18 Notable alumni of
University of Limoges
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The University of Limoges is 1983rd in the world, 659th in Europe, and 63rd in France by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 18 notable alumni from the University of Limoges sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Zinedine Zidane
- Occupations
- association football managerassociation football player
- Biography
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Zinedine Yazid Zidane, popularly known as Zizou, is a French professional football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He most recently coached Spanish club Real Madrid and is one of the most successful coaches in the world. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Zidane was a playmaker renowned for his elegance, vision, passing, ball control, and technique. He received many individual accolades as a player, including being named FIFA World Player of the Year in 1998, 2000 and 2003, and winning the 1998 Ballon d'Or.
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Olivier Dacourt
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Olivier Yohan Dacourt is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is also a former French international and is best known for his spells at English side Leeds United and Italian clubs Roma and Inter Milan.
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Sylvia Pinel
- Enrolled in the University of Limoges
- Graduated with diplôme d'études approfondies
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sylvia Pinel is a French politician who served as a member of the National Assembly of France from 2016 to 2022, representing the 2nd constituency in the Tarn-et-Garonne department. Since 3 September 2016, she has been the leader of the moderate and social-liberal centre-left Radical Party of the Left.
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Fabien Pelous
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- rugby union player
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Fabien Pelous is a retired French rugby union player. A lock who also occasionally played as a number eight and flanker, he played the bulk of his professional career for Stade Toulousain, and is the all-time leader in appearances for the France national team. He retired as the most-capped lock for any nation in rugby history, with 100 of his 118 France appearances at that position, a record later broken by South Africa's Victor Matfield. Pelous was inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame in 2017.
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Eric Carrière
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Eric Gérard Carrière is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Nantes, Lyon, Lens, and Dijon.
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Sophie Dessus
- Occupations
- politicianfarmer
- Biography
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Sophie Dessus was a Socialist politician from Corrèze, France, representing Corrèze's First Constituency in the National Assembly, the first woman to represent Corrèze in the National Assembly.
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Jérôme Pineau
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
- Biography
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Jérôme Pineau is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2015 for the Bouygues Télécom, Omega Pharma–Quick-Step and IAM Cycling squads. Born in Mont-Saint-Aignan, Pineau now works as the general manager for UCI ProSeries team B&B Hotels p/b KTM.
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Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed
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- politician
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Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed is a Djiboutian politician who has been Prime Minister of Djibouti since 2013. A longtime member of the ruling People's Rally for Progress, he previously served as Minister of Agriculture from 2005 to 2011 and as Minister of Defense from 2011 to 2013.
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Amadou Koné
- Years
- 1953-.. (age 71)
- Enrolled in the University of Limoges
- Graduated with doctorate in France
- Occupations
- university teacherwriter
- Biography
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Amadou Koné is a writer from Cote d'Ivoire.
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Yolaine de Courson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Yolaine de Courson is a French politician who served as a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022, representing the department of Côte-d'Or. She was elected as a member of La République En Marche!, but left the party and in May 2020, she was one of the 17 initial members who formed the short-lived Ecology Democracy Solidarity group.
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Sam Tanson
- Enrolled in the University of Limoges
- Graduated with French masters degree
- Occupations
- journalistpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Samantha Tanson is a Luxembourgish lawyer and politician. She was the Minister of Culture from December 2018 to November 2023 and the Minister of Justice from September 2019 to November 2023. She was also the Minister of Housing between December 2018 and October 2019.
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Marie-Pierre Vedrenne
- Enrolled in the University of Limoges
- 2002-2006 graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- politicianjurist
- Biography
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Marie-Pierre Vedrenne is a French lawyer and politician who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019.
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Christophe Jerretie
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Christophe Jerretie is a French politician of the La République En Marche! (LREM) who was a member of the French National Assembly from 2017–2022, representing the department of Corrèze. From 2017–2020 he was a member of La République En Marche! (LREM).
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Koulsy Lamko
- Occupations
- university teachernovelistplaywrightcultural activistwriter
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Koulsy Lamko is a Chadian-born playwright, poet, novelist and university lecturer. Born in Dadouar, Lamko left his country for Burkina Faso in 1979 due to the beginning of the civil war. There, he became acquainted with Thomas Sankara and involved with the Institute of Black Peoples in Ouagadougou. Lamko spent ten years promoting community theater in Burkina Faso through the Theater of the Community and helped found the International Festival of Theatre for Development. Some of his poetry was published in Revue Noire in 1994. In 1997 he co-released the album Bir Ki Mbo of mixed poetry and music in tribute to Sankara in collaboration with Stéphane Scott and Rémi Stengel. A regular attendant at the Limousin Festival International des Francophonies, he briefly lived in Limoges, France. He then moved to Rwanda, where he read for his doctorate at the National University in Butare while founding the university's Center for the Arts and the Theater and teaching theater and creative writing. His doctoral thesis was on emerging theatrical aesthetics in Africa. His experience in Rwanda led him to write his novel, La phalène des collines ("The butterfly of the hills"), about the 1994 genocide.
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Monique Boulestin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Monique Boulestin was a member of the National Assembly of France. She represented Haute-Vienne's 1st constituency, and was a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.
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Ha Ilji
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- poetpainterwriteruniversity teacher
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Hailji is a modern South Korean writer whose series of "Racetrack" novels created controversy in Korea.
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Mamadou Tangara
- Occupations
- politicianuniversity teacher
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Mamadou Tangara is a Gambian diplomat and politician who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2018, having previously served in 2012 and from 2010–2012. Tangara also served as Gambian Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2017–2018 and from 2013–2016.
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Luigi Troiani
- Enrolled in the University of Limoges
- Studied in 2013-2015
- Occupations
- bank tellerteacherclarinetistsporting directorrugby union player
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Luigi Rosario Troiani is an Italian rugby player. He usually played as a fullback and sometimes as a scrum-half.
