Most Famous French Scientists

France has produced 1,000 notable scientists throughout history, led by Louis Pasteur. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Top Ranked

  1. Louis Pasteur — French Biologist (1822–1895) , ranked #120
  2. Blaise Pascal — French Mathematician (1623–1662) , ranked #255
  3. Émile Durkheim — French Anthropologist (1858–1917) , ranked #468
  4. Nostradamus — French Physician (1503–1566) , ranked #653
  5. Jacques Lacan — French Psychiatrist (1901–1981) , ranked #999
  6. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck — French Botanist (1744–1829) , ranked #1138
  7. Pierre-Simon Laplace — French Mathematician (1749–1827) , ranked #1233
  8. Henri Poincaré — French Mathematician (1854–1912) , ranked #1238
  9. Irène Joliot-Curie — French Physicist (1897–1956) , ranked #1893
  10. Évariste Galois — French Mathematician (1811–1832) , ranked #2022
  11. Frantz Fanon — French Psychiatrist (1925–1961) , ranked #2379
  12. Georges Cuvier — French Geologist (1769–1832) , ranked #2448
  13. Georges-Louis Leclerc (Comte de Buffon) — French Botanist (1707–1788) , ranked #2768
  14. Thomas Piketty — French Economist (Born 1971) , ranked #3018
  15. Joseph Fourier — French Mathematician (1768–1830) , ranked #3117
  16. Nicolas Flamel — French Chemist (1330–1418) , ranked #4120
  17. René Laennec — French Physician (1781–1826) , ranked #4129
  18. Charles-Augustin de Coulomb — French Physicist (1736–1806) , ranked #4409
  19. Gustave Le Bon — French Physician (1841–1931) , ranked #4446
  20. Cédric Villani — French Mathematician (Born 1973) , ranked #4779