Notable Alumni of University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne [Sorted List]

1. Anaïs Bouton

1970-. (aged 56)

journalist

Anaïs Martine Marie Bouton is a French journalist and television presenter (with the RTL Group television broadcaster).

2. Cecilia Malmström

1968-. (aged 58)

diplomat political scientist university teacher politician

Anna Cecilia Malmström is a Swedish politician who served as European Commissioner for Trade from 2014 to 2019. She previously served as European Commissioner for Home Affairs from 2010 to 2014 and Minister for European Union Affairs from 2006 to 2010. She was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Sweden from 1999 to 2006.

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3. Luc Chatel

1964-. (aged 62)

politician

Luc-Marie Chatel is a French politician of the Republicans (LR) who served as Minister of National Education in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon from June 2009 to May 2012. In 2014, he served as the acting chair of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).

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4. Johann Chapoutot

1978-. (aged 48)

historian docent university teacher

Johann Chapoutot is a French historian, specializing in contemporary history, Germany, and Nazism.

5. Uwe Timm

1940-. (aged 86)

autobiographer poet screenwriter writer children's writer

Uwe Timm is a German writer.

6. Quentin Meillassoux

1967-. (aged 59)

philosopher

Quentin Meillassoux is a French philosopher. He teaches at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

7. Patrick Boucheron

1965-. (aged 61)

historian radio personality university teacher

Patrick Boucheron is a French historian. He previously taught medieval history at the École normale supérieure and the University of Paris. He is a professor of history at the Collège de France. He is the author of 12 books and or the editor of 5 books. His 2017 book, Histoire mondiale de la France (Global History of France), compiled work...

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8. Salhia Brakhlia

1986-. (aged 40)

news presenter film director journalist

Salhia Brakhlia is a French political journalist. She has contributed to television programs on Canal +, BFM TV, TMC (for the Quotidien program) and France Info since 2020.

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9. Denise Bombardier

1941-2023 (aged 82)

television presenter writer journalist political scientist sociologist

Denise Bombardier CM CQ was a Canadian journalist, essayist, novelist and media personality who worked for the French-language television network Radio-Canada for over 30 years.

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10. 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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11. Robert Bourgi

1945-. (aged 81)

lawyer political adviser

Robert Bourgi is a French-Lebanese businessman, politician, and the recipient of the Legion of Honour. He is best known as a close confidante and adviser to several African leaders in former French colonial states, especially Senegal, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Gabon. Bourgi was considered a major facilitator in what was known as Françafrique, France's sphere of influence over its...

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12. Jörg Kukies

1968-. (aged 58)

politician

Jörg Kukies is a German economist and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as Minister of Finance in the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz from November 2024 to May 2025.

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13. André Santini

1940-. (aged 86)

jurist university teacher politician

André Santini is a French politician and current mayor of Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine.

14. Jamie fiza

1953-. (aged 73)

businessperson

Jamie D. McCourt is the former United States Ambassador to France and Monaco who served from 2017 to 2021. She was confirmed by the Senate and sworn in on November 2, 2017. Ambassador McCourt is also the United States Permanent Observer to the Council of Europe. McCourt is the founder and CEO of Jamie Enterprises and a former executive of...

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15. Guillaume Faye

1949-2019 (aged 70)

university teacher political activist lecturer political theorist philosopher

Guillaume Faye was a French political theorist, journalist, writer, and leading member of the French New Right.

16. Javad Tabatabai

1945-2023 (aged 78)

translator philosopher non-fiction writer university teacher

Seyed Javad Tabatabai Nejad was an Iranian philosopher and political scientist. He was Professor and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the University of Tehran.

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17. Nicole Bacharan

1955-. (aged 71)

historian researcher columnist journalist political scientist

Nicole Bacharan is a French historian and political scientist specializing in American society and French-American relations. She is a researcher with the National Foundation for Political Science (Sciences Po) and was a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University in California from 2013 to 2014.

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18. Sébastien Bazin

1961-. (aged 65)

businessperson business executive

Sébastien Bazin is a French businessman. He is the chairman and chief executive officer of AccorHotels (Euronext: AC; LSE: 0H59). As CEO of Accor, he has committed to the UN's HeForShe campaign that seeks to promote women's and men's rights by pledging to reach parity in pay and equality between genders by 2020.

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19. Richard Orlinski

1966-. (aged 60)

sculptor disc jockey musician

Richard Orlinski is a French sculptor and visual neo-pop artist.

20. Vincent Peillon

1960-. (aged 66)

research fellow politician

Vincent Benoît Camille Peillon is a French politician who served as Minister for Education in the French Government. He is a longstanding French politician and, from 2014 until 2019, served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North West France (allied with the Socialist Party and the Party of European Socialists).

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21. Jean Ping

1942-. (aged 84)

diplomat minister politician

Jean Ping is a Gabonese diplomat and politician who served as Chair of the African Union Commission from 2008 to 2012. Born to a Chinese father and Gabonese mother, he is the first individual of Chinese descent to lead the executive branch of the African Union.

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22. Vanessa Schneider

1969-. (aged 57)

journalist writer

Vanessa Schneider is a French political journalist and writer.

23. Sébastien Demorand

1969-2020 (aged 51)

journalist radio personality

Sébastien Demorand was a French journalist and food critic. He worked in radio as a news presenter and columnist on Europe 1 and RTL and was a judge on the TF1 TV show MasterChef from 2010 to 2013.

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24. Karim Sanjabi

1905-1995 (aged 90)

university teacher politician

Karim Bakhtiar Sanjabi was an Iranian politician, a member of The National Consultative Assembly. He was also a professor at Tehran University Law School and one of the leaders of Iran National Front and Iran Party. Sanjabi was also considered the Minister of Culture in the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran in the...

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25. Harlem Désir

1959-. (aged 67)

politician

Harlem Jean-Philippe Désir is a French politician who served as leader of the Socialist Party (PS) from 2012 to 2014.

26. Laurence Tubiana

1951-. (aged 75)

university teacher economist

Émilie Laurence Tubiana is a French economist, professor and diplomat. She served as France's Climate Change Ambassador and Special Representative for the 2015 COP21 Climate Change Conference in Paris, for which she became recognised as a key architect of the resulting Paris Agreement. Since 2017, she has been CEO of the European Climate Foundation.

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27. Guillaume Peltier

1976-. (aged 50)

cadre miscellaneous persons without work under 60 excluding retirees politician

Guillaume Peltier is a French politician, former teacher and business leader, who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in 2024. He represented the 2nd constituency of the Loir-et-Cher department in the National Assembly from 2017 to 2022. He has also served in the Departmental Council of Loir-et-Cher for the canton of Chambord since 2021. A former...

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28. Danièle Obono

1980-. (aged 46)

librarian politician cadres de la fonction publique

Danièle Obono is a left-wing Gabonese-French politician who has represented the Paris's 17th constituency in the National Assembly since 2017. A member of La France Insoumise (FI), she was reelected in the first round of the 2022 legislative election and again in the 2024 legislative election.

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29. Giorgos Seferis

1900-1971 (aged 71)

translator poet diplomat writer

Giorgos or George Seferis, the pen name of Georgios Seferiadis (Γεώργιος Σεφεριάδης; March 13 [O.S. February 28] 1900 – September 20, 1971), was a Greek poet and diplomat. He was one of the most important Greek poets of the 20th century, and a Nobel laureate.

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30. Didier Eribon

1953-. (aged 73)

opinion journalist sociologist university teacher journalist philosopher

Didier Eribon is a French author and philosopher, and a historian of French intellectual life. He lives in Paris.

31. Achille Mbembe

1957-. (aged 69)

political scientist announcer non-fiction writer university teacher philosopher

Joseph-Achille Mbembe is a Cameroonian historian and political theorist who is a research professor in history and politics at the Wits Institute for Social and Economy Research at the University of the Witwatersrand. He is well known for his writings on colonialism and its consequences and is a leading figure in new wave French critical theory.

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32. Jean Mermoz

1901-1936 (aged 35)

poet aircraft pilot politician

Jean Mermoz was a French aviator, viewed as a hero by other pilots such as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and in his native France, where many schools bear his name. In Brazil, he also is recognized as a pioneer aviator.

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33. François-Xavier Demaison

1973-. (aged 53)

stage actor stand-up comedian comedian actor film actor

François-Xavier Demaison is a French actor and comedian.

34. Érik Orsenna

1947-. (aged 79)

writer academic economist politician

Érik Orsenna is the pen-name of Érik Arnoult a French politician and novelist. After studying philosophy and political science at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris ("Sciences Po"), Orsenna specialized in economics at the London School of Economics. He was a close collaborator of François Mitterrand and held several government positions in the 1980s and 1990s. He is a member...

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35. Gérard Leclerc

1951-2023 (aged 72)

news presenter journalist radio personality aircraft pilot

Gérard Leclerc was a French journalist.

36. Constance Labbé

1988-. (aged 38)

actor

Constance Labbé is a French actress.

37. Irakli Garibashvili

1982-. (aged 44)

civil servant businessperson entrepreneur politician

Irakli Garibashvili is a Georgian politician and former business executive who served as the 15th prime minister of Georgia between 2021 until his resignation in 2024, having previously served in this role as the 11th prime minister from 20 November 2013 until his resignation on 30 December 2015. Garibashvili is a member of the Georgian Dream party and served as...

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38. Isaach de Bankolé

1957-. (aged 69)

film actor

Zachari Bankolé, known professionally as Isaach de Bankolé, is an Ivorian actor, active primarily in France and the United States. He won the 1987 César Award for Most Promising Actor for his performance in the film Black Mic Mac, and rose to international prominence for his starring role in Claire Denis's 1988 film Chocolat. He had a significant supporting role...

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39. Caroline Vigneaux

1975-. (aged 51)

screenwriter film director lawyer actor humorist

Caroline Vigneaux is a French comedian.

40. André Comte-Sponville

1952-. (aged 74)

university teacher philosopher

André Comte-Sponville is a French philosopher.

41. Mathieu Gallet

1977-. (aged 49)

private secretary business executive

Mathieu Gallet is a French senior civil servant and political advisor. He was the chief executive of the Institut national de l'audiovisuel from 2010 to 2014. He was the CEO of Radio France from 2014 to 2018. In 2019, he launched Majelan, a podcast distribution and production platform.

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42. Myriam El Khomri

1978-. (aged 48)

minister lawyer politician

Myriam El Khomri is a former French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who served as Minister of Labour in the government of Prime Minister Manuel Valls from 2015 to 2017.

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43. Dominique Desseigne

1944-. (aged 82)

businessperson business executive

Dominique Desseigne is a French businessperson and billionaire. He is the son-in-law of Lucien Barrière and was the chief executive of Groupe Lucien Barrière between 2001 and 2023, before being appointed Honorary Chairman.

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44. Sibeth Ndiaye

1979-. (aged 47)

politician communications adviser

Sibeth Ndiaye is a French-Senegalese communications advisor who served as Spokesperson of the Government under Prime Minister Édouard Philippe from 1 April 2019 to 6 July 2020.

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45. Ali Bongo Ondimba

1959-. (aged 67)

lawyer diplomat minister politician

Ali Bongo Ondimba also known as Ali Ben Bongo is a Gabonese former politician and dictator who was the third president of Gabon from 2009 until he was deposed in a coup in 2023. A member of the Gabonese Democratic Party, Bongo is the son of Omar Bongo, who was president from 1967 until his death in 2009.

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46. Jeanne Balibar

1968-. (aged 58)

actor

Jeanne Balibar is a French actress and singer.

47. Norman Thavaud

1987-. (aged 39)

stand-up comedian YouTuber comedian actor television producer

Norman Jacky Cyril Thavaud also known by his channel name Norman fait des vidéos (Norman makes videos), is a French comedian and blogger known for his short comic YouTube videos. Several of his videos have been viewed tens of millions of times.

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48. Régis Debray

1940-. (aged 86)

writer official novelist teacher philosopher

Jules Régis Debray is a French philosopher, journalist, former government official and academic. He is known for his theorization of mediology, a critical theory of the long-term transmission of cultural meaning in human society, and for associating with Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara in Bolivia in 1967 and advancing Salvador Allende's presidency in Chile in the early 1970s. He returned to...

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49. Jean Sarkozy

1986-. (aged 40)

local politician

Jean Nicolas Brice Sárközy de Nagy-Bócsa is the son of the former President of France Nicolas Sarkozy. Jean is a regional councillor in the city of Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, and registered as a first-year law student at Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University in 2007. He is a backroom activist for his father's Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), a right wing party.

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50. Fred Vargas

1957-. (aged 69)

novelist writer historian archaeologist author

Fred Vargas is the pseudonym of Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau, a French historian, archaeologist and novelist.

51. Juan Branco

1989-. (aged 37)

lawyer essayist

Juan Branco is a French and Spanish lawyer, political activist, and writer.

52. Sonia Mabrouk

1977-. (aged 49)

journalist television presenter radio personality pundit

Sonia Mabrouk is a Tunisian-born French journalist. After first embarking on an academic career in Tunisia, in 2005 she turned to journalism, writing for the magazine Jeune Afrique. In 2009, she was engaged by the French parliamentary television channel Public Sénat and later hosted political programmes on the radio station Europe 1. In 2017, Mabrouk published her first book Le...

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53. Élisabeth Badinter

1944-. (aged 82)

historian philosopher docent author women's rights activist

Élisabeth Badinter is a French philosopher, author and historian.

54. Sophia Chikirou

1979-. (aged 47)

political adviser politician corporate administrative and commercial executive communications adviser

Sophia Chikirou is a French politician who has represented the 6th constituency of Paris in the National Assembly since 22 May 2022. A member of La France Insoumise (FI), she was elected to Parliament in the first round of the 2022 legislative election. Chikirou has also served as a member of the Regional Council of Île-de-France since 2021.

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55. Alpha Condé

1938-. (aged 88)

author writer politician

Alpha Condé is a Guinean politician who served as the fourth president of Guinea from 2010 to 2021. He spent decades in opposition to a succession of regimes in Guinea, unsuccessfully running against then-President Lansana Conté in the 1993 and 1998 presidential elections and leading the Rally of the Guinean People (RPG), an opposition party.

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56. Laurence Ferrari

1966-. (aged 60)

writer news presenter journalist television presenter

Laurence Ferrari is a French journalist, best known as a former anchor of the TF1 weekday evening news Le 20H.

57. Yōichi Masuzoe

1948-. (aged 78)

politician international political scientist lyricist political scientist tarento

Yōichi Masuzoe is a Japanese politician who was elected to the position of governor of Tokyo in 2014 and resigned in June 2016 due to the misuse of public funds. He was previously a member of the Japanese House of Councillors and served as the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare. Before entering politics, he became well known in Japan...

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58. Alexander Stubb

1968-. (aged 58)

writer diplomat university teacher politician

Cai-Göran Alexander Stubb is the president of Finland, having taken office in 2024. He previously served as prime minister of Finland from 2014 to 2015.

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59. Sérgio Vieira de Mello

1948-2003 (aged 55)

diplomat official politician

Sérgio Vieira de Mello was a Brazilian United Nations diplomat who worked on several UN humanitarian and political programs for over 34 years. The Government of Brazil posthumously awarded the Sergio Vieira de Mello Medal to honor his legacy in promoting sustainable peace, international security and better living conditions for individuals in situations of armed conflict, challenges to which Sérgio...

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60. Carla Bruni

1967-. (aged 59)

singer

Carla Bruni-Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa is an Italian and French singer, songwriter and fashion model who served as the first lady of France from 2008—when she married then president Nicolas Sarkozy—to 2012.

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61. Jacques Derrida

1930-2004 (aged 74)

writer literary critic philosopher university teacher

Jacques Derrida was a French philosopher. He developed the philosophy of deconstruction, which he utilized in a number of his texts, and which was developed through close readings of the linguistics of Ferdinand de Saussure and Husserlian and Heideggerian phenomenology. He is one of the major figures associated with post-structuralism and postmodern philosophy although he distanced himself from post-structuralism and...

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62. Audrey Fleurot

1977-. (aged 49)

film actor actor stage actor

Audrey Fleurot is a French actress. She has appeared as Lady of the Lake in Kaamelott, Joséphine Karlsson in Spiral and Hortense Larcher in Un village français. In 2011, she played Magalie in the film The Intouchables.

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63. Suella Braverman

1980-. (aged 46)

politician barrister

Sue-Ellen Braverman is a British politician and barrister who served as Home Secretary from 6 September 2022 to 19 October 2022, and again from 25 October 2022 to 13 November 2023.

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64. Manuel Valls

1962-. (aged 64)

professions libérales et assimilés politician

Manuel Carlos Valls Galfetti is a French–Spanish politician who served as Minister of the Overseas in the Bayrou government and first Lecornu government from 2024 to 2025. He served as Prime Minister of France from 2014 until 2016 under President François Hollande and was also involved in Spanish politics from 2018 to 2021.

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65. Bernadette Chirac

1933-. (aged 93)

politician

Bernadette Thérèse Marie Chirac is a French politician and the widow of the former president Jacques Chirac.

66. Zoe Konstantopoulou

1976-. (aged 50)

jurist lawyer politician

Zoe Konstantopoulou is a Greek politician and lawyer who served as Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament from February to October 2015. Since 2016 she serves as the president of the Course of Freedom.

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67. Dominique Raimbourg

1950-. (aged 76)

lawyer politician

Dominique Raimbourg was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented Loire-Atlantique's 4th constituency from 2001 to 2002 and again from 2007 to 2017, as a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche. He is the son of famous French actor Bourvil.

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68. Christophe Bourseiller

1957-. (aged 69)

radio producer radio personality teacher novelist film actor

Christophe Gintzburger, known professionally as Christophe Bourseiller ( French pronunciation: [buʁsɛje]), is a French actor, writer, freemason and journalist. He began his career as a child actor and made his debut in Yves Robert's 1962 film War of the Buttons. He made several appearances on stage in the late 1970s and early 1980s and again in 2005 and 2006.

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69. Valérie Trierweiler

1965-. (aged 61)

politician writer journalist

Valérie Trierweiler is a French journalist and author. She has hosted political talk shows and has contributed to Paris Match. She is best known for having been the companion of the president of France, François Hollande, until January 2014.

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70. Julia Cagé

1984-. (aged 42)

economist

Julia Cagé is a French economist specializing in development economics, political economy, and economic history. In 2025, she was awarded the Yrjö Jahnsson Award.

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71. Caroline Fourest

1975-. (aged 51)

writer pundit women's rights activist opinion journalist film director

Caroline Fourest, is a French writer, feminist political commentator, film director, and journalist. She is a radio presenter at France Culture, and editor of the magazine ProChoix. She was also a columnist for Charlie Hebdo, for Le Monde until 14 July 2012, and she joined Marianne in 2016. She frequently appears on French media to discuss issues related to Muslims,...

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72. Marc Ferracci

1977-. (aged 49)

professors scientific professions economist politician

Marc Ferracci is a French politician who served as Minister for Industry and Energy in the government of Prime Minister François Bayrou from 2024 to 2025 and is currently a Member of the National Assembly for the 6th constituency for French residents overseas (Switzerland and Liechtenstein). A member of Renaissance (RE), he previously briefly served as Minister Delegate for Industry...

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73. Joseph Oughourlian

1972-. (aged 54)

financier businessperson entrepreneur

Joseph Oughourlian, is a French financial businessman of Lebanese origin. Founder of the activist fund Amber Capital, he invests in football teams.

74. Jean-Louis Borloo

1951-. (aged 75)

lawyer politician

Jean-Louis Marie Borloo is a French politician and lawyer who served as the inaugural president of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) from 2012 to 2014. In government, he was Minister Delegate for the City and Urban Renewal from 2002 to 2004 and Minister of Employment, Social Cohesion and Housing from 2004 to 2007 under President Jacques Chirac, and...

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75. Philippe Aghion

1956-. (aged 70)

university teacher economist

Philippe Mario Aghion FBA is a French economist who is Chair of Economics of Institutions, Innovation and Growth professor at the Collège de France and the Kurt Björklund Chaired Professor in Innovation and Growth at INSEAD. He is also a visiting professor at the London School of Economics.

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76. Geoffroy de Lagasnerie

1981-. (aged 45)

sociologist philosopher

Geoffroy de Lagasnerie is a French philosopher and sociologist.

77. Ghassan Salamé

1951-. (aged 75)

university teacher political scientist politician

Ghassan Salamé is a Lebanese academic who currently serves as the Minister of Culture since February 2025. He previously served in the same position from 2000 to 2003. He was the Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) and professor of International Relations at Sciences Po. Salamé served as the head of the United Nations Support Mission in...

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78. Elizabeth Duval

2000-. (aged 26)

novelist writer critic philosopher poet

Elizabeth Duval is a Spanish novelist, poet, philosopher, philologist, critic, and trans rights activist. She has been current secretary of communication for the electoral alliance Sumar between 2023 and 2025.

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79. Michèle Alliot-Marie

1946-. (aged 80)

diplomat jurist politician

Michèle Yvette Marie-Thérèse Jeanne Honorine Alliot-Marie, known in France as MAM, is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from France. She is a member of the Republicans, part of the European People's Party. A member of all right-wing governments formed in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, she was the first woman in France to hold the...

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80. Jean-Michel Blanquer

1964-. (aged 62)

university teacher civil servant politician cadres de la fonction publique jurist

Jean-Michel Blanquer is a French jurist and government official serving as Minister of National Education under Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex from 2017 to 2022.

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81. Renaud Camus

1946-. (aged 80)

writer political activist

Jean Renaud Gabriel Camus is a French novelist. He is the originator of the far-right "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory, which claims that a "global elite" is colluding against the white population of Europe to replace them with non-European peoples.

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82. Nicole Belloubet

1955-. (aged 71)

politician university teacher lawyer academy rector jurist

Nicole Belloubet is a French jurist and politician who served as Minister of National Education in the government of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal in 2024.

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83. Rima Hassan

1992-. (aged 34)

human rights defender jurist political activist politician

Rima Hassan Mobarak is a French jurist and politician of Palestinian origin, born in the refugee camp of Neirab, near Aleppo, Syria.

84. Thomas Porcher

1977-. (aged 49)

teacher economist

Thomas Porcher is a French economist and author. He is a member of the heterodox association of economists called Économistes atterrés.

85. Chantal Jouanno

1969-. (aged 57)

karateka politician

Chantal Jouanno is a French politician who served as Minister of Sports in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon from 14 November 2010 and 26 September 2011, succeeding to Roselyne Bachelot and being replaced by David Douillet, before taking office as senator on 1 October 2011. She was a close ally of president Sarkozy and former president of ADEME.

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86. Mathias Vicherat

1978-. (aged 48)

official

Mathias Vicherat is a French civil servant and who had been the director of Sciences Po from November 2021 until his resignation in March 2024.

87. Martine Aubry

1950-. (aged 76)

politician anciens cadres

Martine Louise Marie Aubry is a French politician. She was the First Secretary of the French Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste, or PS) from November 2008 to April 2012, and was the Mayor of Lille from March 2001 to March 2025; she is the first woman to hold either position. Her father, Jacques Delors, served as Minister of Finance under President...

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88. Amélie Oudéa-Castéra

1978-. (aged 48)

official tennis player

Amélie Oudéa-Castéra is a French politician, businesswoman, and former professional tennis player who served as Minister of Sports and Olympic and Paralympic Games in the government of successive Prime Ministers Élisabeth Borne and Gabriel Attal from May 2022 to September 2024.

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89. Laurent Wauquiez

1975-. (aged 51)

minister politician cadres de la fonction publique

Laurent Timothée Marie Wauquiez is a French politician who presided over the Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes from 2016 to 2024. He is a member of The Republicans (LR), which he led from 2017 to 2019 following the resignation of Nicolas Sarkozy.

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90. Olivier Faure

1968-. (aged 58)

politician corporate administrative and commercial executive

Olivier Faure is a French politician who has served as the First Secretary of the Socialist Party since 2018 and Member of the National Assembly for Seine-et-Marne's 11th constituency since 2012. He was elected to the post of first secretary in the party's Aubervilliers Congress and re-elected in the 2021 Villeurbanne Congress. Faure was previously the head of the New...

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91. Jean-Jacques Urvoas

1959-. (aged 67)

lawyer politician

Jean-Jacques Urvoas is a French politician. He was minister of Justice from 2016 to 2017. He represented Finistère's 1st constituency in the National Assembly of France from 2007 to 2016, as a member of the Socialist, radical, citizen and miscellaneous left.

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92. Laurence Rossignol

1957-. (aged 69)

journalist politician

Laurence Rossignol is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has served as a member of the French Senate from 2011 to 2014 and again since 2017, representing Oise. From 2014 to 2017, she served as Secretary of State for the Family, Senior Citizens and Autonomy in the governments of Prime Ministers Manuel Valls and Bernard Cazeneuve.

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93. Arnaud Montebourg

1962-. (aged 64)

lawyer entrepreneur politician

Arnaud Montebourg is a French politician, lawyer and entrepreneur who served as Minister of Industrial Renewal from May 2012 to April 2014, then as Minister of Economy, Industrial Renewal and Digital Affairs until August 2014. He is a former member of the Socialist Party (PS), having participated in its 2011 and 2017 presidential primary, finishing third both times. Following his...

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94. Alan García

1949-2019 (aged 70)

politician lawyer writer jurist sociologist

Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez was a Peruvian politician who served as President of Peru for two non-consecutive terms, from 1985 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2011. He was the second leader of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA), and its only member to serve as president. Mentored by the APRA's founder, Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, he...

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95. Niède Guidon

1933-2025 (aged 92)

archaeologist prehistorian anthropologist

Niède Guidon was a Brazilian archaeologist known for her work in pre-historic archeology of South American civilizations and her efforts to secure the conservation of the World Heritage Site Serra da Capivara National Park.

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96. Cristovam Buarque

1944-. (aged 82)

economist writer university teacher novelist mechanical engineer

Cristovam Ricardo Cavalcanti Buarque is a Brazilian university professor and member of Cidadania. He was a senator for the Federal District from 2003 to 2019.

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97. Enrique Dussel

1934-2023 (aged 89)

theologian university teacher church historian historian philosopher

Enrique Domingo Dussel Ambrosini was an Argentine-Mexican academic, philosopher, historian and theologian. He served as the interim rector of the Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México from 2013 to 2014.

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98. Mohamed Ennaceur

1934-. (aged 92)

lawyer

Mohamed Ennaceur is a Tunisian politician who served as the acting president of Tunisia for 91 days, from President Beji Caid Essebsi's death on 25 July 2019 until he handed over the presidency to Kais Saied as the winner of the 2019 Tunisian presidential election on 23 October 2019. Since 2014, he has also been the President of the Assembly...

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99. Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta

1945-2022 (aged 77)

politician

Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, often known by his initials IBK, was a Malian politician who served as the president of Mali from September 2013 to August 2020, when he was forced to resign in the 2020 Malian coup d'état. He served as Mali's prime minister from February 1994 to February 2000 and as president of the National Assembly of Mali from...

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100. Abdou Diouf

1935-. (aged 91)

lawyer politician

Abdou Diouf is a Senegalese politician who was the second president of Senegal from 1981 to 2000.