67 Notable alumni of
University of Aix-Marseilles
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The University of Aix-Marseilles is 779th in the world, 278th in Europe, and 24th in France by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 67 notable alumni from the University of Aix-Marseilles sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Paul Cézanne
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- draftspersonpainterlithographerprintmaker
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Paul Cézanne was a French Post-Impressionist painter whose work introduced new modes of representation, influenced avant-garde artistic movements of the early 20th century and formed the bridge between late 19th-century Impressionism and early 20th century Cubism.
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Adolphe Thiers
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- politicianwriterlawyerhistorianjournalist
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Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers was a French statesman and historian who served as President of France from 1871 to 1873. He was the second elected president and the first of the Third French Republic.
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Christophe Castaner
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- politicianlawyercadres de la fonction publiquejurist
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Christophe Castaner is a French politician who served as Minister of the Interior from 16 October 2018 to 6 July 2020 under President Emmanuel Macron. He had been elected in 2017 for a three-year term as chairman (délégué général) of the La République En Marche! party with Macron's support. Castaner was Government Spokesperson under Prime Minister Édouard Philippe in 2017 and Secretary of State for Relations with Parliament from 2017 to 2018. He was also Macron's 2017 presidential campaign spokesman.
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Ariane Labed
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- actorfilm actorscreenwriterstage actorfilm director
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Ariane Labed is a French actress and film director. She is known for her feature film debut in Attenberg, for which she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress, and appearing in Helen Edmundson's film Mary Magdalene in 2018.
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J. M. G Clézio
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- translatorwriterchildren's writernovelistuniversity teacher
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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, usually identified as J. M. G. Le Clézio, of French, Mauritian, and British nationality, is a writer and professor. The author of over forty works, he was awarded the 1963 Prix Renaudot for his novel Le Procès-Verbal and the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature for his life's work, as an "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization".
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Kungs
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- composerrecord producerdisc jockey
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Valentin Brunel, better known by his stage name Kungs, is a French DJ, record producer and musician. A native of Toulon, he released his first album Layers in 2016 after success with "This Girl", a collaboration with Cookin' on 3 Burners that became an international hit for him, and the follow-ups "Don't You Know" featuring Jamie N Commons and "I Feel So Bad" featuring Ephemerals.
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David Pujadas
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- journalistnews presenter
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David Pujadas is a French journalist and television host.
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Cyprien Iov
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- screenwritercomics writerfilm directoractorvlogger
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Cyprien Iov, often known simply as Cyprien ( French pronunciation: [sipʁijɛ̃]), is a French comedian, actor, and YouTuber known for his short comic YouTube videos. He became known for his videos on Dailymotion under his pseudonym Monsieur Dream, before continuing to make videos on YouTube under his real name. Cyprien is also known for his short films uploaded onto his YouTube channel.
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Gilbert Collard
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- writerpoliticianlawyer
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Gilbert Georges Jean Camille René Collard is a French writer, barrister and politician serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019. A member of the National Rally (RN) until 2022, he was a member of the National Assembly for the 2nd constituency of Gard from 2012 until 2019. Collard also served as Secretary-General of the Rassemblement bleu Marine (RBM) since 2012, a right-wing political association and think-tank supporting Marine Le Pen. In January 2022, he left the RN for Éric Zemmour's Reconquête.
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Pravind Jugnauth
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- politicianbarrister
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Pravind Kumar Jugnauth is a Mauritian politician and former Prime Minister, succeeding, Aneerood Jugnauth, his father, who retired as leader of the majority in 2017.
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Gaston Defferre
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- interior ministerpoliticianlawyerFrench resistance fighterjurist
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Gaston Defferre was a French Socialist politician. He served as mayor of Marseille for 33 years until his death in 1986. He was minister for overseas territories in Guy Mollet’s socialist government in 1956–1957. His main achievement was to establish the framework used to grant independence to France’s African territories. In 1967, he fought the last duel in French history. As the Socialist candidate for president in 1969, he received only 5 percent of the vote. He was much more successful in promoting François Mitterrand as leader of the Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste; PS) in 1971. He held a series of ministerial portfolios after the Socialist victory in 1981, especially as minister of state for the interior and decentralization.
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Bernard Squarcini
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- civil servantofficialspyconsultant
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Bernard Squarcini is a French intelligence official and security consultant. He was born on 12 December 1955 in Rabat, Morocco. He was the youngest Inspector General of Police.
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Paul Meurisse
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- stage actorfilm actor
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Paul Meurisse was a French actor who appeared in over 60 films and many stage productions. Meurisse was noted for the elegance of his acting style, and for his versatility. He was equally able to play comedic and serious dramatic roles. His screen roles ranged from the droll and drily humorous to the menacing and disturbing. His most celebrated role was that of the sadistic and vindictive headmaster in the 1955 film Les Diaboliques.
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Michèle Rubirola
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- physicianpoliticianprofessions libérales et assimilés
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Michèle Rubirola is a French politician who served as Mayor of Marseille from 4 July to 15 December 2020. A member of Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV), she succeeded Jean-Claude Gaudin, who chose not to run for reelection to a fifth term in office and instead endorsed his long-term deputy Martine Vassal, who lost the mayorship race following the municipal election in June 2020. Rubirola became the first female Mayor of Marseille.
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Nabil Karoui
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- entrepreneur
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Nabil Karoui is a Tunisian politician and businessman. One of the key figures in the Tunisian media landscape, Karoui is CEO of Karoui & Karoui World and owner of the Tunisian television station Nessma. Karoui ran as a candidate in the 2019 Tunisian presidential election, finishing in second place.
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Melanie Amann
- Enrolled in the University of Aix-Marseilles
- Studied legal science
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- juristjournalistediting staffnon-fiction writer
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Melanie Amann is a journalist and lawyer. She is deputy editor-in-chief of leading Germany weekly Der Spiegel.
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Mongo Beti
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- writerbooksellerjournalistteacher
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Alexandre Biyidi Awala, known as Mongo Beti or Eza Boto, was a Cameroonian author and polemicist. Beti has been called one of the most perceptive French-African writers in his presentations of African life.
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Blaise Diagne
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- politician
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Blaise Diagne was a French political leader and mayor of Dakar. He was the first person of West African origin elected to the French Chamber of Deputies, and the first to hold a position in the French government.
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Pierre Agostini
- Enrolled in the University of Aix-Marseilles
- Studied in 1968
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- physicist
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Pierre Agostini is a French experimental physicist and Emeritus professor at the Ohio State University in the United States, known for his pioneering work in strong-field laser physics and attosecond science. He is especially known for the observation of above-threshold ionization and the invention of the reconstruction of attosecond beating by interference of two-photon transitions (RABBITT) technique for characterization of attosecond light pulses. He was jointly awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis
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- juristpolitician
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Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis was a French jurist and politician in the time of the French Revolution and the First Empire. Portalis was one of the chief draftsmen of the Napoleonic Code, which serves as the foundational framework of the French legal system. He is the father of Joseph Marie Portalis, a diplomat and statesman.
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Jorge Telerman
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- politicianjournalistdiplomat
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Jorge Telerman is an Argentine politician and journalist. He was the fourth Chief of Government of Buenos Aires City, replacing Aníbal Ibarra between 2006 and 2007. He was previously Vice-Chief of Government, National Secretary of Culture, and Ambassador.
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Marc Fumaroli
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- university teacherhistorianliterary criticessayist
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Marc Fumaroli was a French historian and essayist who was widely respected as an advocate for French literature and culture. While born in Marseille, Fumaroli grew up in the Moroccan city of Fez, and served in the French army during the Algerian War.
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Jean-Guy Talamoni
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- politicianuniversity teacherlawyer
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Jean-Guy Talamoni is a Corsican politician and Corsican nationalist, who was President of the Corsican Assembly from 17 December 2015 to 1 July 2021. He previously served as leader of the Corsica Nazione electoral group in the Corsican assembly.
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Jean-Pierre Luminet
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- astrophysicistpoetlecturerwriterastronomer
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Jean-Pierre Luminet is a French astrophysicist, specializing in black holes and cosmology. He is an emeritus research director at the CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique). Luminet is a member of the Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM) and Laboratoire Univers et Théories (LUTH) of the Paris-Meudon Observatory, and is a visiting scientist at the Centre de Physique Théorique (CPT) in Marseilles. He is also a writer and poet.
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Nizar Baraka
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- politicianeconomist
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Nizar Baraka is a Moroccan politician and businessman of the Istiqlal Party. Since October 2021, he has served as Minister of Equipment and Water. He is the grandson of nationalist Allal Al Fassi.
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Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde
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- businesspersonpolitician
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Thomas Galloway Dunlop du Roy de Blicquy Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde, CH, PC, known informally as Tom Strathclyde, is a British Conservative politician. Lord Strathclyde served in the political role of Leader of the House of Lords from the 2010 general election until January 2013 and as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, having been Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords (1998–2010). As of 2025, he is the most recent hereditary peer to serve as Leader of the Lords.
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Patrick Mennucci
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- politician
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Patrick Mennucci is a French politician and a member of the Socialist Party. He had been the MP of the Bouches-du-Rhône's 4th constituency from June 2012 to June 2017, where he was defeated by Jean-Luc Mélenchon of La France insoumise party.
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Boubou Cisse
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- politicianeconomist
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Boubou Cissé is a Malian politician who was the Prime Minister of Mali from April 2019 to his resignation following the 2020 Malian coup d'état in August 2020. He was also the Minister of Economy and Finance and Minister of Mines and Industry.
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Philippe Faucon
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- screenwriterfilm directorfilm producer
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Philippe Faucon is a French film director, screenwriter and producer.
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Jean Quiquampoix
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- sport shooter
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Jean Quiquampoix is a French sports shooter. He competed in the men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol event at the 2016 Summer Olympics where he won the silver medal.
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Marine Brenier
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- cadres de la fonction publiquepolitician
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Marine Brenier-Ohanessian is a French politician who served as a member of the French National Assembly from 2016 to 2022, representing the 5th constituency of the department of Alpes-Maritimes. She is a member of two political center-right parties, Horizons and La France Audacieuse.
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Henri Fabre
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- aircraft pilotmilitary flight engineerbusinessperson
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Henri Fabre was a French aviator and the inventor of the first successful seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion.
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Nikola Mushanov
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- politicianjuristlawyer
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Nikola Stoykov Mushanov was a Bulgarian liberal politician who served as prime minister and leader of the Democratic Party. He later became noted for vigorous opposition to the growth of anti-Semitism in the country during the Second World War.
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Cherif Guellal
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- diplomatbusinessperson
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Cherif Guellal was an Algerian businessman and diplomat, who fought in the Algerian independence movement. He served as the Algerian Ambassador to the United States and the Algerian Ambassador to Canada.
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Nassimah Dindar
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- politician
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Nassimah Dindar, née Mangrolia, is a French politician, serving as one of four Senators for the French Overseas department and region of Réunion. Dindar was originally elected in the 2017 French legislative election.
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Marie-Arlette Carlotti
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- lawyerpolitician
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Marie-Arlette Carlotti is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has been serving as a member of the French Senate since 2020, representing Bouches-du-Rhône. She previously was a Member of the European Parliament from south-east of France.
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Henry-Louis de La Grange
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- biographermusic criticmusicologistmusic historian
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Henry-Louis de La Grange was a French musicologist and biographer of Gustav Mahler.
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Gaston Crémieux
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- poetlawyerwriterjournalistjurist
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Gaston Crémieux was a lawyer, a journalist and a French writer. He distinguished himself by defending poor people, supporting Gambetta and Garibaldi. He led the League of the South (Ligue du midi) with Esquiros and Bastelica. He was friends with Adolphe Joseph Carcassonne. In 1871, he became head of the Marseille's Commune. This democratic uprising (in conjunction with the Paris Commune) was bloodily repressed by General Espivent, and Gaston Cremieux was sentenced to death by a military court and died at thirty-five years, mercy having been refused by Thiers and the commission with which he was surrounded. He was celebrated by Victor Hugo, Louise Michel, and Jean Jaurès.
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Iulia Motoc
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- university teacherjuristlawyerjudge
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Iulia Antoanella Motoc is a Romanian judge and international law expert, currently a Judge of the International Criminal Court. Before beginning her service at the Court, she was a Judge at the European Court of Human Rights, a professor at the University of Bucharest and a Judge at the Constitutional Court of Romania.
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José Manuel Pérez Tornero
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- journalist
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José Manuel Pérez Tornero is a Spanish researcher and journalist. He is Professor of Journalism at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).
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Benoît Pelletier
- Enrolled in the University of Aix-Marseilles
- Studied in 2000
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- politicianuniversity teacherlawyer
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Benoît Pelletier CM OQ FRSC was a Canadian lawyer, academic, and politician in the province of Quebec.
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Françoise Atlan
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- singer
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Françoise Atlan is a French singer and ethnomusicologist, born in a Sephardic Jewish family in Narbonne, France on 27 July 1964. Her father was a lawyer and native of Béjaïa, Algeria, and her mother was a pianist and a lyrical singer.
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Sarah Soilihi
- Enrolled in the University of Aix-Marseilles
- Graduated with doctoral student in law
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- kickboxerpolitical activist
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Sarah Soilihi is a French athlete, politician, and political spokesperson. A victory at the World Traditional Kickboxing Association in 2015 made her a competitive kick-boxing champion, and the following year she was a French national champion in semi-contact karate. Beginning in 2012 she was an active member of the French Socialist Party, and she ran on socialist party lists in elections in 2014 and 2015 but did not obtain a seat. During the 2017 French presidential election, she was the main spokesperson for Jean-Luc Mélenchon as he led the new party La France Insoumise. In late 2018, she left La France Insoumise for the left unity party Génération.s, and in 2019 she affiliated herself with the movement Pôle radical et écologiste.
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Claude-Emmanuel de Pastoret
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- juristpolitician
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Claude-Emmanuel Joseph Pierre, Marquess of Pastoret was a French lawyer, author and politician.
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Joëlle Mélin
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- professions libérales et assimiléspolitician
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Joëlle Mélin is a French politician who has represented the 9th constituency of the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the National Assembly since 2022. A member of the National Rally (RN), she previously served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2014 to 2022.
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Mohamed Laqhila
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- professions libérales et assimiléspolitician
- Biography
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Mohamed Laqhila is a French accountant and politician. Since 18 June 2017, he has served as the member of the National Assembly for the 11th district of the Bouches-du-Rhône.
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Lucie Milebou Aubusson
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- 1957-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- politicianphysician
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Lucie Milebou Aubusson also known as Lucie Mboussou is a Gabonese ophthalmologist and politician who has been President of the Senate since 27 February 2015 to 30 August 2023.
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Michel Fontaine
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- physicianpoliticianprofessions libérales et assimilés
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Michel Fontaine was a member of the Senate of France. He was elected in 2011 as one of three senators for the overseas department of Réunion. He was not re-elected in 2017. A radiologist by profession, he is a member of Les Républicains. He has also been the mayor of Saint-Pierre, Réunion since 2001.
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Paul-André Colombani
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- professions libérales et assimiléspolitician
- Biography
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Paul-André Colombani is a French politician representing Pè a Corsica. He was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the 2nd constituency of the department of Corse-du-Sud.
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François Ricard
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- essayistbiographerwriterman of lettersnovelist
- Biography
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François Ricard was a Canadian writer and academic from Quebec. He was a professor of French literature at McGill University since 1980, including a special but not exclusive focus on the work of Milan Kundera and Gabrielle Roy, and has published numerous works of non-fiction.
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Ogobara K. Doumbo
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- medical researcherphysician
- Biography
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Ogobara Doumbo was a Malian medical researcher at the University of Mali. He was recognised as a global leader in malaria research. He was the recipient of the Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mali, Legion d'honneur and research award on Malaria in Africa.
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Simon Renucci
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- politicianphysician
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Simon Renucci was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the Corse-du-Sud department from 2002 to 2012 as a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche. He also served as Mayor of Ajaccio from 2001 to 2014.
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Aline Friess
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- sportspersonartistic gymnastgymnast
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Aline Friess is a French artistic gymnast. She competed with the French teams at the 2019 World Championships, the 2020 Summer Olympics, the 2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and the 2022 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships where she won bronze on vault.
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Luzolo Bambi Lessa
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- politician
- Biography
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Emmanuel-Janvier Luzolo Bambi Lessa is a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was appointed Minister of Justice in the Muzito cabinet in October 2008.
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Daniel Colin
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- politician
- Biography
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Daniel Colin was a French politician who was a deputy from 1986 to 1997.
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Martine Reicherts
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- politiciancivil servantlawyer
- Biography
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Martine Reicherts is a Luxembourgish politician who served as European Commissioner in 2014 and as the European Union's Director-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture until her retirement in 2018, when she was replaced by Themis Christophidou. She had previously held the post of Director-General of the Office for Official Publications of the European Union.
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Sarah Hanffou
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- table tennis player
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Sarah Hanffou is a Cameroonian table tennis player. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's singles. She beat Tvin Moumjoghlian in the preliminary round, before losing 4 - 1 to Xian Yi Fang in the first round proper.
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Katharina Galor
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- university teacheranthropologistJudaic scholararchaeologist
- Biography
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Katharina Galor is a German-born Israeli art historian and archaeologist specializing in Israel-Palestine. She has been teaching at Brown University since 1998, where she is Hirschfeld Visiting Associate Professor of Judaic Studies and Visiting Associate Professor of Urban Studies.
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Jean Véronis
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- university teacherbloggercomputer scientistlinguist
- Biography
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Jean Véronis was a French linguist, computer scientist and blogger, and a research professor at Aix-Marseille University. His research interests included natural language processing, text mining and standardisation. He was a founder of the field that is now called digital humanities.
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Théodore Roustan
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- colonial administrator
- Biography
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Théodore Roustan, complete name Justin Théodore Dominique Roustan, was a diplomat and official of the French colonial empire.
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Zakaria Ben Mustapha
- Years
- 1925-2019 (aged 94)
- Enrolled in the University of Aix-Marseilles
- In 1962 graduated with Doctor of Sciences in marine biology
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Zakaria Ben Mustapha was a Tunisian politician. He served as the Minister of Culture from 1987 to 1988 and the Mayor of Tunis from 1980 until 1986.
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Gustave Larroumet
- Occupations
- literary criticuniversity teacherart criticwriterart historian
- Biography
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Louis Barthélemy Gustave Paul Larroumet was a French art historian, literary critic, and administrator.
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Olivier Dubuquoy
- Years
- 1974-.. (age 51)
- Occupations
- academicgeographer
- Biography
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Olivier Dubuquoy is an author, film director and activist. He led many successful struggles against polluting industries. Known for his fight against the pollution of the Mediterranean by red sludge and his fighting for an end to our dependency on fossil fuels responsible for global warming.
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Jean-François Ferrari
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Jean-François Gabriel Ferrari is a Seychellois politician member of the National Assembly of Seychelles. On 3 November 2020, he was sworn in as Designated Minister and Minister of Fisheries.
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Toussaint-Bernard Émeric-David
- Occupations
- politicianhistorianarchaeologistart historiananthropologist
- Biography
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Toussaint-Bernard Émeric-David was a French archaeologist and writer on art.
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Jacqueline Naze Tjøtta
- Occupations
- professorcomputer scientistmathematician
- Biography
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Jacqueline Andrée Naze Tjøtta was a Norwegian mathematician who became the first female mathematical sciences professor in Norway.
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Camille Chevalier
- Enrolled in the University of Aix-Marseilles
- 2011-2013 studied business
- Occupations
- golfer
- Biography
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Camille Chevalier is a French professional golfer playing on the Ladies European Tour since January 2017.
