocco Flag Morocco
    Years
    1990-.. (age 34)
    Occupations
    political adviserpoliticianassociation football playerpolitical scientist
    Biography

    Dina Bousselham is a Moroccan political advisor, candidate, and political scientist affiliated with the Spanish political party Podemos, and the director of the online newspaper La Última Hora! As a political science student at the Complutense University of Madrid she took classes with Pablo Iglesias Turrión, who was a lecturer there. When Iglesias founded Podemos in 2014 and won election as a Member of the European Parliament, he chose Bousselham as the head of his cabinet of advisors. Bousselham was later named as a manager of the Podemos party apparatus in Madrid, and she was chosen in a primary election as a Podemos candidate for the regional citizens council in 2019. However, after her application for Spanish citizenship was denied, she was not able to contest the general election. In 2020, she left Podemos to head the digital news service La Última Hora!

  35. Jean-Christophe Attias

    Jean-Christophe Attias
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    Hebraisthistoriandirector of studiesphilosopher
    Biography

    Jean-Christophe Attias is a French historian and scholar. He was born to an Algerian Jewish father and a Catholic mother from the Charente.

  36. Nedim Gürsel

    Nedim Gürsel
    Born in
    Turkey Flag Turkey
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Enrolled in New Sorbonne University - Paris III
    In 1979 graduated with doctorate in France
    Occupations
    university teacherwriter
    Biography

    Nedim Gürsel is a Turkish writer. In the late 1960s, he published novellas and essays in Turkish magazines. After graduating from Galatasaray High School in 1970, he studied at the Sorbonne. In 1974, he graduated from the Sorbonne's Department of Modern French Literature. In 1979, he received his doctorate in comparative literature after completing his dissertation on Louis Aragon and Nazim Hikmet. He returned to Turkey, but the unrest there in 1980 persuaded him to go back to France.

  37. Miro Kovač

    Miro Kovač
    Born in
    Croatia Flag Croatia
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Enrolled in New Sorbonne University - Paris III
    In 1999 graduated with doctorate in France
    Occupations
    politiciandiplomat
    Biography

    Miro Kovač is a Croatian historian, diplomat and politician who served as the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the Cabinet of Tihomir Orešković from 22 January 2016 until 19 October 2016. He is member of the conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party.

  38. Mathieu Riboulet

    Mathieu Riboulet
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1960-2018 (aged 58)
    Occupations
    writerfilm directordirectorscreenwriteractor
    Biography

    Mathieu Riboulet was a French writer and film director.

  39. Agnès Hurstel

    Agnès Hurstel
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1990-.. (age 34)
    Occupations
    comedianactorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Agnès Hurstel is a French actress, comedian and radio columnist. She is co-creator, co-writer and lead actress of the series Jeune et Golri (2021–present), which won the award for best French series at Series Mania Festival in August 2021.

  40. Louis-Philippe Dalembert

    Louis-Philippe Dalembert
    Born in
    Haiti Flag Haiti
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Enrolled in New Sorbonne University - Paris III
    In 1996 graduated with doctorate in France in comparative literature
    Occupations
    writershort story writernovelistpoetnon-fiction writer
    Biography

    Louis-Philippe Dalembert is a Haitian poet and novelist. He writes in both French and Haitian creole. His works have been translated into several languages. He now divides his home between Paris and Port-au-Prince.

  41. Mireille Guiliano

    Mireille Guiliano
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    interpreterwriteropinion journalistnon-fiction writer
    Biography

    Mireille Guiliano is a French-American author and former corporate executive at LVMH.

  42. Fawzia Zouari

    Fawzia Zouari
    Born in
    Tunisia Flag Tunisia
    Years
    1955-.. (age 69)
    Enrolled in New Sorbonne University - Paris III
    Graduated with diplôme d'études approfondies in theatre studies
    Graduated with doctorate in France in comparative literature and French literature
    Occupations
    novelistjournalistnon-fiction writer
    Biography

    Fawzia Zouari, born 10 September 1955 in Dahmani, is a Tunisian writer and journalist.

  43. Jacques Aumont

    Jacques Aumont
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1942-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    university teacherfilm criticfilm theorist
    Biography

    Jacques Aumont is a French academic and writer on film theory.

  44. Léonor Serraille

    Léonor Serraille
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1986-.. (age 38)
    Enrolled in New Sorbonne University - Paris III
    Graduated with French masters degree
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm director
    Biography

    Léonor Serraille is a French screenwriter and director.

  45. Pierre Lory

    Pierre Lory
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Enrolled in New Sorbonne University - Paris III
    In 1982 graduated with doctorate in France
    Occupations
    diplomatuniversity teacherIslamicistarabistjournalist
    Biography

    Pierre Lory is a director of studies at the École pratique des hautes études, holder of the Chair of Muslim mysticism of the Ve section, religious sciences.

  46. Mirela Kumbaro

    Mirela Kumbaro
    Born in
    Albania Flag Albania
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    politiciantranslator
    Biography

    Mirela Kumbaro Furxhi, is an Albanian politician who is serving as the Minister of Tourism and Environment since 18 September 2021. Previously she has served as the Minister of Culture of Albania.

  47. Ulises Humala

    Ulises Humala
    Born in
    Peru Flag Peru
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    politicianengineer
    Biography

    Ulises Humala Tasso is a Peruvian professor at the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería and a politician who ran unsuccessfully for president in the 2006 election on the Avanza País ticket. He was running against his brother, Ollanta Humala, and 18 other candidates. Ulises received 0.2% of the vote, coming in 14th place.

  48. Amor Ben Salem

    Amor Ben Salem
    Born in
    Tunisia Flag Tunisia
    Years
    1932-.. (age 92)
    Enrolled in New Sorbonne University - Paris III
    Graduated with doctorate in France
    Occupations
    translator
    Biography

    Amor Ben Salem is a Tunisian Arabic writer.

  49. Yair Auron

    Yair Auron
    Years
    1945-.. (age 79)
    Enrolled in New Sorbonne University - Paris III
    Studied in 1980
    Occupations
    historian
    Biography

    Yair Auron is an Israeli historian, scholar and expert specializing in Holocaust and genocide studies, racism and contemporary Jewry. Since 2005, he has served as the head of the Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication of The Open University of Israel and an associate professor.

  50. Alain Bergala

    Alain Bergala
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1943-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    film criticfilm directorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Alain Bergala, is a French film critic, essayist, screenwriter and director.

  51. Per Aage Brandt

    Per Aage Brandt
    Born in
    Argentina Flag Argentina
    Years
    1944-2021 (aged 77)
    Enrolled in New Sorbonne University - Paris III
    In 1987 graduated with doctorate in France
    Occupations
    jazz musiciantranslatorwriterpoetromanist
    Biography

    Per Aage Brandt was a Danish writer, poet, linguist and musician, born in Buenos Aires. He got his Master of Arts in Romance Philology from the University of Copenhagen (1971) & held a Doctorate of Semiotics from the Sorbonne University (1987).

  52. Hind Meddeb

    Hind Meddeb
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    20th Century
    Occupations
    journalistdocumentarianfilm director
    Biography

    Hind Meddeb is a French-Tunisian journalist and documentary film director. Based in Paris, she works both in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. In her films and journalistic writing, she has presented social protests of young people and their culture in Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt. Documenting their social situation and political expressions in the context of the Arab revolutions, she has focussed on rap music or other kinds of counter-culture and protest in these countries.

  53. André Gattolin

    André Gattolin
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    docentpoliticianecologist
    Biography

    André Gattolin is a French ecologist politician and Senator for Hauts-de-Seine.

  54. Christine Jordis

    Christine Jordis
    Born in
    Algeria Flag Algeria
    Years
    1942-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    journalistliterary criticwriterpublisher
    Biography

    Christine Jordis real name Marie-Christine Morel de Foucaucourt is a French writer, journalist and editor, a specialist in English literature.

  55. Jean-Yves Mollier

    Jean-Yves Mollier
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1947-.. (age 77)
    Enrolled in New Sorbonne University - Paris III
    Graduated with doctorate in France
    Occupations
    historianuniversity teacherdocent
    Biography

    Jean-Yves Mollier is a French contemporary history teacher.

  56. Athina Coustenis

    Athina Coustenis
    Born in
    Greece Flag Greece
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    astrophysicist
    Biography

    Athena Coustenis is an astrophysicist specializing in planetology. Dr. Coustenis, a French national, is director of research, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, at LESIA (Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique), at the Paris Observatory, Meudon. She is involved in several space mission projects for the European Space Agency (ESA) and for NASA. Her focus is on gas giant planets Saturn, Jupiter and their moons, and she is considered a foremost expert on Saturn's moon Titan.

  57. Pascal-Alex Vincent

    Pascal-Alex Vincent
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm director
    Biography

    Pascal-Alex Vincent is a French director, author of original work, screenwriter, and voice-over.

  58. Kalthoum Bornaz

    Kalthoum Bornaz
    Born in
    Tunisia Flag Tunisia
    Years
    1945-2016 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    film producerfilm directorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Kalthoum Bornaz was a Tunisian screenwriter, film editor, and director who belonged to the first generation of women filmmakers in Tunisia. She was born in Tunisia on 24 August 1945 and moved to France in order to continue her education abroad. She worked both in Tunisia and overseas on the development of many feature-length films as an editor and director.

  59. Jacques Lafaye

    Jacques Lafaye
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1930-.. (age 94)
    Occupations
    anthropologisthistorianethnologistwriter
    Biography

    Professor Jacques Lafaye, is a French historian who, from the early 1960s has written influentially on cultural and religious Spanish and Latin American history. His most popular work is Quetzalcoatl and Guadalupe written in 1974 regarding the formation of the Mexican National Consciousness and includes a prologue by Octavio Paz and is regarded as a keystone for the understanding of the contemporary Mexican culture and is regarded as one of the most comprehensive analyses of the colonial period in Mexico.

  60. Nicolas Tournadre

    Nicolas Tournadre
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Enrolled in New Sorbonne University - Paris III
    In 1992 graduated with doctorate in France
    Occupations
    tibetologistuniversity teachertranslatorresearch fellowlinguist
    Biography

    Nicolas Tournadre is a professor at the University of Provence specializing in morphosyntax and typology. He is a member of the LACITO lab of the CNRS.

  61. Alexandre François

    Alexandre François
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1972-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    linguist
    Biography

    Alexandre François is a French linguist specialising in the description and study of the indigenous languages of Melanesia. He belongs to Lattice, a research centre of the CNRS and École Normale Supérieure dedicated to linguistics.

  62. Claudine Lepage

    Claudine Lepage
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1949-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Claudine Lepage is a member of the Senate of France, representing the constituency of French citizens living abroad. She is a member of the Socialist Party.

  63. Mike Downey

    Mike Downey
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    film producer
    Biography

    Michael Downey is an Irish-British film producer. He is the co-founder and CEO of Film and Music Entertainment and as of 2020 the Chairman of the European Film Academy.

  64. Laurence Gavron

    Laurence Gavron
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1955-2023 (aged 68)
    Occupations
    film directorfilmmaker
    Biography

    Laurence Gavron was a French-Senegalese film director, writer, and photographer.

  65. Divina Frau-Meigs

    Divina Frau-Meigs
    Born in
    Morocco Flag Morocco
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    sociologistuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Divina Frau-Meigs is a Moroccan-born sociologist of media and professor at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris III (Paris III) in France where her areas of research include, cultural diversity, dynamic identities, human/children's rights, internet governance, media education, media matrices, media in English-speaking countries, and risky content. Her research has also included media content and risk behaviors, the reception and use of Information and communications technology, and American studies. She is the chair of "Savoir-devenir in sustainable digital development" for UNESCO and coordinator of "TRANSLIT" for the Agence nationale de la recherche.

  66. René Gutman

    René Gutman
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    rabbi
    Biography

    René Gutman was Chief Rabbi of Strasbourg from 1987 to 2017.

  67. Yann Richard

    Yann Richard
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Enrolled in New Sorbonne University - Paris III
    In 1973 graduated with doctorate in France in Arabic studies and Islamic studies
    Occupations
    university teacheriranologist
    Biography

    Yann Richard, born in 1948 in Joncy, France, professor emeritus of the Sorbonne nouvelle (Paris) is a specialist of modern Shiʿism, the history of contemporary Iran as well as Persian literature.

  68. Jean Bessière

    Jean Bessière
    Years
    1943-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    literary criticuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Jean Bessière is professor of Comparative Literature at the Sorbonne, and was educated at the École Normale Supérieure and holds a PhD (docteur d'Etat) from the Sorbonne as well as being agrégé in Modern Letters. He is the author of numerous books on Comparative Literature and is the president emeritus of the International Comparative Literature Association. His most recent works include La littérature et sa rhétorique (PUF, 1999), Quel statut pour la littérature? (PUF, 2001), Principes de la theorie littéraire (PUF, 2005) and Le roman contemporain ou la problématicité du monde (PUF 2010). Jean Bessière has been on the faculty of numerous universities including Indiana University, Stanford, McGill and several French universities. In 2008 the Canadian Review of Comparative Literature dedicated an entire issue to him entitled: "Jean Bessière - Literature and Comparative Literature Revisited." Jean Bessière frequently lectures at universities throughout the world.

  69. Isabel Wiseler-Santos Lima

    Isabel Wiseler-Santos Lima
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    politicianhigh school teacher
    Biography

    Isabel Wiseler-Santos Lima is a Portuguese-born Luxembourgish politician of the Christian Social People's Party (part of the European People's Party group) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since the 2019 European elections.

  70. Alexis Michaud

    Alexis Michaud
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    linguist
    Biography

    Alexis Michaud is a French linguist specialising in the study of Southeast Asian languages, especially Naic languages and Vietnamese. He is also known for his work on the typology of tonal languages and as a foremost proponent of Panchronic phonology. He is one of the main editors of the Pangloss Collection. He works at the LACITO research centre within Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

  71. Alain Huetz de Lemps

    Alain Huetz de Lemps
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1926-.. (age 98)
    Occupations
    university teachergeographerbotanist
    Biography

    Alain Huetz de Lemps is a French geographer and botanist. He is a lecturer at Bordeaux University and Honoris Causa professor of the University of Valladolid (Valladolid, Spain). He wrote a primary reference work on wine in Castile and León, Vinos y Viñedos de Castilla y León.

  72. Aminata Aidara

    Aminata Aidara
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1984-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    novelistjournalist
    Biography

    Aminata Aidara is an Italian-Senegalese journalist, short story writer and novelist.

  73. Corinne Maury

    Corinne Maury
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    film directorfilm criticuniversity teacherfilm historian
    Biography

    Corinne Maury is a French lecturer in film studies as well as a film director.

  74. Rama Thiaw

    Rama Thiaw
    Born in
    Mauritania Flag Mauritania
    Years
    1978-.. (age 46)
    Enrolled in New Sorbonne University - Paris III
    Graduated with French university master
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm director
    Biography

    Rama Thiaw is a Senegalese filmmaker and screenwriter. She is known for her 2009 documentary Boul Fallé, la Voie de la lutte and her most recent documentary The Revolution Won’t be Televised (2016).

  75. Nayla Tamraz

    Nayla Tamraz
    Born in
    Lebanon Flag Lebanon
    Occupations
    university teacherwriterexhibition curator
    Biography

    Nayla Tamraz is a Lebanese writer, art critic, curator, researcher and professor of Literature and Art History at Saint Joseph University of Beirut. She obtained her PhD in Comparative Literature from the New Sorbonne University (Paris III) in 2004.

  76. Marie-Pascale Huglo

    Marie-Pascale Huglo
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    university teachernovelistchildren's writerwritershort story writer
    Biography

    Marie-Pascale Huglo is a French-born writer and educator living in Quebec.

  77. András István Türke

    András István Türke
    Born in
    Hungary Flag Hungary
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    security policy experthistorianpolitical scientist
    Biography

    András István Türke is a Hungarian historian, political scientist and diplomacy & security policy expert. He is assistant professor at the University of Szeged, where he teaches contemporary history and international relations. He is also Director of the Europa Varietas Institute (EUVI, Switzerland) where his focus is on European and African security issues. His prior teaching positions include the University of Pannonia (Veszprém, Hungary 2013–2015) and the National University of Public Service (Budapest, Hungary, 2015–2016). He is also a member of the CÉRIUM ROP (Réseau de Recherche sur les opérations de paix, University of Montreal, Canada).

  78. Dalit Lahav-Durst

    Dalit Lahav-Durst
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    art historiantranslator
    Biography

    Dalit L. Durst is an author, translator, curator and art historian of both Israeli and French nationalities. Former chief curator at the M.T. Abraham Foundation and head of the Cultural Exchange and Academic Department at the Hermitage Foundation Israel, she has curated exhibitions in Europe (Greece, Bulgaria, Croatia), dedicated to the sculpture of Edgar Degas. In December 2013 she co-curated the exhibition "Edgar Degas: Figures in Motion" at The State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In 2016 she curated an exhibition of Degas' 74 bronze sculptures at MGM Art Space in Macau. Lahav-Durst works with a broad range of artists. Fluent in multiple languages, she has co-authored and translated over 15 books.

  79. Léopold K. Fakambi

    Léopold K. Fakambi
    Born in
    Togo Flag Togo
    Years
    1942-2021 (aged 79)
    Enrolled in New Sorbonne University - Paris III
    Studied in 1970
    Occupations
    research fellowengineeragronomistnutritionist
    Biography

    Léopold Kocou Fakambi was a Beninese agronomist, engineer, nutritionist, and academic.