20 Notable alumni of National Veterinary School of Alfort
Updated: May 29, 2026 EliteDegrees
National Veterinary School of Alfort is ranked #1,944 in the world and #76 in France by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 20 notable alumni from National Veterinary School of Alfort sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with National Veterinary School of Alfort won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Alexandre François Liautard
1835-1918 (aged 83)
veterinarian
physician
Alexandre François Augustin Liautard was a French veterinarian. After graduating from the École nationale vétérinaire de Toulouse in 1856, he emigrated to the United States in 1859 to exercise his profession of veterinary practitioner in New York until 1900, when he retired and returned to France. The name of Alexandre Liautard is associated with the beginning of private veterinary education...
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2. François Chassagnite
1955-2011 (aged 56)
singer
trumpeter
François Chassagnite was a French jazz trumpeter, who played with the Orchestre National de Jazz, Gérard Badini, Gil Evans and others.
3. Henri Marie Bouley
1814-1885 (aged 71)
veterinarian
pathologist
Henri Marie Bouley was a pioneering French veterinarian and pathologist. Bouley was professor of surgical pathology at the École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort (National Veterinary School of Alfort), and in 1885, was elected president of the French Academy of Sciences. He succeeded Claude Bernard at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (National Museum of Natural History), where he secured a course in...
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4. Louis Joseph Alcide Railliet
1852-1930 (aged 78)
veterinarian
helminthologist
parasitologist
university teacher
zoological collector
Louis-Joseph Alcide Railliet was a French veterinarian and helminthologist.
5. Jean Henri Magne
1804-1885 (aged 81)
naturalist
agronomist
veterinarian
botanist
Jean-Henri Magne was a French veterinarian.
6. Loïc Dombreval
1966-. (aged 60)
professions libérales et assimilés
politician
Loïc Dombreval is a French veterinarian and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served a single term (2017-2022) in the French National Assembly, representing the 2nd constituency of the department of Alpes-Maritimes.
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7. Edmond Nocard
1850-1903 (aged 53)
university teacher
veterinarian
biologist
Edmond Isidore Étienne Nocard, was a French veterinarian and microbiologist, born in Provins (Seine-et-Marne, France).
8. Marie-Claude Bomsel
1946-. (aged 80)
professeur des universités
zoologist
veterinarian
research fellow
naturalist
Marie-Claude Dominique Bomsel is a French veterinary doctor and professor at the National Museum of Natural History. Outside of her work as a researcher and teacher, she is a wildlife commentator in the programme C'est au programme on France 2. She regularly appears in programmes where various journalists ask her questions about subjects on which she is considered to be...
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9. Jean Bizet
1947-. (aged 79)
veterinarian
politician
Jean Bizet is a French politician of The Republicans who served as a member of the Senate of France, representing the Manche department between 1996 and 2020. Since March 2010, he is the chairman of the European Affairs Committee.
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10. Amadou Karim Gaye
1913-2000 (aged 87)
military personnel
diplomat
veterinarian
politician
Amadou Karim Gaye was a Senegalese veterinarian, physician and politician from Saint-Louis. He served as Foreign Minister of Senegal from 1968–1972.
11. Eric Vivier
veterinarian
immunologist
Eric Vivier is a French professor of immunology at Aix-Marseille and hospital practitioner at Marseille Public University Hospital. He is also Chief Scientific Officer at Innate Pharma, coordinator of the Marseille Immunopôle immunology cluster, and president of the Paris-Saclay Cancer Cluster. Vivier is a member of the expert panel of the European Research Council and serves on committees for several...
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12. Philippe Thomas
1843-1910 (aged 67)
geologist
veterinarian
soldier
paleontologist
Philippe Thomas was a French veterinarian and amateur geologist who discovered large deposits of phosphates in Tunisia. Despite the huge economic importance of his discovery, he received little recognition during his life. Monuments to Thomas in Tunisia were destroyed after the country gained independence.
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13. John Lewis Brown
1829-1890 (aged 61)
printmaker
painter
John Lewis Brown was a French battle, animal, and genre painter. He was born in Bordeaux of a Scottish family of Stuart partisans.
14. Onésime Delafond
1805-1861 (aged 56)
veterinarian
Henri-Mamert-Onésime Delafond was a French veterinarian born in Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye, Nièvre department. Delafond was one of the primary representatives of veterinary science in France during the first half of the nineteenth century.
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15. Pascal Soriot
1959-. (aged 67)
entrepreneur
veterinarian
Sir Pascal Claude Roland Soriot is a French-born Australian businessman and chief executive of the British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company AstraZeneca.
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16. François Patriat
1943-. (aged 83)
veterinarian
politician
non-fiction writer
François Patriat is a French politician of Renaissance (RE, formerly LREM) who has been serving as president of the party's group in the Senate since 2017. He has represented the Côte-d'Or department in the Senate since 2008. Patriat also served as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries in 2002 and President of the Regional Council of Burgundy from 2004 until 2015....
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17. Camille Guérin
1872-1961 (aged 89)
physician
veterinarian
microbiologist
Jean-Marie Camille Guérin was a French veterinarian, bacteriologist and immunologist who, together with Albert Calmette, developed the Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG), a vaccine for immunization against tuberculosis.
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18. Michel Klein
1921-2024 (aged 103)
veterinarian
television presenter
Michel Klein was a Romanian-born French veterinarian. He was known for his veterinary work on zoo animals, as well as for his television awareness programs in favor of animal rights around the world. He appeared on programs such as Club Dorothée, 30 millions d'amis, Télématin, and Terre attention danger.
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19. Hélène Gateau
1980-. (aged 46)
author
television presenter
veterinarian
television columnist
Hélène Gateau is a French veterinarian and television presenter. Since 2011, she presents the section dedicated to animals in the daily television program Midi en France presented by Laurent Boyer on France 3. Since September 2014, she presents the documentary series Hélène et les animaux on France 5.
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20. Gaston Ramon
1886-1963 (aged 77)
biologist
researcher
veterinarian
Gaston Ramon was a French veterinarian and biologist best known for his role in the treatment of diphtheria and tetanus.