| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Cornelius Agrippa |
Magician |
14-Sep-1486 |
18-Feb-1535 |
Three Books of Occult Philosophy |
| Lloyd Alexander |
Novelist |
30-Jan-1924 |
17-May-2007 |
The Chronicles of Prydain |
| Jean Anouilh |
Playwright |
23-Jun-1910 |
3-Oct-1987 |
Le Voyageur sans Bagage |
| St. Thomas Aquinas |
Religion |
1225 |
7-Mar-1274 |
Catholicism's leading theologian |
| Louis Aragon |
Poet |
3-Oct-1897 |
24-Dec-1982 |
Communistic French poet |
| René-Pierre Azria |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
Former Managing Director, Rothschild, Inc. |
| Joseph Babinski |
Doctor |
17-Nov-1857 |
29-Oct-1932 |
The Babinski sign |
| Auguste Beernaert |
Diplomat |
26-Jul-1829 |
6-Oct-1912 |
Belgian Prime Minister, Nobel recipient |
| Marie-François-Xavier Bichat |
Doctor |
11-Nov-1771 |
22-Jul-1802 |
Anatomie g�n�rale |
| Richard W. Boehm |
Diplomat |
25-Jun-1926 |
28-Nov-2011 |
US Ambassador to Oman, 1989-92 |
| Léon Bourgeois |
Politician |
21-May-1851 |
29-Sep-1925 |
French Prime Minister 1895-96 |
| Boutros Boutros-Ghali |
Government |
14-Nov-1922 |
16-Feb-2016 |
Secretary General of the UN, 1992-96 |
| Maurice de Broglie |
Physicist |
27-Apr-1875 |
14-Jul-1960 |
X-ray spectroscopy |
| Ferdinand Buisson |
Activist |
20-Dec-1841 |
16-Feb-1932 |
French pacifist, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Jean Buridan |
Philosopher |
1300 |
1358 |
Buridan's Ass |
| John Calvin |
Religion |
10-Jul-1509 |
27-May-1564 |
French Protestant Reformation |
| Joseph Campbell |
Author |
26-Mar-1904 |
31-Oct-1987 |
The Power of Myth |
| Fritjof Capra |
Physicist |
1-Feb-1939 |
|
The Tao of Physics |
| Louis-Ferdinand Céline |
Novelist |
27-May-1894 |
1-Jul-1961 |
Voyage au bout de la nuit |
| Jean-Martin Charcot |
Doctor |
29-Nov-1825 |
16-Aug-1893 |
Father of neurology |
| Alain Chartier |
Poet |
c. 1392 |
1449 |
La Belle Dame sans merci |
| André F. Cournand |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1895 |
19-Feb-1988 |
Cardiac catheterization |
| Jean Dausset |
Scientist |
19-Oct-1916 |
6-Jun-2009 |
Recognition of HLA antigens |
| Isaach De Bankolé |
Actor |
12-Aug-1957 |
|
Casino Royale |
| Jacques de Larosiere |
Government |
12-Nov-1929 |
|
IMF Director 1978-87 |
| Gerard Debreu |
Economist |
4-Jul-1921 |
31-Dec-2004 |
Supply and demand theorist |
| Denis Diderot |
Philosopher |
5-Oct-1713 |
31-Jul-1784 |
L'Encyclop�die |
| Georges Doriot |
Business |
24-Sep-1899 |
2-Jun-1987 |
Father of Venture Capitalism |
| Leon Edel |
Author |
9-Sep-1907 |
5-Sep-1997 |
Biographer of Henry James |
| Thomas O. Enders |
Diplomat |
28-Nov-1932 |
17-Mar-1996 |
US Ambassador to Canada, Spain |
| Erasmus |
Scholar |
27-Oct-1469 |
12-Jul-1536 |
In Praise of Folly |
| Gerhard Ertl |
Chemist |
10-Oct-1936 |
|
Auto emissions and the ozone layer |
| Bernard Fall |
Journalist |
19-Nov-1926 |
21-Feb-1967 |
Scholar of the Vietnam conflict |
| Albert Fert |
Physicist |
7-Mar-1938 |
|
Giant magnetoresistance |
| Alan García |
Head of State |
23-May-1949 |
|
President of Peru |
| Roger Martin du Gard |
Author |
23-Mar-1881 |
22-Aug-1958 |
Les Thibault |
| Susan George |
Political Scientist |
29-Jun-1934 |
|
How the Other Half Dies |
| J. Willard Gibbs |
Physicist |
11-Feb-1839 |
28-Apr-1903 |
Elementary Principles in Statistical Mathematics |
| Albert Gobat |
Politician |
21-May-1843 |
16-Mar-1914 |
International Peace Bureau |
| Bill Graham |
Politician |
17-Mar-1939 |
|
Interim Leader, Canada's Liberal Party |
| Rita E. Hauser |
Activist |
12-Jul-1934 |
|
Former Partner, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan |
| Philip Heymann |
Government |
30-Oct-1932 |
|
US Deputy Attorney General, 1993-94 |
| Jacobus H. van 't Hoff |
Chemist |
30-Aug-1852 |
1-Mar-1911 |
Three-dimensional molecular properties |
| Stanley Hoffmann |
Historian |
27-Nov-1928 |
13-Sep-2015 |
Gulliver's Troubles |
| H. Allen Holmes |
Diplomat |
31-Jan-1933 |
|
US Ambassador to Portugal, 1982-85 |
| Pope Honorius IV |
Religion |
c. 1210 |
3-Apr-1287 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1285-87 |
| François Jacob |
Scientist |
17-Jun-1920 |
19-Apr-2013 |
Operon theory of genetic control |
| Pierre Janssen |
Astronomer |
22-Feb-1824 |
23-Dec-1907 |
Solar observer |
| James F. Jeffrey |
Diplomat |
1946 |
|
US Ambassador to Iraq |
| Irène Joliot-Curie |
Physicist |
12-Sep-1897 |
17-Mar-1956 |
Artificial radioactivity |
| Friedrich August Kekulé |
Chemist |
7-Sep-1829 |
13-Jul-1896 |
Theory of chemical structure |
| Jeane Kirkpatrick |
Government |
19-Nov-1926 |
7-Dec-2006 |
Reagan's UN Ambassador |
| Ronald S. Lauder |
Business |
26-Feb-1944 |
|
US Ambassador to Austria, 1986-87 |
| Pierre Laval |
Head of State |
28-Jun-1883 |
15-Oct-1945 |
Prime Minister of Vichy France |
| Jean-Marie Le Pen |
Politician |
20-Jun-1928 |
|
French nationalist |
| Bernard Lewis |
Scholar |
31-May-1916 |
|
Middle East scholar |
| Raymond Loewy |
Designer |
5-Nov-1893 |
14-Jul-1986 |
Father of industrial design |
| André Lwoff |
Scientist |
8-May-1902 |
30-Sep-1994 |
Operon theory of genetic control |
| Bernard Lyot |
Astronomer |
27-Feb-1897 |
2-Apr-1952 |
Sandstorms on Mars |
| Benoit Mandelbrot |
Mathematician |
20-Nov-1924 |
14-Oct-2010 |
Fractal mathematician |
| Karl Mannheim |
Sociologist |
27-Mar-1893 |
9-Jan-1947 |
Ideology and Utopia |
| Guy de Maupassant |
Author |
5-Aug-1850 |
6-Jul-1893 |
French short story writer |
| Marcel Mauss |
Sociologist |
10-May-1872 |
10-Feb-1950 |
The Gift |
| John McCallum |
Politician |
9-Apr-1950 |
|
Canadian MP, Markham--Unionville |
| Andrew Melville |
Religion |
1-Aug-1545 |
1622 |
Scottish Reform Church |
| Egas Moniz |
Scientist |
29-Nov-1874 |
13-Dec-1955 |
Pre-frontal lobotomy and cerebral arteriography |
| Jacques Monod |
Scientist |
9-Feb-1910 |
31-May-1976 |
Operon theory of genetic control |
| Luc Montagnier |
Scientist |
18-Aug-1932 |
|
Co-Discoverer of HIV |
| William of Ockham |
Philosopher |
c. 1285 |
9-Apr-1348 |
Occam's Razor |
| Ramon de Oliveira |
Business |
c. 1955 |
|
Former JP Morgan executive |
| �ystein Ore |
Mathematician |
7-Oct-1899 |
13-Aug-1968 |
Ring theorist |
| Jean Passerat |
Poet |
18-Oct-1534 |
14-Sep-1602 |
Satyre m�nipp�e |
| Julius Plücker |
Mathematician |
16-Jul-1801 |
22-May-1868 |
Analytical geometry |
| Louis Renault |
Government |
21-May-1843 |
8-Feb-1918 |
International arbitrator, Nobel recipient |
| José Rizal |
Activist |
19-Jun-1861 |
30-Dec-1896 |
Philippine national hero |
| Bert Sakmann |
Scientist |
12-Jun-1942 |
|
Cellular ion channels |
| Joseph Scaliger |
Scholar |
5-Aug-1540 |
21-Jan-1609 |
De emendatione temporum |
| Simon of Sudbury |
Religion |
1317 |
14-Jun-1381 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1375-81 |
| Johann Sleidan |
Historian |
1506 |
31-Oct-1556 |
De statu religionis et republicae |
| Gerald Stern |
Poet |
22-Feb-1925 |
|
Leaving Another Kingdom |
| Peter Tarnoff |
Government |
1937 |
|
President, Council on Foreign Relations, 1986-93 |
| Georges Gilles de la Tourette |
Doctor |
30-Oct-1857 |
26-May-1904 |
Tourette's syndrome |
| Sam Trammell |
Actor |
15-May-1971 |
|
Sam Merlotte on True Blood |
| Jean-Claude Trichet |
Business |
20-Dec-1942 |
|
President, European Central Bank |
| Andreas Vesalius |
Doctor |
31-Dec-1514 |
Jun-1564 |
De Humani Corporis Fabrica |
| Charlotte C. Weber |
Business |
19-Nov-1942 |
|
Campbell Soup scion |
| William of Auvergne |
Religion |
c. 1180 |
1249 |
Bishop of Paris, 1228-49 |
| Manfred Wörner |
Diplomat |
24-Sep-1934 |
13-Aug-1994 |
NATO Secretary General, 1988-94 |
| St. Francis Xavier |
Religion |
7-Apr-1506 |
3-Dec-1552 |
Jesuit missionary |
