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Most Famous French Scientists & Academics

Science 1,300
France 13,591
120 LP Louis Pasteur Louis Pasteur French Biologist 1822–1895
255 BP Blaise Pascal Blaise Pascal French Mathematician 1623–1662
468 ÉD Émile Durkheim Émile Durkheim French Anthropologist 1858–1917
653 N Nostradamus Nostradamus French Physician 1503–1566
999 JL Jacques Lacan Jacques Lacan French Psychiatrist 1901–1981
1,138 JL Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Jean-Baptiste Lamarck French Botanist 1744–1829
1,233 PL Pierre-Simon Laplace Pierre-Simon Laplace French Mathematician 1749–1827
1,238 HP Henri Poincaré Henri Poincaré French Mathematician 1854–1912
1,242 GE Gustave Eiffel Gustave Eiffel French Engineer 1832–1923
1,893 IJ Irène Joliot-Curie French Physicist 1897–1956
2,022 ÉG Évariste Galois Évariste Galois French Mathematician 1811–1832
2,379 FF Frantz Fanon Frantz Fanon French Psychiatrist 1925–1961
2,448 GC Georges Cuvier Georges Cuvier French Geologist 1769–1832
2,768 GL Georges-Louis Leclerc (Comte de Buffon) Georges-Louis Leclerc (Comte de Buffon) French Botanist 1707–1788
3,018 TP Thomas Piketty Thomas Piketty French Economist b. 1971
3,117 JF Joseph Fourier Joseph Fourier French Mathematician 1768–1830
3,448 LB Louis Braille Louis Braille French Inventor 1809–1852
4,058 CB Claude Bernard Claude Bernard French Physiologist 1813–1878
4,120 NF Nicolas Flamel Nicolas Flamel French Chemist 1330–1418
4,129 RL René Laennec René Laennec French Physician 1781–1826
4,409 CD Charles-Augustin de Coulomb Charles-Augustin de Coulomb French Physicist 1736–1806
4,446 GL Gustave Le Bon Gustave Le Bon French Physician 1841–1931
4,779 CV Cédric Villani Cédric Villani French Mathematician b. 1973
4,924 AK Allan Kardec Allan Kardec French Educator 1804–1869
4,928 AC Alexis Carrel Alexis Carrel French Biologist 1873–1944
4,971 JL Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac French Physicist 1778–1850
5,527 LM Luc Montagnier Luc Montagnier French Physician b. 1932
5,639 FA François Arago François Arago French Astronomer 1786–1853
6,505 FV François Viète François Viète French Mathematician 1540–1603
6,734 JF Jean-Henri Fabre Jean-Henri Fabre French Entomologist 1823–1915
6,934 AF Augustin-Jean Fresnel Augustin-Jean Fresnel French Physicist 1788–1827
7,142 SD Siméon Denis Poisson Siméon Denis Poisson French Mathematician 1781–1840
7,439 GD Giovanni Domenico Cassini Giovanni Domenico Cassini French Mathematician 1625–1712
7,529 PB Paul Broca French Physician 1829–1880
7,639 AP Antoine-Augustin Parmentier Antoine-Augustin Parmentier French Botanist 1737–1813
7,694 LB Louis Blériot Louis Blériot French Engineer 1872–1936
7,768 LC Lazare Carnot Lazare Carnot French Mathematician 1753–1823
8,618 PP Philippe Pinel Philippe Pinel French Scientist 1745–1826
9,135 FG Félix Guattari Félix Guattari French Psychiatrist 1930–1992
9,149 AD Abraham de Moivre Abraham de Moivre French Mathematician 1667–1754
9,410 CF Camille Flammarion Camille Flammarion French Astronomer 1842–1925
9,449 GC Georges Charpak Georges Charpak French Physicist 1924–2010
10,201 JS Jean-Pierre Serre Jean-Pierre Serre French Mathematician b. 1926
10,930 CA Clément Ader Clément Ader French Engineer 1841–1925
10,934 UL Urbain Le Verrier Urbain Le Verrier French Astronomer 1811–1877
10,955 GL Gabriel Lippmann Gabriel Lippmann French Physicist 1845–1921
11,082 LW Léon Walras French Economist 1834–1910
11,492 AT Alain Touraine Alain Touraine French Sociologist b. 1925
11,737 AD Alain de Benoist Alain de Benoist French Academic b. 1943
11,883 PV Paul Vidal de La Blache Paul Vidal de La Blache French Geographer 1845–1918
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Inside France Scientists & Academics

1,300 notable people in this slice of the dataset.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous france scientists & academics born in each.

Notable Births by Decade

Notable births among France Scientists & Academics peaked in the 1940s with 75 people.

What France Scientists & Academics Are Known For

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Physician are France Scientists & Academics's biggest group — 16% of all notables (208).

France Scientists & Academics over-index on geographer — 31.1× the global rate.

  1. Physician208
  2. Botanist128
  3. Engineer126
  4. Mathematician109
  5. Physicist57
  6. Academic55
  7. Chemist52
  8. Astronomer48
  1. Geographer3231.1×
  2. Archaeologist4522.3×
  3. Psychiatrist2322.0×
  4. Naturalist1821.6×
  5. Physician20821.1×
  6. Engineer12617.9×
  7. Botanist12817.3×
  8. Entomologist1715.8×

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