63 Notable alumni of
University of Burgundy
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The University of Burgundy is 873rd in the world, 305th in Europe, and 28th in France by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 63 notable alumni from the University of Burgundy sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Rachida Dati
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- politician
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Rachida Dati is a French politician and former magistrate who has been serving as Minister of Culture in the government of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal since 2024.
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François Baroin
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- journalistlawyerpoliticianprofessions libérales et assimilés
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François Claude Pierre René Baroin is a French politician and lawyer who served as Finance Minister from 2011 to 2012, following a stint as Budget Minister in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon. A member of The Republicans (LR), he was a long-time ally of Jacques Chirac and has been Mayor of Troyes in Champagne since 1995.
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Edvard Beneš
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- sociologistlecturerdiplomatpoliticianassociation football player
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Edvard Beneš was a Czech politician and statesman who served as the president of Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1938, and again from 1939 to 1948. During the first six years of his second stint, he led the Czechoslovak government-in-exile during World War II.
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Bruno Latour
- Enrolled in the University of Burgundy
- 1966-1972 studied philosophy
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- writersociologistprofessoranthropologistphilosopher
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Bruno Latour was a French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist. He was especially known for his work in the field of science and technology studies (STS). After teaching at the École des Mines de Paris (Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation) from 1982 to 2006, he became professor at Sciences Po Paris (2006–2017), where he was the scientific director of the Sciences Po Medialab. He retired from several university activities in 2017. He was also a Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics.
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Arnaud Montebourg
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- politicianentrepreneurlawyer
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Arnaud Montebourg is a French politician, lawyer and entrepreneur who served as the Minister of Industrial Renewal from 2012 to 2014, then as Minister of Economy, Industrial Renewal, and Digital Affairs, 31 March 2014 until his resignation on 25 August.
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Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
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- physicistphilosopherornithologisttranslatorvolcanologist
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Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon was a French naturalist, mathematician, and cosmologist. He held the position of intendant (director) at the Jardin du Roi, now called the Jardin des plantes.
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Chuka Umunna
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- politicianwriterlawyer
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Chuka Harrison Umunna // is a British businessman and former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Streatham from 2010 until 2019. A former member of the Labour Party, he was part of the Shadow Cabinet from 2011 to 2015. He left Labour in February 2019, when he resigned to form The Independent Group, later Change UK, along with six other MPs. Later in 2019, he left Change UK and, after a short time as an independent MP, joined the Liberal Democrats. In the 2019 general election, he was unsuccessful in being re-elected as an MP and did not return to the House of Commons.
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Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
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- bankerpoliticianeconomist
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Roch Marc Christian Kaboré is a Burkinabé banker and politician who served as the President of Burkina Faso from 2015 until he was deposed in 2022. He was the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso between 1994 and 1996 and President of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso from 2002 to 2012. Kaboré was also president of the Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP) until his departure from the party in 2014. He founded the People's Movement for Progress party that same year.
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Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh
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- translatorwriterpoetlinguisthistorian
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Mohammad-Ali Jamālzādeh Esfahani was one of the most prominent writers of Iran in the 20th century, best known for his unique style of humour. In view of his vast influence over Persian short story writing, he is often referred to as the father of this genre in Iran.
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Antanas Mockus
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- philosopherpoliticianuniversity teachermathematicianjournalist
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Aurelijus Rūtenis Antanas Mockus Šivickas is a Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician. He has a master's degree in philosophy from the National University of Colombia, and a Honoris Causa PhD from the University of Paris.
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Joachim Son-Forget
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- researcherpoliticianradiologist
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Joachim Jean-Marie Forget, known as Joachim Son-Forget is a South Korean-born French politician. Holding a doctorate in neuroscience, he also works part-time as a radiologist in Switzerland. He has held Kosovar citizenship since 2018.
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Lucien Febvre
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- professorhistorian
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Lucien Paul Victor Febvre was a French historian best known for the role he played in establishing the Annales School of history. He was the initial editor of the Encyclopédie française together with Anatole de Monzie.
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Alain Colas
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- skipper
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Alain Colas was a French sailor, the first to complete a solitary round-the-world race in a multihull. He met Éric Tabarly in Sydney in 1967, and bought Pen Duick IV from him in 1970, and won the "Transat" in 1972. In 1972, he started the construction of a 72m (236 feet) 4 masted monohull for the 1976 "Transat".
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Jean Richard
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- circus directorfilm actorfilm producermusiciandirector
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Jean Richard was a French actor, comedian, and circus entrepreneur. He is best remembered for his role as Georges Simenon's Maigret in the eponymous French television series, which he played for more than twenty years, and for his circus activities.
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Laurence Rossignol
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- politicianjournalist
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Laurence Rossignol is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has served as a member of the French Senate from 2011 to 2014 and again since 2017, representing Oise. From 2014 to 2017, she served as Secretary of State for the Family, Senior Citizens and Autonomy in the governments of Prime Ministers Manuel Valls and Bernard Cazeneuve.
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Louis Bachelier
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- economistmathematicianuniversity teachernon-fiction writer
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Louis Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Bachelier was a French mathematician at the turn of the 20th century. He is credited with being the first person to model the stochastic process now called Brownian motion, as part of his doctoral thesis The Theory of Speculation (Théorie de la spéculation, defended in 1900).
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Léger-Félicité Sonthonax
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- authorpoliticianlawyer
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Léger-Félicité Sonthonax was a French abolitionist and Jacobin before joining the Girondist party, which emerged in 1791. During the French Revolution, he controlled 7,000 French troops in Saint-Domingue during part of the Haitian Revolution. His official title was Civil Commissioner. From September 1792, he and Polverel became the de facto rulers of Saint-Domingue's non-slave population. Because they were associated with Brissot’s party, they were put in accusation by the convention on July 16, 1793, but a ship to bring them back in France didn’t arrive in the colony until June 1794, and they arrived in France in the time of the downfall of Robespierre. They had a fair trial in 1795 and were acquitted of the charges the white colonists brought against them. Sonthonax believed that Saint-Domingue's whites were royalists or separatists, so he attacked the military power of the white settlers and by doing so alienated the colonial settlers from their government. Many gens de couleur (mixed-race residents of the colony) asserted that they could form the military backbone of Saint-Domingue if they were given rights, but Sonthonax rejected this view as outdated in the wake of the August 1791 slave uprising. He believed that Saint-Domingue would need ex-slave soldiers among the ranks of the colonial army if it was to survive. On August 1793, he proclaimed freedom for all slaves in the north province. His critics allege that he was forced into ending slavery in order to maintain his own power.
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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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Roger Guillemin
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- biochemistendocrinologistphysicianuniversity teacher
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Roger Charles Louis Guillemin is a French-American neuroscientist. He received the National Medal of Science in 1976, and the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1977 for his work on neurohormones, sharing the prize that year with Andrew Schally and Rosalyn Sussman Yalow.
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Robin Deiana
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- model
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Robin Deiana is a French television personality, actor, model and breakdancer who lives and performs in South Korea. He was a cast member of the talk show Non-Summit. He is also currently a host of the TV show The Most Beautiful Days.
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Jiří Dienstbier
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- journalisttranslatorwriterpolitician
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Jiří Dienstbier was a Czech politician and journalist.
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Aurélie Trouvé
- Enrolled in the University of Burgundy
- In 2007 graduated with doctorate in France
- Occupations
- writerpoliticianagricultural engineeractivistdocent
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Aurélie Trouvé is a French politician and anti-globalization activist. She was co-president of the Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions and for Citizens' Action (Attac) from 2006 to 2012, then spokesperson for the association from 2016 to 2021.
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Laurent Ulrich
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishopCatholic deacon
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Laurent Bernard Marie Ulrich is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who became Archbishop of Paris in May 2022.
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Fadila Khattabi
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- politician
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Fadila Khattabi is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as Secretary of State in charge of People with Disabilities in the government of successive Prime Ministers Élisabeth Borne and Gabriel Attal since 2023. She was a member of the French National Assembly from the 2017 elections, representing Côte-d'Or.
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Augustin Mouchot
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- inventorteacher
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Augustin Mouchot was a 19th-century French inventor of the earliest solar-powered engine, converting solar energy into mechanical steam power.
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Patrick Karam
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- politicianGrands corps de l'Etat
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Patrick Karam is a French personality defending human rights. He is a researcher in international relations.
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Albert Mathiez
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- historianuniversity teacherpolitician
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Albert-Xavier-Émile Mathiez was a French historian, best known for his Marxist interpretation of the French Revolution. Mathiez emphasized class conflict. He argued that 1789 pitted the bourgeoisie against the aristocracy and then the Revolution pitted the bourgeoisie against the sans-culottes, who were a proletariat-in-the-making. Mathiez greatly influenced Georges Lefebvre and Albert Soboul in forming what came to be known as the orthodox Marxist interpretation of the Revolution. Mathiez admired Maximilien Robespierre, praised the Reign of Terror and did not extend complete sympathy to the struggle of the proletariat.
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Abdourahman Waberi
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- literary criticwriter
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Abdourahman A. Waberi is a novelist, essayist, poet, academic, and short-story writer from Djibouti.
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Christophe Sirugue
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- politician
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Christophe Sirugue was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Saône-et-Loire department, and is a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche. He is vice-president of the French National Assembly since 2012.
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Valéria Faure-Muntian
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- politician
- Biography
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Valéria Faure-Muntian is a French politician of Renaissance who served as a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022, representing the 3rd constituency of the department of Loire.
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Mahmoud El Materi
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- physicianpolitician
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Mahmoud El Materi was a Tunisian physician and politician. He was the first president and one of the founders of the Neo Destour.
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Youssouf Ouédraogo
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- diplomatpoliticianeconomist
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Youssouf Ouédraogo was a Burkinabé politician. In 1992 he became the first Prime Minister of Burkina Faso since 1983, serving from 16 June 1992 to 22 March 1994. Ouédraogo, a member of the ruling Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP), later served as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from January 1999 to June 2007.
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Abdoulaye Bio Tchané
- Enrolled in the University of Burgundy
- Studied in 1976
- Occupations
- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Abdoulaye Bio Tchané is a Beninese economist and politician.
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Édouard Belin
- Enrolled in the University of Burgundy
- Studied in 1894
- Occupations
- photographerinventorengineer
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Édouard Belin was a French photographer and inventor. In 1907 Belin invented a phototelegraphic apparatus called the Bélinographe (télestéréographe)—a system for receiving photographs over telephone wires via telegraphic networks.
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Sika Bella Kaboré
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- jurist
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Sika Bella Kaboré is a Togolese-born Burkinabé jurist, healthcare advocate, and wife of the former President of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. She served as the First Lady of Burkina Faso from December 29, 2015 to January 24, 2022, when her husband, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, was deposed by the military.
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Laurent Grandguillaume
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- politician
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Laurent Grandguillaume is a French politician. He served as a member of the National Assembly from 2012 to 2017, representing the 1st constituency of Côte-d'Or.
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Aminata Touré
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- politician
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Aminata Touré is a Senegalese politician who served as the Prime Minister of Senegal from 1 September 2013 to 4 July 2014. She was the second female Prime Minister of Senegal after Mame Madior Boye, and she previously served as Justice Minister from 2012 to 2013. While campaigning for the upcoming elections in February 2024, she was arrested by the police and detained for six hours though never charged with any crime.
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Élisabeth Vonarburg
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- writershort story writernovelisttranslatorscience fiction writer
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Élisabeth Vonarburg is a science fiction writer. She was born in Paris (France) and has lived in Chicoutimi (now Saguenay), Quebec, Canada since 1973.
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Christophe Arend
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- politiciandentist
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Christophe Arend is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing the department of Moselle.
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Charles Rozoy
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- politicianswimmer
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Charles Rozoy is a Paralympic swimmer of France who won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the men's S8 100m butterfly.
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Yoann Damet
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- association football manager
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Yoann Damet is a French association football coach who is currently an assistant coach with Columbus Crew in Major League Soccer. He twice served as interim head coach of FC Cincinnati at ages 29 and 30, making him the youngest head or assistant coach in Major League Soccer.
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Marie-Christine Vergiat
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- politician
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Marie-Christine Vergiat is a community organizations' activist and a French politician. As of June 2009, she is a Member of the European Parliament, representing the Left Front. She is the companion of Jean-Pierre Dubois, president of the French Human Rights League, with whom she has a son. She is the leader of the organization in the Seine-Saint-Denis department outside of Paris.
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Sophie Béjean
- Enrolled in the University of Burgundy
- In 1992 graduated with doctorate in social science
- Occupations
- university teacherhealth economisteconomist
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Sophie Béjean is a French university president. She served as president of the University of Burgundy (2007–12), before becoming president of fr:Centre national des œuvres universitaires et scolaires (CNOUS) and fr:Campus France (April 2013).
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Jean-François Bazin
- Enrolled in the University of Burgundy
- In 1973 graduated with doctorate in France in legal science
- Occupations
- journalistwriterpoliticiancurator
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Jean-François Bazin was a French politician, journalist, and writer.
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Charles Théveneau de Morande
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- journalistnovelistpamphleteerpundit
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Charles Théveneau de Morande was a gutter journalist, blackmailer and French spy who lived in London in the 18th century.
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André Villiers
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- politician
- Biography
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André Villiers is a French politician of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since 18 June 2017, representing the second ward of the department of Yonne.
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Jean-Marc Berliere
- Enrolled in the University of Burgundy
- In 1991 graduated with doctorate in France
- Occupations
- university teacherhistorian
- Biography
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Jean-Marc Berlière is a French historian who specialises in the history of the French police. He works as a professor at the University of Burgundy. In 1991, he completed a Doctoral thesis on the Police of the French Third Republic.
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Farhat Horchani
- Enrolled in the University of Burgundy
- Graduated with doctorate in France
- Occupations
- politicianacademicjurist
- Biography
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Farhat Horchani is a Tunisian politician. He served as Minister of Defence in the cabinet of Prime Minister Youssef Chahed.
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Kilien Stengel
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- writerrestaurateurhotel managerresearcheropinion journalist
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Kilien Stengel is a French gastronomic author, restaurateur, and cookbook writer. He has worked at Gidleigh Park, Nikko Hotels, Georges V Hotel in Paris, and in a number of Relais & Châteaux restaurants (including Marc Meneau and Jacques Lameloise).
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Michèle Crouzet
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- industrialistpoliticianbusiness executive
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Michèle Crouzet is a French politician of the Democratic Movement (MoDem) who was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the department of Yonne. From 2017 until 2019, she was a member of La République En Marche! (LREM).
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Alexis Miellet
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
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Alexis Miellet is a French middle-distance runner specialising in the 1500 metres. He won a silver medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade.
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Grégoire Courtine
- Years
- 1975-.. (age 49)
- Enrolled in the University of Burgundy
- 2001-2003 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- scientistresearcher
- Biography
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Grégoire Courtine is a French neuroscientist and a professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), where he is the co-director of the Defitech center for interventional neurotherapies (NeuroRestore). His research focuses on the field of neurotechnology, with the aim to restore locomotor functions in patients with central nervous system disorders such as spinal cord injuries.
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Henri Ponsot
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- diplomat
- Biography
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Auguste Henri Ponsot was a French politician and statesman.
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Amin Taqieddin
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- journalistlawyerpoetwriter
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Amine bin Saeed bin Mahmoud bin Hussein Takieddine, 7 November 1884 – 31 May 1937) was a Lebanese writer, poet, lawyer, and political journalist who engaged in Lebanese journalism and politics but failed to break through due to the dissonance between his character and the conception of politics in people's minds. Born in Baakleen in the Chouf District, Takieddine finished his studies in Beirut then travelled to Egypt and published Az-Zouhour magazine along with Anton Gemayel. He worked as a lawyer in Beirut up until his death from a cardiac arrest. He is famous for his published works in the fields of literature and law.
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Gaspard Auguste Brullé
- Occupations
- entomologist
- Biography
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Gaspard Auguste Brullé was a French entomologist.
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Emmanuel Trélat
- Years
- 1974-.. (age 50)
- Enrolled in the University of Burgundy
- In 2000 graduated with doctorate in France
- Occupations
- university teachermathematician
- Biography
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Emmanuel Trélat is a French mathematician.
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Émile Roblot
- Occupations
- officialcivil servant
- Biography
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Émile Henri Roblot a French civil servant who served as the Minister of State of Monaco from 1937 to 1944.
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Henri-François Gautrin
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- politicianacademic
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Henri-François Gautrin is a Quebec politician, professor and physicist. He was the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Verdun in the Montreal region. He represented the Quebec Liberal Party and was the former Minister of Governmental Services from February 2006 to February 2007.
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Patricia McMahon Hawkins
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- diplomat
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Patricia McMahon Hawkins was a United States career foreign service officer and member of the U.S. State Department. She was the United States ambassador to Togo from 2008 to 2011.
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Willem van Bergen
- Occupations
- Catholic priest
- Biography
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Guillaume de Berghes or of Glymes, baron of Grimbergen, was bishop of Antwerp from 1597 to 1601 and archbishop of Cambrai from 1601 until his death.
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Sylvain Curinier
- Occupations
- canoeistkayaker
- Biography
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Sylvain Curinier is a French slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. He won a silver medal in the K1 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
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Joseph Dainow
- Occupations
- law professorlawyer
- Biography
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Joseph Dainow was a Canadian-American professor of law. He was born and grew up in Montreal, Canada, and received a law degree from McGill University but spent most of his life in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he was professor of law at Louisiana State University.
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Roger Guilard
- Occupations
- chemist
- Biography
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Roger Guilard is a French chemist. He is a professor of chemistry at the University of Burgundy in Dijon, France where he is a member of the Institute of Molecular Chemistry of the University of Burgundy.
