36 Notable alumni of
University of Rouen Normandie
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The University of Rouen Normandie is 1453rd in the world, 502nd in Europe, and 48th in France by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 36 notable alumni from the University of Rouen Normandie sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Annie Ernaux
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- writerfilm directorteacher
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Annie Thérèse Blanche Ernaux is a French writer who was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory". Her literary work, mostly autobiographical, maintains close links with sociology.
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Laurent Ruquier
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- opinion journalistimpresariotelevision presenterplaywrightradio personality
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Laurent Hugues Emmanuel Ruquier is a French television presenter, radio host and comedian. He is also a lyricist, writer, columnist and impresario; he has been co-owner and general manager of Théâtre Antoine-Simone Berriau in Paris since 2011. He is best known for hosting the On n'est pas couché show on France 2 every Saturday evening from 2006 to 2020.
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Audrey Pulvar
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- writerjournalistnews presenter
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Audrey Pulvar is a French journalist, television and radio host and politician. Newsreader of the 19/20 on France 3 from 2005 to 2009, Pulvar has been commentator within Laurent Ruquier's show On n'est pas couché on France 2, during the year 2011/2012 and joined the Television Group Canal+ and its channel D8 in 2013.
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Michel Bussi
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- writeruniversity teacher
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Michel Bussi is a French author, known for writing thriller novels, and a political analyst and Professor of Geography at the University of Rouen, where he leads a Public Scientific and Technical Research Establishment (French: Unité mixte de recherche, "UMR") in the French National Centre for Scientific Research (French: Centre national de la recherche scientifique, "CNRS"), where he is a specialist in electoral geography.
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Vincent Delerm
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- film directorsingerpianistsinger-songwriterplaywright
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Vincent Delerm is a French singer-songwriter, pianist and composer. He is the son of the writer Philippe Delerm and illustrator Martine Delerm.
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Benoît Duteurtre
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- opinion journalistjournalistmusic criticradio personalitywriter
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Benoît Duteurtre was a French novelist and essayist. He was also a musical critic, musician, producer and host of a radio show about music. He spent his time between Paris, New York and Normandy.
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Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo
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- politicianpharmacistprofessions libérales et assimilés
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Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo is a French pharmacist and politician of the Horizons party who briefly served as Minister of Health and Prevention in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne from 2023 to 2024. She was elected as a member of the National Assembly in the 2017 elections, representing the Seine-Maritime's 7th constituency.
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Sheila Copps
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- politicianwriterautobiographerjournalist
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Sheila Maureen Copps PC OC is a former Canadian politician who also served as the sixth deputy prime minister of Canada from November 4, 1993, to April 30, 1996, and June 19, 1996, to June 11, 1997. Her father, Victor Copps, was once mayor of Hamilton, Ontario.
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Nicole Fontaine
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- lawyerpolitician
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Nicole Fontaine was a French politician who served as Member of the European Parliament for the Île-de-France from 1984 until 2002 and from 2004 until 2009. She was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, part of the European People's Party. Fontaine was the President of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2001 and was then replaced by Pat Cox, from the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party, in accordance with an agreement between the two groups at the start of the term.
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Jean Rouaud
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- columnistwriternovelistessayist
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Jean Rouaud is a French author, who was born in Campbon, Loire-Atlantique. In 1990 his novel Fields of Glory (French: Les Champs d'honneur) won the Prix Goncourt. First believed to be the first book in a trilogy, Fields of Glory turned out to be the first book in a series of five books on the family history of the author.
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David Cormand
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- politician
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David Cormand is a French politician who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in 2019 and re-elected in 2024. A member of Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV), he was its national secretary from 2016 to 2019. Cormand also served as a regional councillor of Haute-Normandie from 2007 to 2015 and a municipal councillor of Canteleu from 2001 until 2020.
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Zsófia Koncz
- Enrolled in the University of Rouen Normandie
- 2012-2013 studied jurisprudence
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Zsófia Koncz is a Hungarian politician.
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Raphaël Confiant
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- writerpoetprofessor
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Raphaël Confiant is a Martinican writer known for his literary commitment towards Creole literature.
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Sira Sylla
- Occupations
- professions libérales et assimiléspolitician
- Biography
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Sira Sylla is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022, representing the department of Seine-Maritime.
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Christophe Bouillon
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- cadres de la fonction publiquepolitician
- Biography
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Christophe Bouillon was a member of the National Assembly of France from 2007 to 2020. He represented Seine-Maritime's 5th constituency as a member of the Socialist, Radical, Citizen and Miscellaneous Left. From 2015 to 2018 he was chairman of the board of ANDRA, the French National Radioactive Waste Management Agency.
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Stéphan Caron
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- swimmer
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Stéphan Caron is a former freestyle swimmer from France.
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Catherine Morin-Desailly
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- English teacherpoliticianpermanent politician
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Catherine Morin-Desailly is a French politician of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) who has been serving as a member of the Senate of France since 2004, representing the Seine-Maritime department.
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Agnès Canayer
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Agnès Canayer is a French politician who served as minister delegate for family and early childhood from September to December 2024. She was elected member of the Senate in the 2014 Senate election, and was re-elected in 2020. From 2008 to 2017, she served as deputy mayor of Le Havre.
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Lionel Potillon
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Lionel Potillon is a retired French football defender.
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Django Sissoko
- Years
- 1948-2022 (aged 74)
- Enrolled in the University of Rouen Normandie
- In 1985 graduated with doctorate in France in law
- Occupations
- university teacherpolitician
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Django Sissoko was a Malian civil servant who was Prime Minister of Mali from December 2012 to September 2013. He was Minister of Justice from 1984 to 1988 and subsequently served twice as Secretary-General of the Presidency, from 1988 to 1991 and from 2008 to 2011. He also served as Ombudsman from 2011 to 2012.
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Gilles Pennelle
- Occupations
- politiciancadres de la fonction publiquepermanent politician
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Gilles Pennelle is a French politician and teacher. He was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2024.
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Pascal Wintzer
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- Catholic priestCatholic deaconCatholic bishop
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Pascal Jean Marcel Wintzer is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who has been named archbishop of Sens. He was the archbishop of Poitiers from 2012 to 2024, after serving as apostolic administrator there for a year and as an auxiliary bishop from 2007 to 2011.
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Lama Salam
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- socialitepolitician
- Biography
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Lama Badreddine Salam is a Lebanese activist and is married to Tammam Saeb Salam, former Prime Minister of Lebanon. She is an educational counselor and activist for several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Lebanon.
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Claudine Loquen
- Occupations
- sculptorpainterillustrator
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Claudine Marie Claire Loquen, known as Claudine Loquen [Klodin loʊkən], is a French painter in the naïve style.
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Robert Lecourt
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- judgepoliticianlawyernon-fiction writer
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Robert Lecourt was a French politician and lawyer, judge and the fourth President of the European Court of Justice. He was born in Pavilly and died in Boulogne-Billancourt.
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Jean Gaumy
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- photographer
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Jean Gaumy is a French photographer and filmmaker who has been associated with Magnum Photos since 1977 who has specialised in depictions of isolated or confined communities and groups.
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Habib Abdulrab Sarori
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- writerscientist
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Habib Abdulrab Sarori is a Yemeni computer scientist and novelist. He was born in Aden and pursued higher studies in France, obtaining a master's degree in Informatics from the University of Paris 6 in 1983, followed by a PhD from the University of Rouen in 1987. He is currently a professor in the Mathematical and Software Engineering Department at Rouen and also at INSA de Rouen. He has published numerous scientific papers over the last two decades. He is also the author of textbooks in computer science.
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Emmanuel Maquet
- Occupations
- corporate administrative and commercial executivepolitician
- Biography
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Emmanuel Maquet is a French Republican politician who has represented Somme's 3rd constituency in the National Assembly from 2017 to 2024.
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Pascal Morand
- Enrolled in the University of Rouen Normandie
- Graduated with doctorate in France
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Pascal Morand is the executive president of the Fédération française de la couture. He is also a professor at ESCP Business School, a member of Académie des Technologies (The National Academy of Technologies of France), a member of the Commission d'évaluation des formations et diplômes de gestation (The Commission for the Evaluation of Management Training and Degrees) and, a member of the Conseil national éducation-économie, an organization established by the French National Education Ministry to foster greater cooperation between business and higher education.
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Yaou Aïssatou
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- politicianhuman rights activisteconomistbusinessperson
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Yaou Aïssatou is the Director General of Cameroon's National Investment Corporation (NIS). She was also Cameroon's first Minister of Women's Affairs.
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Pierre Lepape
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- writerjournalistliterary critic
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Pierre Lepape was a French journalist, writer, and literary critic.
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Denis Retaillé
- Enrolled in the University of Rouen Normandie
- Graduated with doctorate in France
- Occupations
- geographerprofesseur des universitéseditor-in-chief
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Denis Retaillé was a Professor of Geography at the University of Bordeaux III and the Director of the CNRS ADES Research Unit, UMR 5186. Professor Retaillé holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Rouen (1983) dedicated to the study of the Nigerien region of Koutous, and a Habilitation from the Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV) (1993) dedicated to the study of space in the Sahel. From 1993 to 2008, he was a Professor of Geography at the University of Rouen, France.
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Luís Filipe Tavares
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- politician
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Luís Filipe Tavares is Cape Verdean politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Communities & Minister of Defence of Cape Verde. He resigned from this position in April 2021 following allegations of corruption. He was decorated with "Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite" by the French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Stéphane de Gérando
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- composermusicologistconductor
- Biography
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Stéphane de Gérando is a French composer, conductor, multimedia artist, and researcher.
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Jacques François Édouard Hervieux
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- gynecologistpediatrician
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Jacques François Édouard Hervieux was a French pediatrician and gynecologist born in Louviers.
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Michel Bercovier
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- 1941-.. (age 84)
- Occupations
- computer scientistmathematician
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Michel Bercovier is a French-Israeli Professor (Emeritus) of Scientific Computing and Computer Aided Design (CAD) in The Rachel and Selim Benin School of Computer Science and Engineering at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Bercovier is also the head of the School of Computer Science at the Hadassah Academic College, Jerusalem.
