49 Notable alumni of
Sorbonne University
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Sorbonne University is 1003rd in the world, 347th in Europe, and 31st in France by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 49 notable alumni from Sorbonne University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. 7 individuals affiliated with Sorbonne University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, and Physiology or Medicine.
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Marie Curie
- Occupations
- chemistuniversity teacherphysicist
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Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie, known simply as Marie Curie, was a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win a Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields. Her husband, Pierre Curie, was a co-winner of her first Nobel Prize, making them the first-ever married couple to win the Nobel Prize and launching the Curie family legacy of five Nobel Prizes. She was, in 1906, the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris.
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Frédéric Beigbeder
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- actorfilm directorliterary criticscreenwritershort story writer
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Frédéric Beigbeder is a French writer, literary critic and television presenter. He won the Prix Interallié in 2003 for his novel Windows on the World and the Prix Renaudot in 2009 for his book A French Novel. He is also the creator of the Flore and Sade Awards. In addition, he is the executive director of Lui, a French adult entertainment magazine.
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Louis de Broglie
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- physicist
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Louis Victor Pierre Raymond, 7th Duc de Broglie was a French aristocrat and physicist who made groundbreaking contributions to quantum theory. In his 1924 PhD thesis, he postulated the wave nature of electrons and suggested that all matter has wave properties. This concept is known as the de Broglie hypothesis, an example of wave–particle duality, and forms a central part of the theory of quantum mechanics.
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Julia Ducournau
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- film directordirectorscreenwriter
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Julia Ducournau is a French film director and screenwriter. She made her feature film debut in 2016 with Raw. At the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, she won the Palme d'Or for her film Titane, which made her the second female director to win the award as well as the first to win the award solo. Additionally, Ducournau also received a nomination for Best Director at the 75th British Academy Film Awards. Her films typically fall under the body horror genre.
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Yann LeCun
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- computer scientistartificial intelligence researcherelectrical engineerprofessorsoftware engineer
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Yann André LeCun is a Turing Award winning French-American computer scientist working primarily in the fields of machine learning, computer vision, mobile robotics and computational neuroscience. He is the Silver Professor of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University and Vice-President, Chief AI Scientist at Meta.
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Noor Ali Tabandeh
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- Muslimummahlawyer
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Noor-Ali Tabandeh was the spiritual leader or Qutb of the Ni'matullah (Sultan Ali Shahi) Gonabadi Order in Iran (Gonabadi Dervishes), which is the largest Sufi order in Iran. He was born in Beydokht, Gonabad, Iran and died in Mehr Hospital in Tehran on 24 December 2019 after two years of house arrest.
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Jean Perrin
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- physicistuniversity teacherchemistcomposertheoretical physicist
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Jean Baptiste Perrin was a French physicist who, in his studies of the Brownian motion of minute particles suspended in liquids (sedimentation equilibrium), verified Albert Einstein's explanation of this phenomenon and thereby confirmed the atomic nature of matter. For this achievement he was honoured with the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1926.
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Clémence Botino
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- beauty pageant contestant
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Clémence Botino is a French beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss France 2020. She represented France at Miss Universe 2021, where she placed in the top ten. She also will represent her country at Miss World 2023 in India.
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Bernard de La Villardière
- Enrolled in Sorbonne University
- Graduated with licence in journalism
- Occupations
- radio personalityjournalist
- Biography
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Bernard Berger de La Villardière is a French journalist, radio and television presenter.
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Gabriel Lippmann
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- physicistinventorphotographerprofessor
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Jonas Ferdinand Gabriel Lippmann was a Franco-Luxembourgish physicist and inventor, and Nobel laureate in physics for his method of reproducing colours photographically based on the phenomenon of interference. His parents were French Jews.
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Henri Moissan
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- pharmacistuniversity teacherpharmacologistchemist
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Ferdinand Frédéric Henri Moissan was a French chemist and pharmacist who won the 1906 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in isolating fluorine from its compounds. Moissan was one of the original members of the International Atomic Weights Committee.
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Asaf Zamir
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- diplomatpoliticianlawyer
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Asaf Zamir is an Israeli politician and diplomat. He served as Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv from 2008 until 2013 and Acting Mayor in charge of education from 2013 to 2018. He was elected to the Knesset in 2019, serving in two spells until 2021. He also held the post of Minister of Tourism from May to October 2020. He was Consul General in New York from October 2021 until his resignation in March 2023, in protest at Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's decision to fire Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
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Charles Richet
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- immunologistphysiologistwriterpsychologistphysician
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Charles Robert Richet was a French physiologist at the Collège de France and immunology pioneer. In 1913, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "in recognition of his work on anaphylaxis". Richet devoted many years to the study of paranormal and spiritualist phenomena, coining the term "ectoplasm". He believed in the inferiority of black people, was a proponent of eugenics, and presided over the French Eugenics Society towards the end of his life. The Richet line of professorships of medical science continued through his son Charles and his grandson Gabriel. Gabriel Richet was also one of the pioneers of European nephrology.
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Hichem Rostom
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- film actortelevision actor
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Hichem Rostom was a Tunisian actor. He appeared in more than 70 films and television shows since 1987. He starred in Golden Horseshoes, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. He also directed the Carthage Theatre Festival for two sessions.
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Pedro Simon
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- politicianlawyer
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Pedro Jorge Simon is a Brazilian politician, lawyer and professor. He represented Rio Grande do Sul in the Federal Senate from 1991 to 2015. Prior to that, he served as the governor of Rio Grande do Sul from 1987 to 1990. Simon also served as Minister of Agriculture from 1985 to 1986. He is a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party and an important historical figure of the movement towards redemocratization in Brazil.
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Claire Hédon
- Enrolled in Sorbonne University
- 1985-1986 graduated with Diplôme d’études supérieures spécialisées in communication studies
- Occupations
- group activistjournalist
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Claire Hédon is a French journalist, who was appointed the 2020 Defender of Rights in France.
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David Diop
- Enrolled in Sorbonne University
- Graduated with doctorate in philosophy
- Occupations
- literary scholardocentman of letterswriter
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David Diop is a French novelist and academic, who specializes in 18th-century French and Francophone African literature. His research, at the University of Pau in south-west France, focuses on representations of Africa in 18th-century accounts and images by travellers. Diop received the 2021 International Booker Prize for his novel At Night All Blood Is Black as the first French author (translated by Anna Moschovakis). The novel was also shortlisted for ten French awards and won them in other countries.
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Louis Renault
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- judgelawyeruniversity teacherpedagoguejurist
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Louis Renault was a French jurist and educator, and the co-winner in 1907 (with Ernesto Teodoro Moneta) of the Nobel Prize for Peace.
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Romane Dicko
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- judoka
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Romane Dicko is a French judoka. In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's +78 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She is also a two-time gold medalist at the European Judo Championships and she won gold in her event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.
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Mina Khosrovani
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- 20th Century
- Occupations
- film actoractor
- Biography
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Mina Khosrovani known professionally as Mina Kavani (مینا کاوانی), is an Iranian-French actress. She is best known for her role in No Bears (2022), which won the Special Jury Prize at the 79th Venice International Film Festival.
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Anne Genetet
- Enrolled in Sorbonne University
- Studied in 1999-2000
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Anne Genetet is a French medical doctor and politician who has represented the 11th constituency for French residents overseas in the National Assembly since the 2017 legislative election. She is a member of Renaissance (RE), formerly the La République en Marche! (LREM).
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Ludovic Chaker
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- politicianconsultant
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Ludovic Chaker is a former diplomat and French politician. He is chiefly known as a political advisor to French President Emmanuel Macron and the first secretary of his political movement, En Marche!.
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Olivier François
- Enrolled in Sorbonne University
- Studied in 1986
- Occupations
- manager
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Olivier François is a French business executive and the current CEO of Fiat and Abarth. He also serves as global Chief Marketing officer for Stellantis, as well as a member of the company's Group Executive Council, a position he has held since September 2011. Due to his attention to creativity, he has been referred to as "Chrysler's Don Draper".
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Bertrand Badré
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- bankerinternational forum participantofficial
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Bertrand Badré was born on 10 May 1968. He is the son of Denis Badré, Senator of Hauts-de-Seine until 2011 and mayor of Ville d'Avray. Bertrand Badré is CEO and Founder of BlueOrange Capital, an investment fund that aims to finance the Sustainable Development Goals with market level financial returns. Previously, Badré served as managing director and Chief Financial Officer of the World Bank Group. Badré also held key positions at Société Générale, Crédit Agricole and Lazard, and was an advisor to previous French President Jacques Chirac’s diplomatic team. He is currently a member or chairs numerous boards panels, committees, and research institutions, and teaches in a number of universities. His most recent book is titled “Money Honnie, si la finance sauvait le monde?” with a foreword from Gordon Brown, former prime minister of the UK and which explores Badré's experience throughout the financial crisis and how we can reboot the system. The English version of the book “Can finance save the world? Regaining control over money to serve common good” has been prefaced by the president of France, Emmanuel Macron. The book has also been translated into Italian, Russian, and Chinese.
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Valérie Petit
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- politician
- Biography
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Valérie Petit is a French politician who served as a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 elections until 2022, representing the 9th constituency of the department of Nord. From 2016 until 2020, she was a member of La République En Marche! (LREM).
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Corinne Le Quéré
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- 1966-.. (age 58)
- Enrolled in Sorbonne University
- 1996-1999 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- climatologistphysicistuniversity teachermeteorologist
- Biography
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Marie Corinne Lyne Le Quéré is a Canadian scientist. She is Royal Society Research Professor of Climate Change Science at the University of East Anglia and former Director of Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. She is the chair of the French High Council on Climate and member of the UK Climate Change Committee. Her research focuses on the interactions between the carbon cycle and climate change.
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Sandrine Mazetier
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- politician
- Biography
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Sandrine Mazetier is a member of the National Assembly of France. She represents the city of Paris, and is a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.
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Vassilis Tsabropoulos
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- conductorpianistcomposerjazz musician
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Vassilis Tsabropoulos is a Greek pianist, conductor, and composer.
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André Choulika
- Enrolled in Sorbonne University
- 1985-1995 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in virology
- Occupations
- virologistbusinessperson
- Biography
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André Choulika is a biotechnologist, the inventor of nuclease-based genome editing and a pioneer in the analysis and use of meganucleases to modify complex genomes.
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Robert Piper
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- civil servant
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Robert Andrew Piper is an Australian development aid coordinator for the United Nations. Between December 2018 and May 2022 he was Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations Development Coordination Office. In May 2022, he was appointed Special Adviser to the Secretary General on Solutions to Internal Displacement. He is currently based in New York.
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José Manuel Losada
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- university teacherliterary theorist
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José Manuel Losada is a university professor and literary theorist with a specialization in the fields of myth criticism and comparative literature. Within these fields he has published several books in Spanish, French and English.
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Oleksandra Skoropadska
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- 1878-1952 (aged 74)
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Oleksandra Petrivna Skoropadska was a spouse of Ukrainian political and military leader Pavlo Skoropadskyi, a member of the Skoropadsky family and Hetman of Ukraine (1918).
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Lluís Quintana-Murci
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- biologistgeneticisthuman evolutionprofessor
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Lluís Quintana-Murci is a French-Spanish biologist and population geneticist known for his research on human evolution, population genomic diversity and its relationship with immune diversity and infectious diseases.
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Maelle Gavet
- Enrolled in Sorbonne University
- 1996-2000 graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- international forum participantentrepreneur
- Biography
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Maëlle Gavet is a French businesswoman, author, and entrepreneur.
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Benoît-Marie Langénieux
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishopCatholic deacon
- Biography
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Benoît-Marie Langénieux was a French Archbishop of Reims and Cardinal.
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Vincent Chauvet
- Years
- 1987-.. (age 37)
- Occupations
- entrepreneurcadres de la fonction publiquepoliticianconsultant
- Biography
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Vincent Chauvet is a French politician serving as Mayor of Autun since 2017. A member of the Democratic Movement (MoDem), he has presided over the party's Saône-et-Loire federation since 2015. Chauvet is the co-founder of the first submitted European Citizens' Initiative (ECI), One Single Tariff.
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Anne-Antoine-Jules de Clermont-Tonnerre
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- politicianCatholic priest
- Biography
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Anne Antoine Jules de Clermont-Tonnerre was a French prelate of the Catholic Church. He was made a cardinal by Pope Pius VII in 1822.
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Christina Petrowska-Quilico
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- pianist
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Christina Petrowska Quilico is a Canadian pianist. She is a professor emerita, senior scholar at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2020 "For her celebrated career as a classical and contemporary pianist and for championing Canadian music." In 2021, she was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In 2022, she was appointed to the Order of Ontario for having "opened the ears of music lovers internationally through numerous classical and contemporary performances.... As a Professor of Musicology and Piano at York University, she has received esteemed research awards. As a benefactor, she established The Christina and Louis Quilico Award at the Ontario Arts Foundation and the Canadian Opera Company." She was presented with the Ontario Arts Council's Oskar Morawetz Award for Excellence in Music Performance, "recognizing talent and commitment to Canadian music", in October 2023.
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Lotfi Achour
- Occupations
- film directorscreenwritertheatrical director
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Lotfi Achour is a Tunisian writer, producer and director for theater and cinema. He is the author of more than 25 theater productions on different stages (London, Paris, Festival In d'Avignon, Tunis, Carthage, Hammamet, Byblos, Kinshasa, Yaoundé…). His last show was co-produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company for the 2012 Olympic Games London. In cinema, he produced three award-winning shorts presented at dozens of festivals, including Père nominated the 2017 Césars and La laine Sur Le Dos in official competition at Cannes in 2016, and nominated for the 2017 Academy Awards. In 2016, he directed and produced his first feature film, Demain Dès L'Aube.
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Robert Kühner
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- mycologistuniversity teacherhigh school teacherprofesseur agrégébotanist
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Robert Kühner was a French mycologist most notable for reviewing many forms of agaric (mushroom fungus) genera.
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Lise Gauvin
- Years
- 1940-.. (age 84)
- Occupations
- university teacherman of letterswritershort story writeressayist
- Biography
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Lise Gauvin is a Canadian writer and literary critic from Quebec.
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Mohamed Hamouda Bensai
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- philosopherwriter
- Biography
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Mohamed Hamouda Hamouda Bensaï was an Algerian philosopher and essayist. He studied philosophy at Sorbonne, and was one of the major Algerian thinkers from the 1930s onwards. He chaired the circle of the Association of Franco-North Africa, founded by Marcellin Piel.
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Catherine Plaisant
- Enrolled in Sorbonne University
- Studied in 1982
- Occupations
- authorcomputer scientistresearcheruniversity teacher
- Biography
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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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Joseph-Christian-Ernest Bourret
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Joseph Christian Ernest Bourret was a French churchman, bishop and cardinal.
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Nguyễn Hồng Giáp
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- academic
- Biography
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Nguyễn Hồng Giáp is a Vietnamese scholar.
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Sofiane Mimouni
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Sofiane Mimouni has been the Permanent Representative of Algeria to the United Nations since October 2019. Director General for Africa at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, from 2015 to 2019. He has also served as Algeria’s Ambassador to Iran from 2009 to 2014, Director‑General of the Asia-Oceania Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2009 and Ambassador to Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam and Vanuatu from 1996 to 2004.
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Vionette Negretti
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Vionette Giovanna Negretti is a Puerto Rican journalist and writer who, between 1976 and 2008, worked as reporter for several newspapers as well as in radio and television stations in San Juan and became co-anchor of a televised newscast. Negretti has also worked as communications and press aide to Puerto Rico's House Speaker and for a Senator from San Juan and is often invited by educational institutions to give lectures regarding her literary work.
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Camille Guerre
- Enrolled in Sorbonne University
- 2014-2015 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- synchronized swimmerswimmer
- Biography
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Camille Guerre is a French competitor in synchronized swimming who competed in the 2014 FINA World Junior Synchronised Swimming Championships.
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Indrajit Banerjee
- Occupations
- social scientistcommunication scholar
- Biography
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Indrajit Banerjee was an author on media and communication and the director of the Knowledge Societies Division at UNESCO.
