List of alumni of Aix-Marseille University

This is a list of notable graduates as well as non-graduate former students of Aix-Marseille University in France. It also includes those who may be considered alumni by extension, having studied at institutions that previously were part, or later became part of the university.

The list has been divided into categories indicating the field of activity in which alumni have become well known. Many of AMU’s alumni have distinguished themselves in more than one field, however these appear only in the category which they are most often associated. This page does not include individuals whose only connection with AMU consists in the award of an honorary degree.

Nobel laureates

• Pierre Agostini – winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics
• René Cassin – winner of the 1968 Nobel Peace Prize
• J. M. G. Le Clézio – winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature
• Frédéric Mistral – winner of the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature

Heads of state and government

Foreign politicians and civil servants

• Mohamed Abbou – Minister-Delegate for Industry, Trade, Investment and the Digital Economy of Morocco: 2013–2016; Member of the House of Representatives of Morocco: 1997–2011
• Nassirou Bako Arifari – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Benin: 2011–2015
• Lucie Milebou Aubusson – President of the Senate of Gabon: 2015–2023
• Nizar Baraka – Minister of Economy and Finance of Morocco: 2012–2013; President of the Social, Economic and Environmental Council: 2013–2018; Minister of Equipment and Water of Morocco: 2021–present
• Simone Beissel – Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg: 1999–2004/2013–present
• Driss Benzekri – Moroccan left-wing political and human rights activist
• Albert Borschette – European Commissioner for Competition/Luxembourgish European Commissioner: 1970–1976
• Jacques Bouiti – Minister of Public Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: 1968–1970
• Brian Campion – American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives
• Pascal Chabi Kao – Beninese politician
• Adolfo Costa du Rels – President of the Council of the League of Nations: 1940–1946; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bolivia: 1948; Bolivian Ambassador to France: 1948–1952
• Francis Covi – President of the National Assembly of Benin: 1959–1960; Member of the National Assembly of Benin: 1960–1963
• Piotr Czauderna – Member of the National Development Council of Poland: 2015–present
• Nigel Davies – Member of the UK Parliament for Epping: 1950–1951
• Henriette Diabaté – Minister of Culture of Ivory Coast: 1990–1993/2000; Minister of Justice of Ivory Coast: 2003–2005
• Mohamed Ould El Abed – Minister for Economic Affairs and Development of Mauritania: 2005–2007
• Aziz El Houssine – Minister of Civil Service and Administrative Reform of Morocco
• Joëlle Elvinger – Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg: 2013–2019
• Nicholas Fattoush – Minister of Tourism of Lebanon: 1992–1998
• Jean-François Ferrari – Member of the National Assembly of Seychelles: 2016–2020; Designated Minister and Minister of Fisheries of Seychelles: 2020–present
• Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde – Leader of the House of Lords and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: 2010–2013
• Tiémoko Marc Garango – Minister of Finance of Burkina Faso: 1966–1976
• Bernard Gousse – Minister of Justice and Public Security of Haiti: 2004–2005
• Hermann Höcherl – Minister of the Interior of Germany: 1961–1965; Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection of Germany: 1965-1969
• Idriss Azami Al Idrissi – Moroccan politician of the Justice and Development Party, Minister-Delegate for the Budget in the cabinet of Abdelilah Benkirane
• Mamadou Koulibaly – President of the National Assembly of Côte d'Ivoire: 2001–2012
• Abdou Labo – Minister of Defense of Nigeria: 1994–1995; Minister of Equipment of Nigeria: 2000–2002; Minister of State for Sports and Culture of Nigeria: 2002–2004; Minister of State for Hydraulics of Nigeria: 2004–2007; Minister of State for the Interior of Nigeria: 2011–2013; Minister of State for Agriculture of Nigeria: 2013–2014
• Sven Lehmann – Member of the Bundestag: 2017–present
• Luzolo Bambi Lessa – Minister of Justice of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2008–2012
• Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo – Minister of Finance and Economic Development of Mauritius: 1983–1991/2014–2015; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mauritius: 2016–2019
• Tshiunza Mbiye – Minister for the Economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Feb–Aug 1987
• Penda Mbow – Minister of Culture of Senegal: 2001
• Mattea Meyer – Member of the Swiss National Council: 2015–2019/2019–present
• Kunio Mikuriya – Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO): 2009–2023
• Federica Mogherini – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy: Feb–Oct 2014; High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission: 2014–2019
• Robert Nkili – Minister of Transport of Cameroon: 2011–2015; Minister of Labour and Social Welfare of Cameroon: 2002–2011
• Benoît Pelletier – Minister of Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs: 2003–2008; Leader of the Government in Parliament: 2007–2008
• Josué Pierre-Louis – Minister of Justice and Public Security of Haiti: Oct–Nov 2011
• Saraha Georget Rabeharisoa – Malagasy politician and president of the Madagascar Green Party
• Césaire Rabenoro – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Madagascar: 1991–1993
• Daniel Rajakoba – Malagasy politician, founder of the Fihavanantsika party
• Roy Reding – Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg: 2013–2023
• Martine Reicherts – European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship: Jul–Nov 2014; Director-General of DG Education and Culture (DG EAC): 2015–2018
• Valérie Rossi – Member of the National Council of Monaco: 2013–2018
• Manuela Rottmann – Member of the Bundestag: 2017–present
• Amor Rourou – Minister of Industry, Energy and Mines of Tunisia: 1979–1980
• Johnson Roussety – Chief Commissioner of Rodrigues, Mauritius: 2006–2011/2022–present
• Nicolas Schmit – European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights: 2019–present; Minister of Labour, Employment and Immigration of Luxembourg: 2013–2018
• Delly Sesanga – Minister for Planning of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mar–Oct 2006; Member of the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2006–present
• Iain Sproat – Minister for Sport and Tourism (UK): 1993–1997; Member of Parliament for Harwich: 1992–1997; Member of Parliament for Aberdeen South: 1970–1983
• René Steichen – European Commissioner for Agriculture & Rural Development: 1992–1995; Luxembourgish European Commissioner: 1992–1995
• Jeremy Stine – Member of the Louisiana State Senate: 2021–present
• Jorge Telerman – Argentine politician and journalist, the 4th Chief of Government of Buenos Aires City
• Roland Theis – General Secretary of the Christian Democrat Union in Saarland, Germany
• Erik Ullenhag – Minister of Integration of Sweden: 2010–2014; Leader of the Liberal People's Party in the Swedish Riksdag: 2014–2016
• Natália Pedro da Costa Umbelina Neto – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Communities of São Tomé and Príncipe: 2012–2014
• Fátima Veiga – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cape Verde: 2002–2004
• Manuel Veiga – Minister of Culture of Cape Verde: 2004–2011
• Victorine Gboko Wodié – Minister for Human Rights of Ivory Coast: 2003–2005

French politicians and civil servants

• Benjamin Abram – Mayor of Aix-en-Provence: 1888–1896
• Yann Aguila – Councillor of State of France: 1990–2010
• Rene Arthaud – Minister of Health of France: Jun–Dec 1946
• Antoine Aude – Mayor of Aix-en-Provence: 1835–1848
• Félix Baret – Mayor of Marseille: 1887–1892
• Jacques Barrot – Member of the Constitutional Council of France: 2010–2014; Vice-President of the European Commission: 2004–2010; European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship: 2008–2010; European Commissioner for Transport: 2004–2008; Minister of Social Affairs of France: 1995–1997; Minister of Health of France: 1979–1981; Minister of Commerce and Industry of France: 1978–1979
• Victor Barthélemy – French political activist
• Jassuda Bédarrides – Mayor of Aix-en-Provence: 1848–1849
• Henry Bergasse – Minister of Veterans Affairs of France: Jan–Jun 1953
• Yves Bertrand – General Director of the Central Directorate of General Intelligence (DCRG): 1992–2004
• Joseph Cabassol – Mayor of Aix-en-Provence: 1902–1908
• Michel Carlini – Mayor of Marseille: 1947–1953
• Christophe Castaner – Minister of the Interior of France: 2018–2020
• Adolphe Crémieux – Minister of Justice of France: Feb–Jun 1848; 1870–1871
• Andrée Defferre-Aboulker – Member of the Provisional Consultative Assembly of France: 1944–1945
• Thomas Degos – Prefect of Mayotte: 2011–2013
• Blaise Diagne – French politician who was the first black African elected to the French Chamber of Deputies, and the first to hold a position in the French government
• Jean Espariat – Mayor of Aix-en-Provence: 1790/1791–1792
• Charles Giraud – Minister of National Education of France/Minister of Public Worship of France: Jan–Apr/Oct–Dec 1851
• Louis Gros – Member of the Constitutional Council of France: 1977–1984
• Élisabeth Guigou – Minister of Justice of France: 1997–2000; Minister of Social Affairs of France: 2000–2002
• Gustave Heirieis – Mayor of Aix-en-Provence: 1871–1873
• Olivier Henrard – Member of the Council of State of France: 2015–2019
• Alain Joissains – Mayor of Aix-en-Provence: 1978–1983
• Alain Juillet – Director of Intelligence at the Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE): 2002–2003
• Christine Lagarde – President of the European Central Bank (ECB): 2019–present; Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF): 2011–2019; Minister of the Economy, Industry and Employment of France: 2007–2011; Minister of Agriculture of France: May–Jun 2007
• Pascal Lalle – Director of Active Services at the Central Directorate of Public Security (DCSP): 2012–2019
• Émile Lisbonne – Minister of Health of France: Oct–Nov 1933; Jan–Feb 1934
• Charles-Marie Livon – Mayor of Marseille: 1895
• Marceau Long – Vice President of the Council of State of France: 1987–1995
• Léon Martinaud-Déplat – Minister of the Interior of France: 1953–1954; Minister of Justice of France: 1952–1953
• Philippe Massoni – Head of the Paris Police Prefecture: 1993–2001; Representative of the French Co-Prince of Andorra: 2002–2007
• Jean-François Mattei – Minister of Health of France: 2002–2004
• Pierre Moitessier – Director of the National Police of France: 1936–1938; Councillor of State of France: 1938–1944
• Jean-Raymond Mouraille – Mayor of Marseille: 1791–1793
• Jules Joseph Onfroy – Mayor of Marseille: 1861–1862
• Germaine Poinso-Chapuis – Minister of Health of France: 1947–1948
• Brune Poirson – Secretary of State to the Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition: 2017–2020
• Émile Rigaud – Mayor of Aix-en-Provence: 1849–1863
• Georges Ripert – Secretary of State for Public Instruction and Youth of France: Sep–Dec 1940
• Michèle Rubirola – Mayor of Marseille: Jul–Dec 2020
• Jean-Claude Sebag – candidate for president in the 1974 French presidential election
• Gilles Simeoni – President of the Executive Council of Corsica: 2015–present
• Bernard Squarcini – Head of the Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DST): 2007–2008; Head of the General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI): 2008–2012
• Patrick Subrémon – French civil servant and prefect
• Jean-Guy Talamoni – President of the Corsican Assembly: 2015–2021
• Jean-Philippe Thiellay – Councillor of State of France: 2011–present
• Joseph Thierry – Minister of Public Works of France: Mar–Dec 1913; Minister of Finance of France: Mar–Sep 1917
• Joseph Antoine Thomas – Councillor of State of France: 1832–1838
• Dominique Vian – French overseas departments administrator

Members of the National Assembly of France

• Bérangère Abba – Deputy: 2017–2020
• Henri Aiguier – Deputy: 1919–1924
• Fabien Albertin – Deputy: 1928–1940
• Franck Allisio – Deputy: 2022–present
• Henri Amat – Deputy: 1871–1876/1878–1881
• Étienne Antonelli – Deputy: 1924–1932
• Emmanuel Arène – Deputy: 1881–1885/1886–1889/1889–1893/1893–1898/1898–1902/1902–1904
• Avi Assouly – Deputy: 2012–2014
• Olivier Audibert-Troin – Deputy: 2012–2017
• Charles Jean Marie Barbaroux – Deputy: 1792–1794
• Charles Ogé Barbaroux – Deputy: 1849–1851
• Gabriel Baron – Deputy: 1897–1898/1902–1906/1906–1910
• Jean-Pierre Bechter – Deputy: 1978–1981/1986–1988
• Joseph Elzéar Dominique Bernardi – Deputy: Apr–Sep 1797
• François Blain – Deputy: Apr–Sep 1797
• Roland Blum – Deputy: 1988–1993/1993–1997/1997–2002/2002–2007/2007–2012
• Adéodat Boissard – Deputy: 1919–1924
• Alfred Borriglione – Deputy: 1876–1894
• Auguste Bouge – Deputy: 1889–1919
• Calixte Bournat – Deputy: 1863–1870
• Jean-Baptiste Bouteille – Deputy: 1876–1885
• Xavier Bouquet – Deputy: 1876–1881
• Valérie Boyer – Deputy: 2007–2012/2012–2017/2017–2020
• Marine Brenier – Deputy: 2016–2022
• Albert Castelnau – Deputy: 1871–1876/1876–1877
• Raymond Cayol – Deputy: 1946–1951
• Pascal Ceccaldi – Deputy: 1906–1918
• André Cellard – Deputy: 1978–1981
• Émilie Chalas – Deputy: 2017–2022
• Jean-Baptiste Amable Chanot – Deputy: 1910–1914
• Jules Charles-Roux – Deputy: 1889–1898
• Jean-David Ciot – Deputy: 2012–2017
• Alexandre Clapier – Deputy: 1846–1848/1871–1876
• Daniel Colin – Deputy: 1986–1997
• Paul-André Colombani – Deputy: 2017–2022/2022–present
• Charles Colonna d'Anfriani – Deputy: 1958–1962
• Jean-Michel Couve – Deputy: 1988–1993/1993–1997/1997–2002/2002–2007/2007–2012/2012–2017
• André Daher – Deputy: 1936–1942
• Olivier Darrason – Deputy: 1993–1997
• Hendrik Davi – Deputy: 2022–present
• Gustave Delestrac – Deputy: 1898–1902
• Alfred Donadei – Deputy: 1906–1914
• Jean Dufour – Deputy: 2001–2002
• Philippe Dunoyer – Deputy: 2017–2022/2022–present
• Pierre-Toussaint Durand de Maillane – Deputy: 1789–1791/1792–1795
• M'jid El Guerrab – Deputy: 2017–2022
• Toussaint-Bernard Émeric-David – Deputy: 1809–1815
• Joseph Floret – Deputy: 1842–1846
• Gustave Fourment – Deputy: 1910–1919
• Toussaint Franchi – Deputy: 1939–1942
• Thadée Gabrielli – Deputy: 1902–1906
• Sauveur Gandolfi-Scheit – Deputy: 2007–2012/2012–2017
• Alphonse Gent – Deputy: Jun–Dec 1848/1871–1881
• Bruno Gilles – Deputy: 2002–2007
• Hubert Giraud – Deputy: 1919–1924
• René Hostache – Deputy: 1958–1962
• Antoine Pierre Jaubert – Deputy: 1802–1808
• Victor Jean – Deputy: 1919–1928
• Maryse Joissains-Masini – Deputy: 2002–2007/2007–2012
• André Joseph Jourdan – Deputy: 1795–1797
• Sébastien Jumel – Deputy: 2017–2022/2022–present
• Max Juvénal – Deputy: 1945–1946/1956–1958
• Bertrand Kern – Deputy: 1998–2002
• Christian Kert – Deputy: 1988–1993/1993–1997/1997–2002/2002–2007/2007–2012/2012–2017
• Gustave de Laboulie – Deputy: 1834–1837/1848–1851
• Mohamed Laqhila – Deputy: 2017–2022/2022–present
• Francis Leenhardt – Deputy: 1945–1962/1973–1978
• Jean Leonetti – Deputy: 1997–2011/2012–2017
• Victor Leydet – Deputy: 1881–1897
• Alexandra Louis – Deputy: 2017–2022
• Arthur Malausséna – Deputy: 1892–1893/1894–1898
• Richard Mallié – Deputy: 2002–2007/2007–2012
• Daniel Mandon – Deputy: 1993–1997
• Charles Marchal – Deputy: 1898–1902
• Christophe Masse – Deputy: 2002–2007
• Mathieu Mauche – Deputy: 1791–1792
• Antoine Maure – Deputy: 1902–1906
• Patrick Mennucci – Deputy: 2012–2017
• Isidore Méritan – Deputy: 1919–1924
• Henri Michel – Deputy: 1898–1910/1924–1928
• Paul François Morucci – Deputy: 1919–1924
• Louis Natoire – Deputy: 1798–1799
• Patrick Ollier – President of the National Assembly of France: Mar–Jun 2007; Vice-President of the National Assembly of France: 1998–2002; Deputy: 1988–2002/2002–2010/2012–2017
• Jean-Baptiste Pally – Deputy: 1885–1888
• Louis Jean Pascal – Deputy: 1848–1849
• Pierre Pascallon – Deputy: 1986–1988/1993–1997
• Claude-Emmanuel de Pastoret – President of the National Legislative Assembly of France: Oct 1791; President of the Council of Five Hundred: Aug–Sep 1796; Deputy: 1791–1792/1795–1797
• Henri Pellicot – Deputy: 1791–1792
• Rodolphe Pesce – Deputy: 1978–1988
• Michel Pezet – Deputy: 1986–1988/1988–1993
• Pierre Marie Pietri – Deputy: 1848–1849
• Jean Joseph François Poujoulat – Deputy: 1849–1851
• Patrice Prat – Deputy: 2012–2017
• Louis Puy – Deputy: 1951–1958
• Joseph André Raybaud – Deputy: 1834–1839
• François Juste Marie Raynouard – Deputy: 1805–1814/1814–1815
• Joseph-Louis Régis – Deputy: 1924–1932
• Bernard Remacle – Deputy: 1852–1855
• Simon Renucci – Deputy: 2002–2007/2007–2012
• Joseph-François Reste – Deputy: 1945–1946
• René Ribière – Deputy: 1958–1962/1967–1978
• Jean-Baptiste Ripert – Deputy: 1902–1906
• Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau – President of the National Constituent Assembly of France: Jan–Feb 1791; Deputy: 1789–1791
• Didier Robert – Deputy: 2007–2010
• Laurianne Rossi – Deputy: 2017–2022
• Jean Roussel – Deputy: 1986–1988
• Philippe Séguin – President of the National Assembly of France: 1993–1997; Vice-President of the National Assembly of France: 1981–1986; Deputy: 1978–1986/1988–2002
• Martial Sicard – Deputy: 1895–1902
• Marius Soustre – Deputy: 1881–1885
• Alfred de Surian – Deputy: 1839–1846
• Jean Tardito – Deputy: 1988–1998
• Dominique Tian – Deputy: 2002–2007/2007–2012/2012–2017
• Xavier Vallat – Deputy: 1919–1924/1928–1940
• Souad Zitouni – Deputy: 2020–2022

Members of the Senate of France

• Félix Anglès – Senator: 1891–1897
• Henry Barne – Senator: 1879–1893
• Jean-Baptiste Blanc – Senator: 2020–present
• Charles Bonifay – Senator: 1980–1989
• Roger Carcassonne – Senator: 1959–1971
• Lionel Cherrier – Senator: 1974–1983
• Félix Ciccolini – Senator: 1971–1989
• Nassimah Dindar – Senator: 2017–2023
• Jean-Yves Dusserre – Senator: Oct–Dec 2014
• Vincent Farinole – Senator: 1894–1903
• Michel Fontaine – Senator: 2011–2017
• Jean Francou – Senator: 1971–1989
• Roger Garaudy – Senator: 1959–1962
• Francis Giraud – Senator: 1998–2008
• Adrien Gouteyron – Senator: 1978–2011
• Pierre Amédée Jaubert – Peer: 1841–1847
• Sophie Joissains – Senator: 2008–2020
• Philippe Kaltenbach – Senator: 2011–2017
• Roger Karoutchi – First Vice-President of the Senate of France: 2020–2023; Senator: 1999–2007/Jul 2009/2011–present
• Michel Laugier – Senator: 2017–present
• Stéphane Le Rudulier – Senator: 2020–present
• Émilien Lieutaud – Senator: 1948–1955
• Pierre Matraja – Senator: 1980–1989
• Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis – President of the Senate of France: Jun–Jul 1796; Senator: 1795–1797
• Richard Tuheiava – Senator: 2008–2014
• Robert Vigouroux – Senator: 1989–1998

Members of the European Parliament

• Mathilde Androuët – MEP: 2019–present
• Marie-Arlette Carlotti – MEP: 1996–2009
• Gilbert Collard – MEP: 2019–present
• Antoinette Fouque – MEP: 1994–1999
• Sylvie Goulard – MEP: 2009–2017
• Jan Keller – MEP: 2014–2019
• Jean-Charles Marchiani – MEP: 1999–2004
• Joëlle Mélin – MEP: 2014–2022

Diplomatic service

• Laurence Auer – French Ambassador to North Macedonia: 2012–2016; French Ambassador to Romania: 2020–2023; French Ambassador to Greece: 2023–present
• Félix de Beaujour – French Ambassador to the United States: 1804
• Alphonse Berns – Ambassador of Luxembourg to the United States: 1991–1998; Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the UN: 2002–2005; Ambassador of Luxembourg to Belgium: 2005–2011; Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to NATO: 2005–2011; Ambassador of Luxembourg to the UK: 2011–2013
• Emmanuel Bonne – French Ambassador to Lebanon: 2015–2017
• Krister Bringéus – Swedish Ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro: 2007–2010; Swedish Ambassador to Norway: 2018–2020
• Zouheir Chokr – Lebanese Ambassador to Qatar: 1994–1999
• Jürgen Chrobog – German Ambassador to the United States: 1995–2001
• Roland Eng – Cambodian Ambassador to the United States: 2000–2005
• Paul Faber – Ambassador of Luxembourg to Portugal: 1993–1998; Ambassador of Luxembourg to Italy: 1998–2002; Ambassador of Luxembourg to Austria: 2002–2005; Ambassador of Luxembourg to Switzerland: 2005–2007
• Francois Gordon – British Ambassador to Algeria: 1996–1999; British Ambassador to the Ivory Coast: 2001–2004; British High Commissioner to Uganda: 2005–2008
• Cherif Guellal – Algerian Ambassador to the United States: 1963–1967
• Paul Jean-Ortiz – French diplomat
• Rolf Kaiser – German Ambassador to the Republic of Cyprus: 2005–2008
• Kenneth H. Merten – United States Ambassador to Haiti: 2009–2012; United States Ambassador to Croatia: 2012–2015; United States Ambassador to Bulgaria: 2023–present
• Alain de Muyser – Ambassador of Luxembourg to Portugal: 2004–2010; Ambassador of Luxembourg to Cape Verde: 2006–2010; Secretary General of the General Secretariat of the Benelux Union: 2020–2022
• Leslie E. Norton – Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the UN in Geneva and to the Conference on Disarmament: 2019–present
• Dag Halvor Nylander – Norwegian diplomat
• Christophe Penot – French Ambassador to Malaysia: 2014–2017; French Ambassador to Australia: 2017–2020
• Théodore Roustan – Residents-General in Tunisia: 1881–1882; French Ambassador to the United States: 1882–1891; French Ambassador to Spain: 1891–1894
• Walter Jürgen Schmid – German Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea: 1992–1994; German Ambassador to the Russian Federation: 2005–2010; German Ambassador to the Holy See: 2010–2011
• Moez Sinaoui – Tunisian Ambassador to Italy: 2016–2022

Lawyers, judges, and legal academics

• Peter Annis – Judge of the Federal Court of Canada: 2013–present
• Henri Bernard – French lawyer and judge
• Marta Cartabia – President of the Constitutional Court of Italy: 2019–2020; Minister of Justice of Italy: 2021–2022
• Suzanne Challe – First President of the Court of Appeal of Nîmes: 1978–1991
• Hubert Charles – President of the Supreme Court of Monaco: 2007–2012
• Gaston Crémieux – French lawyer, journalist and writer
• Mircea Criste – Prosecutor General of Romania: 1998–2001
• Albin Curet – First President of the Court of Appeal of Chambéry: 1906–1912; Adviser to the Court of Cassation of France: 1912–1919
• Charles Debbasch – French academic and jurist
• Tony Downes – the Deputy Vice-Chancellor and professor of law of the University of Reading
• Kimberly Marteau Emerson – American attorney, advocate and civic leader
• Myriam Ezratty – Director of the Prison Administration Directorate: 1983–1986; First President of the Court of Appeal of Paris: 1988–1996
• Charles Annibal Fabrot – French jurisconsult
• Jean-Pierre Gibert – French canon lawyer
• Claude Jorda – Procureur général at the Court of Appeal of Bordeaux: 1985–1992; Procureur général at the Court of Appeal of Paris: 1992–1994; Judge/President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY): 1994–2003/1999–2002; Judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC): 2003–2007
• Jeff Kurzon: – American attorney and politician
• Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo – President of the Constitutional Court of Gabon: 1991–2023
• Iulia Motoc – Judge of the Constitutional Court of Romania: 2010–2013; Judge of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR): 2013–2023; Judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC): 2024–present
• Grégoire Mourre – President of the First Civil Division of the Court of Cassation of France: 1811–1815; Chief Prosecutor of the Court of Cassation of France: 1815–1830
• Joseph Louis Elzéar Ortolan – French jurist and former chair of Comparative Criminal Law at Sorbonne University
• Yves Rüedi – Judge of the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland: 2014–present
• Louis Sarrut – President of the Court of Cassation of France: 1917–1925
• Emmanuel Tawil – French lawyer and academic
• Herdis Thorgeirsdottir – Icelandic lawyer and political scientist
• Colin Tyre, Lord Tyre – Scottish lawyer, former President of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe, and a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland
• Albert Jan van den Berg – the Arbitration Chair at Erasmus University Rotterdam and the president of the Netherlands Arbitration Institute
• Prosper Weil – French lawyer, professor emeritus at Panthéon-Assas University, member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques

Arts, literature, humanities, and entertainment

Entertainment

• Kiarash Anvari – Iranian film maker, video artist and script writer
• Fanny Ardant – French actress, winner of the 1997 César Award for Best Actress
• Ariane Ascaride – French actress, winner of the 1998 César Award for Best Actress
• Ishmael Bernal – Filipino film, stage and television director
• Carole Bienaimé – French film and television producer
• Robin Campillo – French screenwriter, editor and film director
• Bradley Cooper – American actor and film producer, twelve-time Academy Award nominee
• Philippe Faucon – French film director, screenwriter and producer, winner of the 2016 César Awards for Best Film and Best Adaptation
• Sadaf Foroughi – Iranian film maker, video artist and film editor
• Robert Guédiguian – French film director, actor, screenwriter and producer
• Ken Hom – Chinese American chef, author and British television-show presenter
• Caroline Huppert – French film director and screenwriter, the sister of actress Isabelle Huppert
• Mylène Jampanoï – French actress
• Ariane Labed – French actress, who was awarded the Coppa Volpi for the Best Actress at the 67th Venice International Film Festival
• Xavier Laurent – French actor
• Richard Marquand – Welsh film director
• Paul Meurisse – French actor
• Marcel Pagnol – French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker, who became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie Française
• Jean Renoir – French film director, recipient of the Academy Honorary Award, and son of the Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir
• Richard Sammel – German actor
• Corinne Touzet – French actress
• Jean-Louis Trintignant – French actor, winner of the Best Actor Award at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival and the 2013 César Award for Best Actor
• Francisco Villarroel - Venezuelan lawyer, writer, screenwriter and filmmaker. Director of the Caracas Ibero-American Film Festival

Historians

• Xavier Accart – French historian of ideas
• Karima Dirèche – French Algerian historian specialising in the contemporary history of the Maghreb
• Marc Fumaroli – French historian and essayist, member of the Académie française, the Académie des Inscriptions, and a foreign member of the British Academy
• Emile Haag – Luxembourgish historian, trade unionist and former principal of the Athénée de Luxembourg
• Bernard Lugan – French historian and associate professor of African history at Jean Moulin University Lyon 3
• Antoine Pagi – French ecclesiastical historian
• Régine Pernoud – French historian and medievalist
• Ambroise Roux-Alphéran – French historian
• Abdeljelil Temimi – Tunisian historian
• Matthias Theodor Vogt – German historian and musicologist

Journalism

• Ali Bach Hamba – Tunisian journalist
• Julien Benedetto – French journalist
• François Chalais – French reporter, journalist, writer and film historian
• Úna Claffey – Irish journalist and political adviser
• Jim Hoagland – American journalist, an associate editor, senior foreign correspondent and columnist for The Washington Post, and two-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize
• Sylvie Kauffmann – French journalist for Agence France-Presse (AFP) and the newspaper Le Monde
• Lutz Kleveman – German investigative journalist and photographer
• Geoffroy Lejeune – French journalist, the editor-in-chief of Valeurs actuelles
• François Mignet – French journalist, historian, member of the Académie française and the Académie des sciences morales et politiques
• Jean-Marc Morandini – French journalist
• Terry Phillips – American journalist, author and media consultant
• David Pujadas – French journalist and television presenter

Literature

• Chris Agee – Irish poet, essayist and editor
• Jean Aicard – French poet, dramatist and novelist, member of the Académie française
• Paul Alexis – French novelist, dramatist and journalist
• Joseph d'Arbaud – French poet
• Christophe Arleston – French comics writer and editor
• Léon de Berluc-Pérussis – French poet and historian
• Mongo Beti – Cameroonian writer
• Beverley Bie Brahic – American poet and translator
• Marcel Brion – French essayist, literary critic, novelist, historian, member of the Académie française
• Ashley Bryan – American writer and illustrator of children's books, winner of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award
• Marion May Campbell – Australian novelist and academic
• Raphaël Confiant – French writer
• Ghislain de Diesbach – French writer and biographer
• Ferdinand Duviard – French writer and novelist
• Jean Echenoz – French writer
• Marian Engel – Canadian novelist
• Charles Exbrayat – French fiction writer
• José Frèches – French historical novelist
• Madeleine Gagnon – Quebec educator, literary critic and writer
• Romain Gary – French novelist, film director, diplomat and World War II aviator, who won twice the Prix Goncourt
• Joachim Gasquet – French author, poet, and art critic
• Sebhat Gebre-Egziabher – Ethiopian writer
• José Giovanni – French writer and film-maker
• Pétur Gunnarsson – Icelandic writer
• Malek Haddad – Algerian poet and writer
• William Kreiten – German literary critic and poet
• Pierre La Mure – French author
• Abdelwahab Meddeb – French-language writer and cultural critic, professor of comparative literature at Paris Nanterre University
• Stoyan Mihaylovski – Bulgarian writer and social figure
• Denise Morel – French writer and psychiatrist
• Suzanne Prou – French novelist, winner of the 1973 Prix Renaudot
• André de Richaud – French poet and writer
• Yvon Rivard – Canadian writer
• Boris Schreiber – French writer
• Christiane Singer – French writer, essayist and novelist
• Olga Stanisławska – Polish writer
• Patrick Süskind – German writer and screenwriter
• Pierre Torreilles – French writer, poet and editor
• Bahaa Trabelsi – Moroccan novelist
• Ira Trivedi – Indian author, columnist, and yoga Acharya
• Ana Lydia Vega – Puerto Rican writer
• Manuel Veiga – Cape Verdean writer
• Keith Waldrop – American poet, writer and translator, professor emeritus at Brown University, winner of the 2009 National Book Award for Poetry
• Rosmarie Waldrop – American poet, translator and publisher
• Choe Yun – Korean writer, winner of the 1994 Yi Sang Literary Award
• Émile Zola – French novelist, journalist and playwright, who was nominated twice for the Nobel Prize in Literature

Music

• Thierry Amiel – French singer and songwriter
• Françoise Atlan – French singer
• Paul Bastide – French conductor and composer
• Emmanuel Boyer de Fonscolombe – French composer
• Régis Campo – French composer
• Anaïs Croze – French singer
• Nick Drake – English singer-songwriter and musician
• Kungs – French DJ, record producer and musician
• Darius Milhaud – French composer and conductor
• Francisco Negrin – award-winning stage director working in opera
• Joseph d'Ortigue – French musicologist and critic
• Henry Padovani – French musician, noted for being the original guitarist for the Police
• Mélanie Pain – French indie pop singer
• Pierre Pradier – French classical pianist
• Jean-Pierre Rampal – French flautist
• Cécile McLorin Salvant – three-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer
• Nicolas Vatomanga – saxophonist, flutist, bandleader and composer

Visual arts

• Gilles Barbier – French contemporary artist
• Paul Cézanne – French artist and Post-Impressionist painter
• Lucien Clergue – French photographer, former chairman of the Academy of Fine Arts
• Michel-François Dandré-Bardon – French history painter and etcher
• Roger Excoffon – French graphic designer
• Xiao Ge – Chinese artist and curator
• Phoebe Gloeckner – American cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and novelist
• Jeremy Houghton – British fine artist
• George Morrison – American landscape painter and sculptor
• Michael Reinhardt – American photographer whose images were featured in magazines such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Sports Illustrated
• Haim Steinbach – American artist
• Catherine Walker – designer of Diana, Princess of Wales

Scientists and academics

• Philip Augustine – Indian gastroenterologist
• Philippe Baumard – organizational scientist who has held visiting professorships at New York University, University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, and is currently École Polytechnique's Chair on Innovation & Regulation, and president of the Scientific Council of France's High Council for Strategic Education and Research
• Ariel Beresniak – Swiss specialist in Public Health and Health Economics
• Saviour Bernard – Maltese medical practitioner, scientist, and major philosopher
• Mounir Bouchenaki – Algerian archaeologist and director of the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage
• Jean Boutière – French philologist
• Emmanuel Brunet Jailly – Canadian politics and public policy scholar
• Veronica Dahl – Argentine/Canadian computer scientist
• Michel Darluc – French naturalist
• Marcelo Dascal – Israeli philosopher and linguist, professor of philosophy at Tel Aviv University
• Alexandre del Valle – Italo-French political scientist and geopolitician
• Maurice Dongier – neuropsychiatrist at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute
• François Doumenge – French geographer
• Pierre-Michel Duffieux – French physicist, the founder of Fourier optics
• William A. Earle – American philosopher
• Mansour Mohamed El-Kikhia – Libyan academic and politician
• Pascal Engel – French philosopher, who works on the philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, epistemology and philosophy of logic
• Bruno Étienne – French sociologist and political analyst
• Arthur Fallot – French physician
• Alain Filloux – Professor and Chair of the Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection at Imperial College London
• F. J. Friend-Pereira – Indian academic and author
• Pierre Joseph Garidel – French botanist
• Pierre Gassendi – French philosopher, priest, scientist, astronomer and mathematician
• Henri Gastaut – French neurologist
• Antoine Marc Gaudin – professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and a founding member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
• Éric Geoffroy – French philosopher, islamologist, writer and scholar
• Paul Gourret – French zoologist
• Yang Huanming – Chinese genetics researcher, director of the Beijing Genomics Institute at the Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Emmanuel Hugot – French astrophysicist
• Fredric Jameson – American literary critic and Marxist political theorist, who has taught at Harvard and Yale
• Eugène Jamot – French physician
• Miro Kačić – Croatian linguist
• Henry-Louis de La Grange – musicologist and biographer of Gustav Mahler
• Saadi Lahlou – professor in social psychology at the London School of Economics (LSE)
• Janja Lalich – professor of sociology at California State University, Chico
• Thomas LaMarre – Canadian academic, author, Japanologist and member of the faculty of McGill University
• Henri Lefebvre – French sociologist, Marxist intellectual and philosopher
• Éliane Amado Levy-Valensi – French-Israeli psychologist, psychoanalyst and philosopher
• Joseph Lieutaud – a pediatrician to the Louis XV of France's court, the personal physician to Louis XVI of France, a member of the French Academy of Sciences and of the Royal Society
• Raphaël Liogier – French sociologist, director of the Observatoire du religieux
• Jean-Pierre Luminet – French astrophysicist, writer and poet
• Randal Marlin – Canadian philosophy professor at Carleton University
• Jean-François Mattéi – French philosopher
• Marco Tulio Medina – Honduran neurologist and scientist
• Ferdinand Mélin-Soucramanien – President of the National Institute of Public Service: 2022–present
• Simon Claude Mimouni – French biblical scholar
• Jean-Baptiste Morin – French mathematician, astrologer and astronomer
• Jean-Jacques Nattiez – Canadian semiotician, professor of Musicology at the Université de Montréal
• Nicola Padfield – Head of Fitzwilliam College of the University of Cambridge: 2013–2019
• Philip M. Parker – INSEAD Chaired Professor of Management Science
• Elisabeth Pate-Cornell – Professor and Founding Chair of the Department of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University: 2000–2011
• Lucien-Marie Pautrier – French dermatologist
• Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc – French astronomer, antiquary and savant
• René Pomeau – French scholar, member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques
• Jean-Bernard Racine – professor of geography at the Institute of Geography, Faculty of Geosciences and Environment of the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and at HEC Lausanne Business School
• Léon Rostan – French internist, member of the Académie Nationale de Médecine, and foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
• Louis Roule – French zoologist
• Laurent Sagart – director of research at the Centre de recherches linguistiques sur l'Asie orientale, unit of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Enric Sala – marine ecologist and an Explorer-in-Residence at National Geographic
• Peng Shige – Chinese mathematician, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Jean-Athanase Sicard – French neurologist and radiologist
• Antônio Roberto Monteiro Simões – linguist, an associate professor at the University of Kansas
• Jacqueline Naze Tjøtta – Norwegian mathematician
• Gustavo Uzielli – Italian geologist, historian, and scientist
• David Veesler – French biochemist
• Jean Véronis – French linguist, computer scientist and blogger
• Jane Zemiro – Australian academic and author

Business and economics

• Olivier Baussan – French businessman, the founder of L'Occitane en Provence, Oliviers & Co and Première Pression Provence
• Sunil Benimadhu – Chief Executive of the Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM): 1998–present
• Philippe Bourguignon – member of the board of directors of eBay, former co-chief executive officer of the World Economic Forum (WEF)
• Philippe Carli – Head of Éditions Philippe Amaury (EPA): 2010–2015
• Samuel Dossou-Aworet – Beninese businessman and engineer
• Pierre Falcone – French businessman, the Chairman of Pierson Capital Group
• Guillaume Faury – CEO of Airbus: 2019–present
• Jean-Marc Forneri – CEO of Rossignol: 1988–1994; Managing Partner of Banque Worms: 1994–1996; President of Credit Suisse: 1996–2004
• Bernard Gainnier – Chairman and CEO of PwC France and Maghreb: 2013–2021
• Christian Garin – President of Marseille-Fos Port: 2004–2008
• Xavier Giocanti – French businessman and entrepreneur
• Gilles Grapinet – Chairman of Worldline: 2013–2021; CEO of Worldline: 2013–present
• Peter Hambro – founder of Peter Hambro Mining and a non-executive director of the Private Banking Division of Société Générale
• Rupert Hambro – British heir, banker, businessman and philanthropist
• Nabil Karoui – Tunisian businessman and politician
• Chips Keswick – non-executive director of DeBeers Sa, Investec Bank, Persimmon plc, Arsenal Holdings plc (the parent company of Arsenal F.C.), and former director of the Bank of England
• Angus Maddison – British economist, emeritus professor at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Groningen
• Demetrios Mantzounis – CEO of Alpha Bank: 2005–2018
• Henri J. Nijdam – Publishing and Editorial Director of Le Nouvel Économiste
• Jean-François Rischard – Vice President of the World Bank: 1998–2005
• Jens Weidmann – President of the Deutsche Bundesbank: 2011–2021; Chair of the Bank for International Settlements: 2015–2021

Sports

• Yunis Abdelhamid – Moroccan footballer who plays as a defender for Reims
• Sandrine Aubert – four-time winner in the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
• Jean-Pierre Bernès – General Manager of Olympique de Marseille: 1989–1994
• Marie-Paule Blé – French taekwondo athlete
• Frédérick Bousquet – French freestyle and butterfly swimmer, Olympic silver medalist in swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Alexandre Camarasa – former French water polo player
• Cecile Canqueteau-Landi – French gymnastics coach and former artistic gymnast
• Camille Chevalier – French professional golfer
• Mohamed Diop – Senegalese basketball player
• Pape Diouf – President of Olympique de Marseille: 2005–2009
• Aline Friess – French artistic gymnast
• Anthony Giacobazzi – former French rugby union player who played as scrum half for RC Toulonnais
• Jean-Luc Gripond – President of FC Nantes: 2001–2005
• Souhail Hamouchane – Moroccan swimmer
• Sarah Hanffou – Cameroonian table tennis player
• Salim Heroui – Algerian fencer
• Sarah Huchet – French footballer who plays as a midfielder for Fiorentina
• Mathilde Lamolle – French sports shooter
• Jason Lamy-Chappuis – Franco-American ski jumper and cross-country skier, Olympic gold medalist in Nordic combined at the 2010 Winter Olympics
• Alain Mosconi – French swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist in swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics
• Michel Nandan – Monaco-based motor sport executive
• Jean Quiquampoix – French sports shooter, Olympic silver medalist in shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and Olympic gold medalist in shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Alexandra Recchia – French karate athlete, five-time world champion
• Léa Rubio – French footballer who plays as a midfielder for Olympique de Marseille
• Lili Sebesi – French sports sailor

Miscellaneous

• Barry Jean Ancelet – Cajun folklorist, expert in Cajun music and Cajun French
• Isabelle Arvers – French media art curator, critic and author, specializing in video and computer games, web animation, digital cinema, retrogaming, chiptunes and machinima
• Dominique Bénard – former Deputy Secretary-General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM)
• Gaston Berger – French futurist, industrialist and philosopher
• James Birch – English art dealer, curator and gallery owner
• Jean-Baptiste de Brancas – Bishop of La Rochelle: 1725–1729; Archbishop of Aix-en-Provence: 1729–1770
• Paul Alphéran de Bussan – Bishop of Malta: 1728–1757
• Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux – French naval officer, explorer and colonial governor
• Chucrallah-Nabil El-Hage – archeparch of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre: 2003–2020
• Henri Fabre – French aviator, the inventor of the first successful seaplane, Fabre Hydravion
• Christopher Fomunyoh – senior associate for Africa and regional director at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
• Emmanuel Goffi – French Air Force Officer
• Cyprien Iov – French comedian and blogger
• André Lanata – Chief of Staff of the French Air and Space Force: 2015–2018; Commander of NATO’s Allied Command Transformation: 2018–2021
• Dai Llewellyn – Welsh socialite
• Claude Njiké-Bergeret – development aid volunteer
• Jean-Michel Parasiliti di Para, Antoine IV – the head of household for the Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia: 2014–2017
• Henri Antoine Marie Teissier – French-Algerian Catholic bishop and archbishop emeritus of Algiers
• Nguyen Xuan Vinh – Commander of Republic of Vietnam Air Force: 1958–1962

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