21 Notable alumni of
Paris 13 University
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Paris 13 University is 1679th in the world, 581st in Europe, and 57th in France by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 21 notable alumni from Paris 13 University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Maxime Chattam
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Maxime Drouot, known by his pen name Maxime Chattam or Maxime Williams, is a French novelist who, after studying criminology, specialized in writing crime novels.
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Laurent Fignon
- Occupations
- sport cyclistwriter
- Biography
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Laurent Patrick Fignon was a French professional road bicycle racer who won the Tour de France in 1983 and 1984, as well as the Giro d'Italia in 1989. He held the title of FICP World No. 1 in 1989. Fignon came close to winning the Tour de France for a third time in 1989 but was defeated by Greg LeMond by eight seconds, the closest margin ever to decide the Tour. Fignon won many classic races, including consecutive victories in Milan–San Remo in 1988 and 1989. He died from cancer in 2010.
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Nicușor Dan
- Enrolled in Paris 13 University
- Graduated with doctorate in France in mathematics
- Occupations
- mathematicianactivistuniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Nicușor Daniel Dan is a Romanian mathematician and politician serving as the seventh president of Romania since 2025. He previously served as the mayor of Bucharest from 2020 to 2025 and as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2016 to 2020.
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Julien Dray
- Occupations
- politiciantop official
- Biography
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Julien Dray is a French politician. He is a member of the French Socialist Party, member of the regional council of Île-de-France and was a member of the National Assembly of France between 1988 and 2012. He was a Trotskyist activist till 1981 and a cofounder with his friend Harlem Désir of SOS Racisme, of which he was vice president from 1984 to 1988.
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Thomas Porcher
- Occupations
- teachereconomist
- Biography
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Thomas Porcher is a French economist and author. He is a member of the heterodox association of economists called Économistes atterrés.
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Simone Gbagbo
- Occupations
- politicianteacherparty chairhistoriantrade unionist
- Biography
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Simone Ehivet Gbagbo is an Ivorian politician. She is the president of the Parliamentary Group of the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) and is a vice-president of the FPI. As the wife of Laurent Gbagbo, the President of Côte d'Ivoire from 2000 to 2011, she was also First Lady of Ivory Coast prior to their arrest by pro-Ouattara forces.
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Davina Delor
- Occupations
- television presenterdancerBuddhist nun
- Biography
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Davina Delor is a French dancer, choreographer, writer, and famous for her popular TV show Gym Tonic who adopted monkhood as a Buddhist nun in 2004 after meeting the Dalai Lama. After ordination, she changed her name to Gelek Drolkar. She converted her country home at Haims into a Buddhist monastery, and along with three other nuns, teaches Buddhism to students and lay persons. She has published a number of books on yoga and Buddhism, one of which is titled Le bonheur selon Bouddha (The Happiness according to Buddha) which explains the precepts of Buddhism.
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Hilla Limann
- Enrolled in Paris 13 University
- Graduated with diploma in French
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Hilla Limann, GCMG was a Ghanaian diplomat and politician who served as the eighth president of Ghana from 1979 to 1981. He previously served as a diplomat in Lomé and in Geneva.
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William Martinet
- Occupations
- politiciancorporate administrative and commercial executive
- Biography
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William Martinet is a French politician from La France Insoumise. He was elected member of the National Assembly for Yvelines's 11th constituency in the 2022 French legislative election.
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Maurice Leroy
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Maurice Leroy is a French politician who served as Minister of City Affairs under President Nicolas Sarkozy in the third government of Prime Minister François Fillon from November 2010 to May 2012. In this capacity, he was in charge of the Grand Paris project.
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Éric Alauzet
- Occupations
- professions libérales et assimiléspolitician
- Biography
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Éric Alauzet is a French politician of Renaissance (RE) who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly from the 2012 to 2024, representing the 2nd constituency of the department of Doubs.
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Isabelle Thomas
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Isabelle Thomas is a French politician. She was a Member of the European Parliament, serving in the eighth term (2014–2019). Previously a member of the Socialist Party, she has been a member of the Génération.s political party since 2017.
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Fethi Benslama
- Enrolled in Paris 13 University
- Graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- essayistpsychoanalystacademic
- Biography
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Fethi Benslama is a French psychoanalyst of Tunisian origin. He is a Professor of Psychopathology at Paris Diderot University, and the author of several books about political Islam.
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Daniel Goldberg
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Daniel Goldberg is a French Socialist politician. He is a mathematics teacher and was elected deputy in 2007 to represent La Courneuve.
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Gilbert Ondongo
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 66)
- Occupations
- teacherpoliticianjournalist
- Biography
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Gilbert Ondongo is a Congolese politician who has served in the government of Congo-Brazzaville as Minister of State for the Economy, Industry and Public Finances since 2017. Previously he was Minister of Labour from 2005 to 2009, and Minister of Finance from 2009 to 2016.
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Amy Dahan
- Years
- 20th Century
- Enrolled in Paris 13 University
- In 1979 graduated with doctorate in France in mathematics
- Occupations
- mathematicianDirector of Research at CNRShistorian of science
- Biography
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Amy Dahan-Dalmédico is a French mathematician, historian of mathematics, and historian of the politics of climate change.
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Stéphanie Atger
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Stéphanie Atger is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who was member of the National Assembly from 2019 until 2022, representing Essonne's 6th constituency.
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Gwendoline Didier
- Occupations
- figure skater
- Biography
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Gwendoline Didier is a French former competitive figure skater. She is the 2008 French national champion and the 2004 & 2010 national bronze medalist.
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François Golse
- Occupations
- mathematicianuniversity teacher
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François Golse is a French mathematician.
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Marie-Françoise Roy
- Enrolled in Paris 13 University
- Graduated with doctorate in France
- Occupations
- mathematicianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Marie-Françoise Roy is a French mathematician noted for her work in real algebraic geometry. She has been Professor of Mathematics at the University of Rennes 1 since 1985 and in 2009 was made a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour. In 2004, she received an Irène Joliot-Curie Prize.
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Mubashir Husain Rehmani
- Occupations
- computer scientistscientistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Mubashir Husain Rehmani is a Pakistani researcher and computer scientist. His areas of work are computer networking, telecommunications, wireless communications and blockchain. He was recognised in 2020 and 2021 as one of the Highly Cited Researchers in computer science by Clarivate.
