30 Notable alumni of
University of Franche-Comte
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The University of Franche-Comte is 1456th in the world, 503rd in Europe, and 49th in France by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 30 notable alumni from the University of Franche-Comte sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Jean-Luc Mélenchon
- Enrolled in the University of Franche-Comte
- 1969-1972 graduated with Bachelor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- high-school teachercorrectorpoliticianjournalisteditorial cartoonist
- Biography
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Jean-Luc Antoine Pierre Mélenchon is a French politician who has been the de facto leader of La France Insoumise (LFI) since it was established in 2016. He was the deputy in the National Assembly for the 4th constituency of Bouches-du-Rhône from 2017 to 2022 and led the La France Insoumise group in the National Assembly from 2017 to 2021. Mélenchon was previously elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in 2009 and reelected in 2014. He has run for President of France three times, in 2012, 2017 and 2022. In 2022, he came within 1.2 percentage points of reaching the second round in France's two-round voting system.
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Abdoulaye Wade
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Abdoulaye Wade is a Senegalese politician who served as the third president of Senegal from 2000 to 2012. He is also the Secretary-General of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS), having led the party since it was founded in 1974. Assuming office at 74, Wade was the oldest person to occupy the post.
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Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine
- Occupations
- singer-songwriter
- Biography
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Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine is a French pop-rock singer and songwriter. He was born on 21 July 1948 in the town of Dole in the Jura département.
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Jean-Luc Lagarce
- Occupations
- film directorplaywrightlibrettistpoetcinematographer
- Biography
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Jean-Luc Lagarce was a French actor, theatre director and playwright. Although only moderately successful during his lifetime, since his death he has become one of the most widely-produced contemporary French playwrights.
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Yukiya Amano
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Yukiya Amano was a Japanese diplomat, who served as the Director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from 1 December 2009 until his death on 18 July 2019. Previously, Amano served as an international civil servant for the United Nations and its subdivisions.
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Dominique Voynet
- Occupations
- cadres de la fonction publiquetrade unionistpolitician
- Biography
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Dominique Voynet is a French politician who is a member of Europe Écologie–The Greens. She is the former mayor of Montreuil and was a French senator for the département of Seine-Saint-Denis.
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Patrick Strzoda
- Enrolled in the University of Franche-Comte
- Graduated with licence
- Occupations
- official
- Biography
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Patrick Strzoda is a French high-ranking civil servant, a former prefect, and advisor to French President Emmanuel Macron. As President of France, Macron also serves ex officio as one of the two co-princes of Andorra. Strzoda serves as his representative in this capacity.
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Yves Jégo
- Occupations
- writerpoliticiantelevision presenter
- Biography
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Yves Jégo is a French former politician. He was député for the third constituency of Seine-et-Marne in the National Assembly from 2002 to 2018, Mayor of Montereau-Fault-Yonne since 1995, and president of the Communauté de communes des Deux Fleuves.
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Ahmad Nasser al-Mohammed al-Sabah
- Enrolled in the University of Franche-Comte
- Studied French
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah is a member of the Kuwaiti royal family who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2019 to 2022.
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Viviane Wade
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Viviane Wade is a French-born Senegalese public figure who served as First Lady of Senegal from 2000 to 2012, as the wife of President Abdoulaye Wade.
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Sophie Montel
- Occupations
- politiciancadre
- Biography
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Sophie Montel is a French politician.
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Ophélie Claude-Boxberger
- Occupations
- middle-distance runner
- Biography
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Ophélie Claude-Boxberger, born 18 October 1988 at Montbéliard is a French athlete running for club Belfort Montbeliard Athletics. A specialist in the middle-distance races, she won 4 French Under 23s national championship titles in the 800 m and the 1,500 m and ran internationally twice for France before becoming champion of France Indoors in the 1,500 m and outdoors champion in the 3000m steeplechase.
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Claude Lorius
- Occupations
- researcherglaciologistclimatologist
- Biography
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Claude Lorius was a French glaciologist. He was director emeritus of research at CNRS. He was the director of the Laboratoire de glaciologie et géophysique de l'environnement in Grenoble from 1983 to 1988.
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François Hartog
- Occupations
- historianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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François Hartog is a French historian. He is noted for his "regimes of historicity" theory as well as his analyses of presentism and the contemporary experience of time. Hartog is also an academic and author of several works including The Mirror of Herodotus: The Representation of the Other in the Writing of History.
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Hilaire de Chardonnet
- Occupations
- engineerchemistbusinesspersontextile scientist
- Biography
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Louis-Marie Hilaire Bernigaud de Grange, Count de Chardonnet (1 May 1839 – 11 March 1924) was a French engineer and industrialist from Besançon, and inventor of artificial silk.
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Abdellatif Miraoui
- Occupations
- politicianuniversity teacherminister
- Biography
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Abdellatif Miraoui is a former Moroccan Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Innovation. He was appointed as minister on 7 October 2021 and served until 23 October 2024, when he was succeeded by Azzedine El Midaoui following a government reshuffle.
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Laurence Leamer
- Occupations
- biographerhistorianjournalistnon-fiction writer
- Biography
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Laurence Leamer is an American author and journalist. Leamer is a former Ford Fellow in International Development at the University of Oregon and a former International Fellow at Columbia University. He is regarded as an expert on the Kennedy family and has appeared in numerous media outlets discussing American politics. Leamer has also written best-selling biographies of other Americans, including Johnny Carson, the Reagan family, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. He has also written a book about Donald Trump's historical resort, Mar-a-Lago. His book, Capote's Women, was a national bestseller, and was adapted as the second season of Feud starring Naomi Watts and directed by Gus Van Sant.
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Leila Schneps
- Occupations
- writernovelistmathematician
- Biography
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Leila Schneps is an American mathematician and fiction writer at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique working in number theory. Schneps has written general audience math books and, under the pen name Catherine Shaw, has written mathematically themed murder mysteries.
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Claude Pierre Pajol
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary officer
- Biography
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Claude-Pierre, Comte de Pajol, was a French cavalry general and political during and after the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
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Michaël Isabey
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Michaël Isabey is a French football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently the manager of Dijon FCO's U19 squad. While at Sochaux he played as a substitute as they won the 2004 Coupe de la Ligue Final.
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Richard Lioger
- Occupations
- professors, scientific professionspolitician
- Biography
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Richard Lioger is a French politician representing La République En Marche! He was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing Moselle's 3rd constituency. He lost his seat in the first round of the 2022 French legislative election.
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Stacy-Marie Ishmael
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Stacy-Marie Ishmael is a journalist and editor from Trinidad and Tobago. She is currently the managing editor for crypto at Bloomberg News and the chair of the Foundation Board of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism.
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Gilbert Barbier
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gilbert Barbier was a member of the Senate of France, representing the Jura department.
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Josef Teichmann
- Occupations
- professoruniversity teachermathematician
- Biography
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Josef Teichmann is an Austrian mathematician and professor at ETH Zürich working on mathematical finance.
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Anouk Faivre Picon
- Occupations
- cross-country skier
- Biography
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Anouk Faivre-Picon is a French cross-country skier. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in skiathlon and women's classical.
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Marie-Claude Beaud
- Enrolled in the University of Franche-Comte
- Studied in 1963-1968
- Occupations
- curator
- Biography
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Marie-Claude Beaud was a French exhibition curator and director of art institutions. During her long career, she has held executive positions at Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain (Paris), Les Arts décoratifs (Paris), MUDAM (Luxembourg), and the New National Museum (Monaco). She was the recipient of several decorations.
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Ferry Carondelet
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Ferry Carondelet was a Habsburg diplomat, advisor to Margaret of Austria and abbot at Montbenoît. He was the younger brother of Jean Carondelet.
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Bertrand Moingeon
- Occupations
- academic
- Biography
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Bertrand Moingeon, was Professor of Strategic Management is Executive Vice-President and Dean for Executive Education and Corporate Initiatives at ESCP Business School and formerly at HEC Paris.
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Fatima Denton
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 59)
- Occupations
- climatologistscientist
- Biography
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Fatima Denton is a British-Gambian climatologist. She is the director at the Ghanaian branch of the United Nations University, at the UNU Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA) in Accra. She focuses on innovation, science, technology and natural resource management. She partners with countries such as Benin and Liberia to develop and implement country needs assessment missions.
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Lucie Lefèvre
- Occupations
- sport cyclistcyclo-cross cyclistchauffeur
- Biography
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Lucie Chainel-Lefèvre is a French cyclo-cross racing cyclist. She won the bronze medal at the 2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Louisville, United States. She was married to racing cyclist Steve Chainel but they separated in 2017.
