Marie Curie

Marie Curie

female, deceased (1934)
Maria Skłodowska-Curie (born Maria Skłodowska; known in France and most other countries as Marie Curie; November 7, 1867 - July 4 1934) was a Po...
Raymond Aron

Raymond Aron

male, deceased (1983)
Raymond-Claude-Ferdinand Aron (March 14, 1905 - October 17, 1983) was a French philosopher, sociologist and political scientist. He was known for...
Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard

male, 78 years old
Jean-Luc Godard (born 3 December, 1930) is a French filmmaker and one of the most influential members of the "Nouvelle Vague", or "French New...
Robert de Sorbon

Robert de Sorbon

male, deceased (1274)
Robert de Sorbon was a French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne college in Paris. Born into a poor family in Sorbon, in what is now the...
Paul Langevin

Paul Langevin

male, deceased (1946)
Paul Langevin was a prominent French physicist who developed "Langevin dynamics" and the "Langevin equation". He was one of the founders of the...
Roland Mousnier

Roland Mousnier

male, deceased (1993)
Roland Émile Mousnier was a French historian of the early modern period in France and of the comparative studies of different civilizations. M...
Louise Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois

female, 97 years old
Louise Bourgeois (born December 25, 1911, Paris) is an artist and sculptor, whose work has been strongly influenced by the surrealists, abstract...
Georges Duby

Georges Duby

male, deceased (1996)
Georges Duby was a French historian specializing in the social and economic history of the Middle Ages. He ranks among the most influential...
Maurice Halbwachs

Maurice Halbwachs

male, deceased (1945)
Maurice Halbwachs was a French philosopher and sociologist known for developing the concept of collective memory. Born in Reims, Halbwachs attended...
Jean Ziegler

Jean Ziegler

male, 75 years old
Jean Ziegler (born April 19, 1934) is the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food and a senior professor of sociology at the University of...