24 Notable alumni of
Paul Valery University, Montpellier 3
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Paul Valery University, Montpellier 3 is 1553rd in the world, 539th in Europe, and 51st in France by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 24 notable alumni from Paul Valery University, Montpellier 3 sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Tahar Rahim
- Occupations
- television actorstage actoractorfilm actor
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Tahar Rahim is a French actor. Most known for his performance in A Prophet (2009), for which he won the César Award for Best Actor and César Award for Best Male Revelation, alongside a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination.
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Thierry Ardisson
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- film producerwritertelevision producerradio columnistjournalist
- Biography
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Thierry Ardisson was a French television producer and host. He was also a film producer, writer, and advertising executive.
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Alexis Corbière
- Enrolled in Paul Valery University, Montpellier 3
- Studied in 1987-1990
- Occupations
- professors, scientific professionsteacherpolitician
- Biography
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Alexis Corbière is a French politician. He has been member of the National Assembly for the 7th constituency of the Seine-Saint-Denis department since 2017. Corbière was also a spokesperson for La France Insoumise and the party's leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the 2017 French presidential election, before falling out of favor with party leadership prior to the snap 2024 legislative election, in which La France Insoumise supported a previously-unelected candidate against Corbière. He survived the "purge" by winning the 7th constituency of Seine-Saint-Denis with 57.16% of the vote.
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Christian Lacroix
- Enrolled in Paul Valery University, Montpellier 3
- Studied in 1969-1971
- Occupations
- designerinterior designerpostage stamp designergrand couturierfashion designer
- Biography
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Christian Marie Marc Lacroix is a French fashion designer. The name also refers to the company he founded.
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Élisabeth Guigou
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- politician
- Biography
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Élisabeth Guigou is a French politician of the Socialist Party who served as a member of the National Assembly from 2002 until 2017, representing Seine-Saint-Denis' 9th constituency.
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Émilie Simon
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- singersinger-songwritercomposermusic executiverecording artist
- Biography
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Émilie Simon is a French singer, songwriter and composer of electronic music.
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Ariel Wizman
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- disc jockeyjournalistactorradio personality
- Biography
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Ariel Wizman is a French musician, DJ, journalist and actor born in Casablanca, Morocco.
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Aurore Kichenin
- Occupations
- beauty pageant contestant
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Aurore Kichenin is a French model, politician and beauty pageant titleholder who was the 1st Runner-Up at Miss France 2017 and represented France at Miss World 2017 in Sanya, after being Miss Languedoc-Roussillon 2016.
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Khaled al-Anani
- Enrolled in Paul Valery University, Montpellier 3
- In 2001 graduated with doctorate in France in Egyptology
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- researcheracademicegyptologistpolitician
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Khaled Ahmed El-Enany Ali Ezz is an Egyptian Egyptologist and politician who was elected as the 11th Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in November 2025. He previously served as Minister of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt between 2016 and 2022.
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Lluís Rabell
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- neighborhood activisttranslatorpolitician
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Josep Lluís Franco Rabell is a Spanish activist and politician. He was candidate in the 2015 Catalan election for the Catalonia Yes We Can coalition, being MP between 2016 and 2018.
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Pierre Dharréville
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- politician
- Biography
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Pierre Dharréville is a French politician. From 2017 to 2024, he served as the member of the National Assembly for the 13th district of the Bouches-du-Rhône, which includes Martigues.
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Ahmad Kamyabi Mask
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- literary criticwriterplaywrighttranslatorpoet
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Ahmad Kamyabi Mask is a writer, translator, publisher, and current Professor Emeritus of Modern Drama and Theater of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Tehran. He is a prominent scholar of French Avant-garde theater and influential in the study of Eugène Ionesco and Samuel Beckett.
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René Souchon
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- politician
- Biography
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René Souchon is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who served as the regional president of the French region of Auvergne. He was first elected in 2006.
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Déwé Gorodey
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- politicianwriterplaywrightpoetwomen's rights activist
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Déwé Gorodey was a New Caledonian teacher, writer, feminist and politician. She was active in agitating for independence from France in the 1970s. She published poetry, short stories and novels. From 1999, she was a member of the New Caledonian government, representing the pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front. From April 2001 to June 2009, she served almost continuously as Vice President of the Government of New Caledonia.
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Jean-Louis Roumégas
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- politician
- Biography
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Jean-Louis Roumégas is a French politician who was elected as a member of the National Assembly representing the 1st district of Hérault from 2012 to 2017 and again since July 2024. He is a member of the Ecologists group in the National Assembly.
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Nath-Sakura
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- journalistphotographer
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Nathalie Balsan-Duverneuil, aka Nath-Sakura is a Catalan-Spanish photographer. She is of unknown parentage and was raised in an orphanage. She became a photographer because "she couldn’t paint", as she explained to Art Nou, the Catalan art magazine.
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Annie Chapelier
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- politician
- Biography
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Annie Chapelier is a French nurse anesthetist and politician who served as a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022, representing the department of Gard. From 2017 until 2020, she was a member of La République En Marche! (LREM). In May 2020, she was one of the 17 initial members of the short-lived Ecology Democracy Solidarity group.
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Dawn Arnold
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- politician
- Biography
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Dawn E. Arnold is a Canadian politician, public figure, and community organizer, who served as mayor of Moncton, New Brunswick from 2016 to 2025. She was first elected in the 2016 municipal election. She was the city's first female mayor.
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Éric Teyssier
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- screenwriteruniversity teachernovelisthistorianbiographer
- Biography
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Éric Teyssier is a French academic and historian. After he obtained his doctorate on the sale of the Biens nationaux in Ardèche, he published numerous articles on the economic and social history of the French Revolution and the first French Empire. Through living history and experimental archeology, he became interested in the Roman period and especially with the gladiators, of which he became one of the specialists.
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Jérôme Lulling
- Enrolled in Paul Valery University, Montpellier 3
- In 2002 graduated with doctorate in France
- Occupations
- university teacherlinguisttranslator
- Biography
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Jérôme Lulling is a Luxembourgish linguist who has been a leading figure in preservation and educational efforts relating to the Luxembourgish language, a Germanic language that has been recognized as the national language of Luxembourg since 1984 and is spoken by approximately 600,000 people worldwide.
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Pierre Nepveu
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- poetliterary criticwriteruniversity teachernovelist
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Pierre Nepveu CM OQ is a French Canadian poet, novelist and essayist. As a scholar, he specializes in modern Quebec poetry, in particular the work of Gaston Miron. He taught at the French Studies Department of Université de Montréal from 1979 until his retirement in 2009.
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Anne Fraïsse
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- latinistpatristic scholarprofesseur des universités
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Anne Fraïsse is a French Latinist and academic. She is a professor of Latin patristics at the Paul Valéry University Montpellier (UPVM). She served two terms as president of the UPVM, from 2008 to 2016, and was re-elected in 2020. She was also vice-president of the France Universités from December 2010 to December 2012.
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Meritxell Mateu i Pi
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- diplomatpolitician
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Meritxell Mateu i Pi is an Andorran politician, member of the Partit Liberal d'Andorra who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2007 to 2009, being the first female to hold this office. Previous positions she has held include ambassadorships to France, Benelux, the European Union, UNESCO, and the Council of Europe.
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Adeline Yzac
- Enrolled in Paul Valery University, Montpellier 3
- Studied in 1973-1979
- Occupations
- children's writerwriter of taleswriter
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Adeline Yzac is an author who writes in both Occitan and French. She went to school in Sarlat and specialized in literature, Spanish and linguistics at the university of Montpellier. She's also a playwright and a story writer. Her style has always been heavily influenced by the literature of Spain and Spanish-speaking Latin America.
