- male, deceased (1871)
- Anselme Payen was a French chemist. He was born in Paris, where his father started to give him scientific lessons at the age of 13. He studied then...
- male, deceased (1885)
- Henri Edouard Tresca was a French mechanical engineer, and a professor at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers in Paris. He is the f...
- male, deceased (1999)
- Pierre Étienne Bézier (pronounced "BEH zee eh") was a French engineer and creator of the Bézier curves and Bézier surfaces that are now used in most...
- female, 59 years old
- Latifa Ben Mansour is an Algerian writer and linguist. Having studied Linguistics at the École Normale Supérieure d'Alger, where she obtained her Ph...
- male, 77 years old
- John Towner Williams (born February 8 1932) is an American composer, conductor and pianist. In a career that spans six decades, Williams has...
- male, deceased (1970)
- Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (November 22, 1890 – November 9, 1970), in France commonly referred to as "Général de Gaulle", was a Frenc...
- male, deceased (1995)
- Prince Souphanouvong (July 13, 1909 - January 9, 1995) was, along with his half-brother Prince Souvanna Phouma and Prince Boun Oum of Champasak,...
- female, 41 years old
- Axelle Red was born Fabienne Demal in Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium, on 15 February 1968. She is a singer-songwriter. Despite being Flemish, she chose...
- male, 63 years old
- Dr. Michel Virlogeux (born 1946, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire) is a French structural engineer and bridge builder. He received the 2003 IABSE Award of...
- male, deceased (1861)
- Louis Vicat French engineer, inventor of artificial cement. He graduated from École Polytechnique 1804 and École des Ponts et Chaussées 1806. Vic...
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