29 Notable alumni of University of Franche-Comte
Updated: May 29, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Franche-Comte is ranked #1,085 in the world and #40 in France by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 29 notable alumni from University of Franche-Comte 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 Franche-Comte won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Stacy-Marie Ishmael
journalist
Stacy-Marie Ishmael is a journalist and editor from Trinidad and Tobago. She is currently the managing editor for crypto at Bloomberg News and the chair of the Foundation Board of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism.
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2. Gilbert Barbier
1940-. (aged 86)
politician
Gilbert Barbier was a member of the Senate of France, representing the Jura department.
3. Josef Teichmann
1972-. (aged 54)
university teacher
mathematician
professor
Josef Teichmann is an Austrian mathematician and professor at ETH Zürich working on mathematical finance, stochastic analysis and machine learning.
4. Anouk Faivre Picon
1986-. (aged 40)
cross-country skier
Anouk Faivre-Picon is a French cross-country skier. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in skiathlon and women's classical.
5. Ferry Carondelet
1473-1528 (aged 55)
diplomat
politician
Ferry Carondelet was a Habsburg diplomat, advisor to Margaret of Austria and abbot at Montbenoît. He was the younger brother of Jean Carondelet.
6. Bertrand Moingeon
1964-2020 (aged 56)
academic
Bertrand Moingeon, was Professor of Strategic Management is Executive Vice-President and Dean for Executive Education and Corporate Initiatives at ESCP Business School and formerly at HEC Paris.
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7. Lucie Lefèvre
1983-. (aged 43)
chauffeur
sport cyclist
cyclo-cross cyclist
Lucie Chainel-Lefèvre is a French cyclo-cross racing cyclist. She won the bronze medal at the 2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Louisville, United States. She was married to racing cyclist Steve Chainel but they separated in 2017.
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8. Leila Schneps
1961-. (aged 65)
novelist
mathematician
writer
Leila Schneps is an American mathematician and fiction writer at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique working in number theory. Schneps has written general audience math books and, under the pen name Catherine Shaw, has written mathematically themed murder mysteries.
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9. Claude Pierre Pajol
1772-1844 (aged 72)
politician
military officer
Claude-Pierre, Comte de Pajol, was a French cavalry general and political during and after the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
10. Michaël Isabey
1975-. (aged 51)
association football player
association football coach
Michaël Isabey is a French football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently the manager of Dijon FCO's U19 squad. While at Sochaux he played as a substitute as they won the 2004 Coupe de la Ligue Final.
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11. Marie-Claude Beaud
1946-2024 (aged 78)
curator
Marie-Claude Beaud was a French exhibition curator and director of art institutions. During her long career, she has held executive positions at Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain (Paris), Les Arts décoratifs (Paris), MUDAM (Luxembourg), and the New National Museum (Monaco). She was the recipient of several decorations.
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12. François Hartog
1946-. (aged 80)
historian
university teacher
François Hartog is a French historian. He is noted for his "regimes of historicity" theory as well as his analyses of presentism and the contemporary experience of time. Hartog is also an academic and author of several works including The Mirror of Herodotus: The Representation of the Other in the Writing of History.
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13. Claude Lorius
1932-2023 (aged 91)
researcher
glaciologist
climatologist
Claude Lorius was a French glaciologist. He was director emeritus of research at CNRS. He was the director of the Laboratoire de glaciologie et géophysique de l'environnement in Grenoble from 1983 to 1988.
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14. Hilaire de Chardonnet
1839-1924 (aged 85)
engineer
chemist
businessperson
textile scientist
Louis-Marie Hilaire Bernigaud de Grange, Count de Chardonnet (1 May 1839 – 11 March 1924) was a French engineer and industrialist from Besançon, and inventor of artificial silk.
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15. Abdellatif Miraoui
1962-. (aged 64)
university teacher
minister
politician
Abdellatif Miraoui is a former Moroccan Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Innovation. He was appointed as minister on 7 October 2021 and served until 23 October 2024, when he was succeeded by Azzedine El Midaoui following a government reshuffle.
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16. Laurence Leamer
1941-. (aged 85)
historian
journalist
non-fiction writer
biographer
Laurence Leamer is an American author and journalist. Leamer is a former Ford Fellow in International Development at the University of Oregon and a former International Fellow at Columbia University. He is regarded as an expert on the Kennedy family and has appeared in numerous media outlets discussing American politics. Leamer has also written best-selling biographies of other Americans, including...
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17. Jean-Luc Lagarce
1957-1995 (aged 38)
librettist
poet
cinematographer
film screenwriter
film director
Jean-Luc Lagarce was a French actor, theatre director and playwright. Although only moderately successful during his lifetime, since his death he has become one of the most widely-produced contemporary French playwrights.
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18. Dominique Voynet
1958-. (aged 68)
occupation
politician
cadres de la fonction publique
trade unionist
Dominique Voynet is a French politician who is a member of Europe Écologie–The Greens. She is the former mayor of Montreuil and was a French senator for the département of Seine-Saint-Denis.
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19. Yukiya Amano
1947-2019 (aged 72)
diplomat
politician
Yukiya Amano was a Japanese diplomat, who served as the Director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from 1 December 2009 until his death on 18 July 2019. Previously, Amano served as an international civil servant for the United Nations and its subdivisions.
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20. Patrick Strzoda
1952-. (aged 74)
official
Patrick Strzoda is a French high-ranking civil servant, a former prefect, and advisor to French President Emmanuel Macron. As President of France, Macron also serves ex officio as one of the two co-princes of Andorra. Strzoda served as his representative in this capacity from 2017 to 2024.
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21. Yves Jégo
1961-. (aged 65)
television presenter
writer
politician
Yves Jégo is a French former politician. He served as a member of the National Assembly for the third constituency of Seine-et-Marne from 2002 to 2018, as Mayor of Montereau-Fault-Yonne from 1995 to 2017, and as president of the Communauté de communes des Deux Fleuves.
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22. Ahmad Nasser al-Mohammed al-Sabah
1971-. (aged 55)
civil servant
Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah is a member of the Kuwaiti royal family who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2019 to 2022.
23. Viviane Wade
1932-. (aged 94)
politician
Viviane Wade is a French-born Senegalese public figure who served as First Lady of Senegal from 2000 to 2012, as the wife of President Abdoulaye Wade.
24. Sophie Montel
1969-. (aged 57)
politician
cadre
Sophie Montel is a French politician.
25. Ophélie Claude-Boxberger
1988-. (aged 38)
middle-distance runner
Ophélie Claude-Boxberger, born 18 October 1988 at Montbéliard is a French athlete running for club Belfort Montbeliard Athletics. A specialist in the middle-distance races, she won 4 French Under 23s national championship titles in the 800 m and the 1,500 m and ran internationally twice for France before becoming champion of France Indoors in the 1,500 m and outdoors champion...
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26. Abdoulaye Wade
1926-. (aged 100)
lawyer
politician
Abdoulaye Wade is a Senegalese politician who served as the third president of Senegal from 2000 to 2012. He is also the Secretary-General of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS), having led the party since it was founded in 1974. Assuming office at 73, Wade was the oldest person to occupy the post.
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27. Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine
1948-. (aged 78)
singer-songwriter
Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine is a French pop-rock singer and songwriter. He was born on 21 July 1948 in the town of Dole in the Jura département.
28. Jean-Luc Mélenchon
1951-. (aged 75)
secondary school teacher
corrector
politician
journalist
editorial cartoonist
Jean-Luc Antoine Pierre Mélenchon is a French politician who has been the de facto leader of the movement La France Insoumise (LFI) since it was established in 2016. He was the deputy in the National Assembly for the 4th constituency of Bouches-du-Rhône from 2017 to 2022 and led the La France Insoumise group in the National Assembly from 2017 to...
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29. Fatima Denton
1966-. (aged 60)
climatologist
scientist
Fatima Denton is a British-Gambian climatologist. She is the director at the Ghanaian branch of the United Nations University, at the UNU Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA) in Accra. She focuses on innovation, science, technology and natural resource management. She partners with countries such as Benin and Liberia to develop and implement country needs assessment missions.
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