26 Notable alumni of Francois Rabelais University
Updated: May 29, 2026 EliteDegrees
Francois Rabelais University is ranked #810 in the world and #26 in France by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 26 notable alumni from Francois Rabelais University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Francois Rabelais University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Daniel Labaronne
1955-. (aged 71)
anciens cadres
economist
senior lecturer
politician
Daniel Labaronne is a French economist and politician of Renaissance (RE) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since 18 June 2017, representing the department of Indre-et-Loire.
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2. Hubert Mono Ndjana
1946-2023 (aged 77)
writer
Hubert Mono Ndjana was a Cameroonian academic and philosopher. Additionally, he was a writer, publishing numerous books on political leaders.
3. Laurent Percerou
1961-. (aged 65)
Christian minister
Catholic deacon
Catholic priest
Laurent Percerou is a French bishop of the Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Moulins from 2013 to 2020. He was named Bishop of Nantes on 11 August 2020.
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4. Alexandra Goujon
1972-. (aged 54)
university teacher
political scientist
research fellow
Alexandra Goujon is a French political scientist. She is a professor of political science at the University of Burgundy. She specializes in political conflict and regime change in Eastern Europe, particularly Ukraine and Belarus.
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5. Jean-Patrick Gille
1962-. (aged 64)
politician
permanent politician
Jean-Patrick Gille was a member of the National Assembly of France from 2007 to 2017. He represented the 1st constituency of the Indre-et-Loire department, as a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.
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6. Moshé Prywes
1914-1998 (aged 84)
physician
Moshe Prywes was a Polish-Israeli physician and educator. He was the first President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (1973-1975).
7. Nadia Belakhdar
1991-. (aged 35)
handball player
Nadia Belakhdar is an Algerian team handball player. She plays for the club Noisy Le Grand, and on the Algerian national team. She competed at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia, where Algeria placed 22nd.
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8. Philippe Blay
1960-. (aged 66)
musicologist
Philippe Blay is a French musicologist.
9. Elvira Roca Barea
1966-. (aged 60)
columnist
writer
MarÃa Elvira Roca Barea is a Spanish academic and writer. She studied philology, and specialized in the literature of the Middle Ages and early modern Europe. Her research work has primarily focused on narrative strategies in different literary periods, but she became famous for her work on the Spanish Black Legend.
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10. Philippe Briand
1960-. (aged 66)
business executive
politician
Philippe Briand was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the Indre-et-Loire department, as a member of The Republicans.
11. François Lelord
1953-. (aged 73)
psychiatrist
writer
François Lelord is a French psychiatrist and author.
12. Armand Trousseau
1801-1867 (aged 66)
internist
politician
Armand Trousseau was a French internist. His contributions to medicine include Trousseau sign of malignancy, Trousseau sign of latent tetany, Trousseau–Lallemand bodies (an archaic synonym for Bence Jones proteins). He is sometimes credited with the quip "use new drugs quickly, while they still work", though Michel-Philippe Bouvart had said the same over 40 years earlier.
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13. Joël Bruneau
1963-. (aged 63)
board member
politician
professions libérales et assimilés
Joël Bruneau is a French politician, mayor of Caen between 2014 and 2024. He was reelected in 2020. He is a Deputy for the 1st constituency of Calvados winning in the 2024 French legislative election against Emma Fourreau in the second round.
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14. Maboula Soumahoro
1976-. (aged 50)
scholar of English
essayist
university teacher
women's rights activist
Maboula Soumahoro is a French scholar and Afro-feminist whose parents came to France from the Ivory Coast in the late 1960s. An associate professor in the English department of the University of Tours, she specializes in studies on Afro-American diaspora and has published a paper on Rastafari. A contributor to the French committee on the history of slavery (Comité national...
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15. Fabrice Lhomme
1965-. (aged 61)
journalist
Fabrice Lhomme is a French investigative journalist for Le Monde.
16. Derrick de Kerckhove
1944-. (aged 82)
theorist
linguist
writer
translator
author
Derrick de Kerckhove is the author of The Skin of Culture and Connected Intelligence and Professor in the Department of French at the University of Toronto, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was the Director of the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology from 1983 until 2008.
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17. Jean Germain
1947-2015 (aged 68)
politician
Jean Germain was a French socialist politician.
18. François Cormier-Bouligeon
1972-. (aged 54)
cadres de la fonction publique
politician
François Cormier-Bouligeon is a French politician of Renaissance (RE) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing Cher's 1st constituency.
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19. Laurent Nuñez
1964-. (aged 62)
politician
official
Laurent Marie Joseph Nuñez-Belda is a French senior civil servant and politician who has served as Minister of the Interior in the second government of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu since 12 October 2025.
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20. Harry Roselmack
1973-. (aged 53)
film producer
news presenter
screenwriter
film editor
film director
Harry Roselmack is a French radio and TV journalist of Martiniquan descent.
21. Okan Bayülgen
1964-. (aged 62)
film actor
radio personality
stage actor
Kaan Okan Bayülgen is a Turkish actor, theater founder, variety, talk show host, comedian, photographer, dubbing performer, writer, director.
22. Éric Brunet
1964-. (aged 62)
journalist
radio personality
Éric Brunet is a French author, political commentator and radio host. In 2010, he started hosting Radio Brunet, known as Carrément Brunet until 2016, on RMC with 700,000 daily listeners as of 2018. In 2020, Brunet joined La Chaîne Info as host of Brunet Direct and Brunet & les Agitateurs.
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23. William Peel, 3rd Earl Peel
1947-. (aged 79)
aristocrat
land owner
businessperson
politician
William James Robert Peel, 3rd Earl Peel, styled Viscount Clanfield until 1969, is a British hereditary peer who was a Conservative peer from 15 May 1973 until October 2006 when, on his appointment as Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Household, he became a crossbench (non-partisan) member of the House of Lords.
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24. Edward Lachman
1948-. (aged 78)
cinematographer
film director
Edward Lachman is an American cinematographer and director, known primarily for his work in independent films.
25. Bruno Latour
1947-2022 (aged 75)
writer
philosopher
anthropologist
professor
sociologist
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 a professor at Sciences Po Paris (2006–2017), where he was the scientific director of the...
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26. Amadou Koné
1953-. (aged 73)
writer
university teacher
Amadou Koné is a writer from Côte d'Ivoire.