69 Notable alumni of University of Bordeaux
Updated: May 29, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Bordeaux is ranked #369 in the world and #7 in France by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 69 notable alumni from University of Bordeaux sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Bordeaux won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Maite Axiari
1949-2021 (aged 72)
psychologist
activist
Maite Axiari was a French Basque feminist activist.
2. Luc Plissonneau
1961-. (aged 65)
film director
screenwriter
Luc Plissonneau is a French screenwriter and film director. He is best known for writing and directing the short films Fil Rouge, Angela est partie, and Les Mains.
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3. Lucinda Backwell
1966-. (aged 60)
archaeologist
university teacher
Lucinda Backwell is an archaeologist and a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa. She obtained her MSc in palaeoanthropology (cum laude) from the University of the Witwatersrand Medical School in 2000. Her PhD in palaeoanthropology was awarded in 2004, making her the first South African woman to be awarded a PhD in palaeoanthropology at a local institution.
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4. Friedhelm Hummel
1969-. (aged 57)
researcher
neuroscientist
neurologist
Friedhelm Christoph Hummel is a German neuroscientist and neurologist. A full professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, he is the Defitech Chair of Clinical Neuroengineering, and the head of the Hummel Laboratory at EPFL's School of Life Sciences. He also is an associate professor of clinical neuroscience at the University of Geneva.
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5. Étienne Fouvry
mathematician
Étienne Fouvry is a French mathematician working primarily in analytic number theory.
6. Chantal Bourragué
1946-. (aged 80)
politician
Chantal Bourragué is a member of the National Assembly of France. She represents the first constituency of the Gironde department and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.
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7. Charles-Joseph Marie Pitard-Briau
1873-1927 (aged 54)
pharmacist
botanist
Charles-Joseph Marie Pitard, name sometimes given as Charles-Joseph Marie Pitard-Briau was a French pharmacist and botanist.
8. Lucien Xavier Michel-Andrianarahinjaka
1929-1997 (aged 68)
poet
writer
politician
Lucien Xavier Michel-Andrianarahinjaka was a Malagasy writer, poet, and politician. He was born in Fianarantsoa, and studied at the University of Bordeaux 3 and Paris-Sorbonne University. In 1977, he was elected to the National Assembly of Madagascar, and was also elected its president. He won reelection in 1983 and 1989, and was reelected president each year until 1991, when the...
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9. Hélène Ruiz Fabri
1960-. (aged 66)
university teacher
researcher
jurist
Hélène Ruiz Fabri is a French jurist and Professor of Law. She was a Director of the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law until it got closed.
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10. Henri Moysset
1875-1949 (aged 74)
historian
politician
Henri Moysset was a French historian and politician. He was a scholar of the history of socialism, especially Pierre-Joseph Proudhon. He was the French Minister of State for the Coordination of New Institutions from 1941 to 1942. He was a vocal critic of Pan-Germanism, and he influenced many of Vichy France's social policies.
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11. Robert Francis Scharff
1858-1934 (aged 76)
zoologist
Robert Francis Scharff was an English zoologist, known for his lifetime of work in Ireland and contributions to the understanding of Irish flora and fauna. He was acting director of the National Museum of Ireland from 1916 to 1922.
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12. Jean-Philippe Ardouin
1964-. (aged 62)
politician
Jean-Philippe Ardouin is a French politician of Renaissance (RE) who was a member of the French National Assembly from the 2017 elections to 2024, representing the department of Charente-Maritime.
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13. Nagoum Yamassoum
1954-. (aged 72)
politician
minister
Nagoum Yamassoum is a Chadian politician who was Prime Minister of Chad from 1999 to 2002 and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2005. He is from the district of Grande Sido in the region of Moyen Chari.
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14. Jean Abadie
1873-1946 (aged 73)
psychiatrist
neurologist
Joseph Louis Irenée Jean Abadie was a French neurologist who is remembered for naming Abadie's symptom.
15. Manon Cormier
1896-1945 (aged 49)
lawyer
writer
French resistance fighter
official
women's rights activist
Madeleine Cormier, known as Manon Cormier, was a lawyer and feminist writer. Active and activist, Manon Cormier undertakes a doctorate of Law at the Faculty of Bordeaux, and in parallel engages in many associations. She was the president of the Bordeaux Students' Association, a member of charities, such as the French Red Cross, involved in the Women's Liberation Movement as...
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16. Joachim Hahn
1942-1997 (aged 55)
anthropologist
prehistorian
archaeologist
university teacher
Joachim Hahn was a German archaeologist and expert on the Upper Paleolithic era.
17. Éric Girardin
1962-. (aged 64)
anciens artisans
commerçants
chefs d'entreprise
corporate administrative and commercial executive
politician
Éric Girardin is a French politician of Renaissance (RE) who served as a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2024, representing the department of Marne.
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18. Mamadou Ismaïla Konate
1963-. (aged 63)
minister
lawyer
politician
Mamadou Ismaïla Konate is a Malian lawyer. He started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers before creating his own firm in Bamako, Jurifis Consult, in 1998. On 7 July 2016 he was appointed Malian Secretary of State for Justice and took leave from the Paris and Bamako Bars and from his firm. He left office on 27 November 2017.
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19. Marie-France Vignéras
1946-. (aged 80)
mathematician
university teacher
Marie-France Vignéras is a French mathematician. She is a Professor Emeritus of the Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu in Paris. She is known for her proof published in 1980 of the existence of isospectral non-isometric Riemann surfaces. Such surfaces show that one cannot hear the shape of a hyperbolic drum. Another highlight of her work is the establishment of the...
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20. Héctor Herrera Cajas
1930-1997 (aged 67)
historian
university teacher
non-fiction writer
classical scholar
Héctor Enrique Herrera Cajas was a Chilean historian and scholar who specialized in Byzantine studies. He is remembered for being a polyglot, and is known for teaching two winners of the National History Prize in his country: Gabriel Salazar and Eduardo Cavieres, researchers in economic and social history.
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21. Claude Arpi
1949-. (aged 77)
historian
writer
journalist
Claude Arpi is French-born author, journalist, and tibetologist born in 1949 in Angoulême who lives in Auroville, India. He is the author of several books including The Fate of Tibet: When Big Insects Eat Small Insects, and several articles on Tibet, China, India and Indo-French relations.
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22. Augustin Cabanès
1862-1928 (aged 66)
historian
physician writer
journalist
writer
Dr. Augustin Cabanès was a French medical doctor, historian and writer of numerous works of fiction and history. He was known for his books on historical medical mysteries.
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23. Esther Seligson
1941-2010 (aged 69)
poet
writer
translator
university teacher
journalist
Esther Seligson was a Mexican writer, poet, translator, and historian. She was an academic, with a wide range of interests including art, cultural history, Jewish philosophy, mythology, religion and theater. She published books, poems, short stories and translations. She won the Xavier Villaurrutia Prize and the Magda Donato Award for her literary contributions.
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24. Mireille Gingras
1971-. (aged 55)
neuroscientist
entrepreneur
neurobiologist
Mireille Gingras Gillings, is a US-based Canadian neurobiologist and entrepreneur. She founded HUYA Bioscience International, a biotech consulting firm in 2004, and is the San Diego, California, company's CEO and Executive Chair. The company has offices in Pudong, Shanghai, China.
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25. Vincent Bru
1955-. (aged 71)
university teacher
politician
Vincent Bru is a French politician representing the Democratic Movement. He was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the 6th constituency of the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
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26. Julie Thibaud
1998-. (aged 28)
association football player
Julie Martine Thibaud is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Super League club Leicester City.
27. Francis Fontan
1929-2018 (aged 89)
researcher
cardiologist
cardiac surgeon
surgeon
Francis Fontan was a French cardiologist and cardiothoracic surgeon best known for developing the Fontan procedure, a surgical procedure used to treat some forms of congenital heart disease.
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28. Jean-Fernand Audeguil
1887-1956 (aged 69)
French resistance fighter
politician
Jean-Fernand Audeguil was a French professor, a member of the resistance and a politician.
29. Aubrey Willis Williams
1890-1965 (aged 75)
social worker
Aubrey Willis Williams was an American social and civil rights activist who headed the National Youth Administration during the New Deal.
30. Pascal Salin
1939-. (aged 87)
economist
Pascal Salin is a French economist, professor emeritus at the Université Paris-Dauphine and a specialist in public finance and monetary economics. He is a former president of the Mont Pelerin Society (1994 to 1996).
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31. James Joll
1918-1994 (aged 76)
historian
biographer
James Bysse Joll FBA was a British historian and university lecturer whose works included The Origins of the First World War and Europe Since 1870. He also wrote on the history of anarchism and socialism.
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32. Ferdinand Mélin-Soucramanien
1966-. (aged 60)
jurist
professeur des universités
Ferdinand Mélin-Soucramanien is a French professor of law.
33. Max Brisson
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Max Brisson is a French politician of The Republicans serving as a member of the Senate since 2017. He has served as spokesperson for the Senate Republicans since 2024.
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34. Shaf Baloch Keshavjee
1993-1994 (aged 1)
surgeon
researcher
Shaf Keshavjee is a Canadian surgeon and the current surgeon-in-chief at University Health Network in Toronto, the director of the Toronto Lung Transplant Program, as well as a clinical scientist and professor with the University of Toronto.
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35. Laure Gatet
1913-1943 (aged 30)
biochemist
pharmacist
French resistance fighter
deported French resistance
Laure Gatet was a French pharmacist, biochemist, and a spy for the French Resistance during World War II.
36. Joaquín Sánchez de Toca Calvo
1852-1942 (aged 90)
historian
lawyer
politician
writer
Joaquín Sánchez de Toca y Calvo was a Spanish conservative politician who served as Prime Minister in 1919.
37. Émile Boirac
1851-1917 (aged 66)
philosopher
psychologist
Esperantist
psychic
Émile Boirac was a French philosopher, parapsychologist, promoter of Esperanto and writer.
38. Pierre Camou
1945-2018 (aged 73)
banker
rugby union player
rugby union executive
Pierre Camou was a French rugby union administrator. He was the President of the French Rugby Federation from 2008 to 2016, before he was succeeded by Bernard Laporte. Prior to becoming President of the FFR he was also the treasurer then vice-president of FIRA-AER.
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39. Michel Crépeau
1930-1999 (aged 69)
lawyer
politician
Michel Crépeau was a French centre-left politician.
40. Reza Taghipour
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Reza Taghipour Anvari is an Iranian principlist politician who was the Minister of Communications from 2009 to 2012. He was elected as a member of Tehran City Council in 2013 local elections.
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41. Wilhem Belocian
1995-. (aged 31)
hurdler
athletics competitor
Wilhem Belocian is a French hurdler and sprinter from Guadeloupe.
42. Gabriel Tual
1998-. (aged 28)
athletics competitor
Gabriel Tual is a French middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres.
43. Jean Ybarnégaray
1883-1956 (aged 73)
politician
Michel Albert Jean Joseph Ybarnégaray was a French Basque politician and founder of the International Federation of Basque Pelota.
44. Anne Lacaton
1955-. (aged 71)
architect
Anne Lacaton is a French architect and educator. She runs the architectural practice Lacaton & Vassal, with Jean-Philippe Vassal. The pair were jointly awarded the 2021 Pritzker Prize.
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45. Mahamat Saleh Haroun
1961-. (aged 65)
film screenwriter
film producer
film director
journalist
minister
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun is a Chadian film director. Haroun is regarded as the first Chadian filmmaker to direct a feature-length film, and he typically serves as both writer and director on his projects. Although based in France, much of his work is set in and filmed in Chad.
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46. Anne-Marie Garat
1946-2022 (aged 76)
novelist
teacher
writer
Anne-Marie Garat was a French novelist. She won the Prix Femina for her novel Aden in 1992 and the Prix Marguerite-Audoux for her novel Les mal famées.
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47. Marcel Cachin
1869-1958 (aged 89)
university teacher
publisher
politician
Marcel Cachin was a French Communist politician and editor of the daily newspaper L'Humanite.
48. Hélène Laporte
1978-. (aged 48)
miscellaneous persons without work under 60 excluding retirees
corporate administrative and commercial executive
politician
Hélène Laporte is a French politician who was elected as a National Rally (part of the Identity and Democracy) group Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the 2019 European parliamentary election. She was vice president of the National Assembly from 2022 to 2024.
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49. Jean Carbonnier
1908-2003 (aged 95)
professeur des universités
jurist
Jean Carbonnier was one of the most important French jurists of the 20th century. He was a civil law specialist and a private law professor.
50. Maurice Hauriou
1856-1929 (aged 73)
philosopher of law
jurist
sociologist
university teacher
Maurice Hauriou was a French jurist and sociologist whose writings shaped French administrative law in the late 19th and early 20th century.
51. Thanat Khoman
1914-2016 (aged 102)
diplomat
politician
Thanat Khoman was a Thai diplomat and politician. He was foreign minister from 1959 to 1971, leader of the Democrat Party from 1979 to 1982, and deputy prime minister from 1980 to 1983. He died at the age of 101 on 3 March 2016, a couple of months shy of his 102nd birthday.
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52. Sadet Karabulut
1975-. (aged 51)
trade unionist
politician
Sadet Karabulut is a Dutch politician and former civil servant and trade unionist of Kurdish descent. As a member of the Socialist Party (Socialistische Partij), she has been an MP since 30 November 2006. She focuses on matters of social affairs (poverty reduction, social assistance, purchasing power, child benefits), female emancipation, and social integration.
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53. Léon Duguit
1859-1928 (aged 69)
university teacher
philosopher of law
jurist
Léon Duguit was a leading French scholar of public law (droit public). After a stint at Caen from 1882 to 1886, he was appointed to a chair of constitutional law at the University of Bordeaux in 1892, where one of his colleagues was Émile Durkheim.
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54. Nicole Bricq
1947-2017 (aged 70)
politician
Nicole Bricq was a member of the Senate of France, representing the Seine-et-Marne department.
55. Théophile Obenga
1936-. (aged 90)
minister
politician
historian
egyptologist
linguist
Théophile Obenga is professor emeritus in the Africana Studies Center at San Francisco State University. He is a politically active proponent of Pan-Africanism. Obenga is an Egyptologist, linguist, and historian.
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56. Hassan II
1929-1999 (aged 70)
military leader
entrepreneur
chancellor
diplomat
monarch
Hassan II was King of Morocco from 1961 until his death in 1999. A member of the Alawi dynasty, he was the eldest son of King Mohammed V, and his second wife Princess Abla bint Tahar.
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57. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin
1738-1814 (aged 76)
politician
physician
Joseph-Ignace Guillotin was a French physician, politician, and freemason who proposed on 10 October 1789 the use of a device to carry out executions in France, as a less painful method of execution than existing methods. Although he did not invent the guillotine and opposed the death penalty, his name became an eponym for it. The actual inventor of the...
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58. Marcel Mauss
1872-1950 (aged 78)
professor
anthropologist
sociologist
philosopher
ethnologist
Marcel Israël Mauss was a French sociologist and anthropologist known as the "father of French ethnology". The nephew of Émile Durkheim, Mauss, in his academic work, crossed the boundaries between sociology and anthropology. Today, he is perhaps better recognised for his influence on the latter discipline, particularly with respect to his analyses of topics such as magic, sacrifice and gift...
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59. Saint-John Perse
1887-1975 (aged 88)
translator
poet
diplomat
writer
Alexis Leger, better known by his pseudonym Saint-John Perse ([sɛ̃ d͜ʒɔn pɛʁs]; also Saint-Leger Leger), was a French poet, writer and diplomat, awarded the 1960 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the soaring flight and the evocative imagery of his poetry which in a visionary fashion reflects the conditions of our time"
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60. Geneviève Darrieussecq
1956-. (aged 70)
professions libérales et assimilés
physician
politician
Geneviève Darrieussecq is a French physician and politician of Democratic Movement (MoDem) who served as Minister of Health in the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier in 2024 and as Minister for People with Disabilities in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne from 2022 to 2023. From 2017 to 2022, she was the Secretary of State to the Minister...
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61. Maurice Duverger
1917-2014 (aged 97)
jurist
political scientist
university teacher
politician
Maurice Duverger was a French jurist, sociologist, political scientist and politician born in Angoulême, Charente. Starting his career as a jurist at the University of Bordeaux, Duverger became more and more involved in political science and in 1948 founded one of the first faculties for political science in Bordeaux, France. An emeritus professor of the Sorbonne and member of the...
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62. Alain Vidalies
1951-. (aged 75)
lawyer
politician
Alain Vidalies was the French Secretary of State for Transport, the Sea and Fisheries from 26 August 2014 to 10 May 2017. He represents the Landes department in the National Assembly of France, and is a member of the Socialist Party and of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche parliamentary group.
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63. Annie Ernaux
1940-. (aged 86)
teacher
writer
film director
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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64. Émile Durkheim
1858-1917 (aged 59)
philosopher
historian of religion
anthropologist
professor
sociologist
David Émile Durkheim was a French sociologist. Durkheim formally established the academic discipline of sociology and is commonly cited as one of the principal architects of modern social science, along with both Karl Marx and Max Weber.
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65. Marie Patouillet
1988-. (aged 38)
physician
athlete
sport cyclist
Marie Patouillet is a French cyclist who competes in C5 classification, physician, and LGBT+ activist.
66. Michel Kafando
1942-. (aged 84)
diplomat
politician
Michel Kafando is a Burkinabé diplomat and politician, who served as Interim President of Burkina Faso from 2014 to 2015. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1982 to 1983 and as Permanent Representative of Burkina Faso to the United Nations from 1998 to 2011.
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67. Daniel Bacquelaine
1952-. (aged 74)
politician
physician
Daniel Alain Marie Bacquelaine is a Belgian Walloon politician. As a member of the Reformist Movement, he served as the Federal Minister for Pensions in the Michel Government and Wilmès Government and a member of parliament since 1994.
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68. Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré
1948-. (aged 78)
minister
economist
politician
Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré is a Burkinabé politician who served as the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso from 21 January 2019 to 28 December 2020 and from 5 January 2021 to 8 December 2021. He was appointed to the position of Prime Minister by President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré following the resignation of Paul Kaba Thieba and his cabinet. Dabiré...
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69. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh
1970-. (aged 56)
minister
political scientist
politician
Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh is a Sierra Leonean politician and the current vice president of Sierra Leone since 4 April 2018. Jalloh is a political scientist, businessman and a former United Nations official. Jalloh is a senior member of the Sierra Leone People's Party.
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