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Versailles
Versailles , a city renowned for its château, the Palace of Versailles, was the de facto capital of the kingdom of France for over a century, from 1682 to 1789. It is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and remains an important administrative and judicial centre...
and providing preparatory classes for grandes écoles. It was founded in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, April 1854. It is often nicknamed Ginette and sometimes BJ, standing for Boite à Jèzes - Box of Jesuits
Academics
Sainte-Geneviève is famous for having the highest success rates at the entrance exams of the most selective French Grandes Écoles in the fields of engineering: École PolytechniqueÉcole Polytechnique
The École Polytechnique is a state-run institution of higher education and research in Palaiseau, Essonne, France, near Paris. Polytechnique is renowned for its four year undergraduate/graduate Master's program...
, Mines ParisTech, École Centrale Paris
École Centrale Paris
École Centrale Paris is a French university-level institution in the field of engineering. It is also known by its original name École centrale des arts et manufactures, or ECP. Founded in 1829, it is one of the oldest and most prestigious engineering schools in France and has the special status...
and business: École des Hautes Études Commerciales
HEC School of Management
HEC Paris or École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Paris is one of the foremost business schools in France and in Europe. It was created in 1881 by the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry on the model of French Grandes Ecoles and has progressively become one of the most selective graduate...
Ginette provides PC/PC*, MP/MP*, PSI*, ECS and BCPST classes
Military
- Hubert LyauteyHubert LyauteyLouis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey was a French Army general, the first Resident-General in Morocco from 1912 to 1925 and from 1921 Marshal of France.-Early life:...
(1854-1934), Marshal of FranceMarshal of FranceThe Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements... - Jean de Lattre de TassignyJean de Lattre de TassignyJean Joseph Marie Gabriel de Lattre de Tassigny, GCB, MC was a French military hero of World War II and commander in the First Indochina War.-Early life:...
(1889-1952), Marshal of FranceMarshal of FranceThe Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements... - Antoine BéthouartAntoine BéthouartMarie Émile Antoine Béthouart was a French Army general who served during World War I and World War II....
(1889-1982), Compagnon de la Libération - Henry de Bournazel (1898-1933)
- Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves (1901-1941), Compagnon de la Libération
- Philippe Leclerc de Hautecloque (1902-1947), Compagnon de la Libération and marshal of FranceMarshal of FranceThe Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements...
(Marshall Leclerc) - Pierre SegrétainPierre SegrétainPierre Côme André Segrétain was a French Army officer, that fought in World War II and the First Indochina War, primarily in Foreign Legion units...
(1909-1950), commander of the 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion1st Foreign Parachute RegimentThe 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment was an airborne unit of the Foreign Legion. It fought in the First Indochina War, Suez Crisis and Algerian War, but was disbanded after taking part in a putsch against the French government in 1961.... - Alain de BoissieuAlain de BoissieuAlain de Boissieu was a French general, Free French, Compagnon de la Libération, Army chief of staff and son-in-law of general Charles de Gaulle.-Life:...
(1914-2006), Compagnon de la Libération and Chief of Staff of the French ArmyChief of Staff of the French ArmyThe Chief of the Staff of the French Army is the professional head of the French Army. The current Chief of Staff of the French Army has been General Elrick Irastorza since 2 July 2008.-French Army Chiefs of Staff:*Raoul Le Mouton De Boisdeffre... - Tom MorelTom MorelThéodose Morel, known as Tom Morel was a career military officer and French Resistance fighter. A student, then instructor, at the Saint-Cyr military academy, he fought for the French Army against the Italians in the Alps...
(1915-1944), Compagnon de la Libération - Jean-Louis Battet (born in 1944), admiral, Chief of Staff of the French NavyChief of Staff of the French Navythumb|Admiral Pierre-François Forissier, CEMMThe Chief of the Staff of the French Navy is the head of the French Navy and responsible to the Minister of Defence for its preparation and deployment.As a naval expert, he assists:...
from 2001 to 2005 - Édouard GuillaudÉdouard GuillaudAdmiral Édouard Guillaud is a French Navy officer and admiral. He has devoted a significant part of his career to the design of the Charles De Gaulle, and eventually captained her. He currently serves as Chief of the Defence Staff...
(born in 1953), admiral, Chief of the Defence StaffChief of the Defence Staff (France)The Chief of the Defence Staff is the chief of staff of the Military of France. The position is currently held by Admiral Édouard Guillaud.- Functions :The Chief of the Defence Staff has two roles:...
since 2010
CEOs
- Pierre GadonneixPierre GadonneixPierre Gadonneix is a French business man; he was the chairman of the board and CEO of EDF from 2004 to 2009.-Biography:Pierre Gadonneix, who has a Doctorate in Business Economics from the Harvard Business School, is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure du...
(born in 1943), CEO of Gaz de FranceGaz de FranceGaz de France was a French company which produced, transported and sold natural gas around the world, especially in France, its main market. The company was also particularly active in Belgium, the United Kingdom, Germany, and other European countries. Through its part-owned Belgian subsidiary SPE...
from 1996 to 200, then CEO of EDFÉlectricité de FranceÉlectricité de France S.A. is the second largest French utility company. Headquartered in Paris, France, with €65.2 billion in revenues in 2010, EDF operates a diverse portfolio of 120,000+ megawatts of generation capacity in Europe, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.EDF is one of...
from 2004 to 2009 - Louis GalloisLouis GalloisLouis René Fernand Gallois is a French businessman and currently the CEO of EADS.-Education:...
(born in 1944), CEO of SNCF, then CEO of EADSEADSThe European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. is a global pan-European aerospace and defence corporation and a leading defence and military contractor worldwide...
and CEO of AirbusAirbusAirbus SAS is an aircraft manufacturing subsidiary of EADS, a European aerospace company. Based in Blagnac, France, surburb of Toulouse, and with significant activity across Europe, the company produces around half of the world's jet airliners.... - Marc Tessier (born in 1946), former chairman of France Télévision
- Jean-Martin FolzJean-Martin FolzJean-Martin Folz is a French businessman. He was the chairman and CEO of PSA Peugeot Citroën from 1997 to 2007.-References:...
(born in 1947), former chairman and CEO of PSA Peugeot CitroënPSA Peugeot CitroënPSA Peugeot Citroën is a French manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles sold under the Peugeot and Citroën marques. Headquartered in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, PSA is the second largest automaker based in Europe and the number eight in the world.-History:In December 1974 Peugeot S.A.... - Philippe Varin (born in 1953), CEO of PSA Peugeot CitroënPSA Peugeot CitroënPSA Peugeot Citroën is a French manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles sold under the Peugeot and Citroën marques. Headquartered in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, PSA is the second largest automaker based in Europe and the number eight in the world.-History:In December 1974 Peugeot S.A....
since 2009 - Benoît PotierBenoît PotierBenoît Potier is a French businessman and economist. Potier is a graduate of the École Centrale Paris, a prominent engineering school, has been CEO of the French multinational industrial gas company Air Liquide since 2001. Potier also holds an MBA from INSEAD....
(born in 1957), CEO of Air liquideAir LiquideL'Air Liquide S.A., or Air Liquide , is a major French company supplying industrial gases and services to various industries including medical, chemical and electronic manufacturers. Founded in 1902, it is first in the world market in its field, now operating in over 80 countries. It is... - Édouard Michelin (1963-2006), former CEO of MichelinMichelinMichelin is a tyre manufacturer based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne région of France. It is one of the two largest tyre manufacturers in the world along with Bridgestone. In addition to the Michelin brand, it also owns the BFGoodrich, Kleber, Riken, Kormoran and Uniroyal tyre brands...
Politicians
- Jean-François DeniauJean-François DeniauJean-François Deniau was a French statesman, diplomat, essayist and novelist. He was until 1998 a member of the UDF .-Minister and diplomat:...
(1928-2007), statesman, diplomat, essayist and novelist ; member of the Académie françaiseAcadémie françaiseL'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
. - Laurent Touvet (born in 1962), conseiller d'État, directeur des libertés publiques et des affaires juridiques au ministère de l'Intérieur
- Valérie PécresseValérie PécresseValérie Pécresse is a French politician. She has been deputy of the Yvelines since May 16, 2002, Minister for Higher Education and Research from May 18, 2007 to June 2011 and is currently in charge of the budget as the Minister of the Budget since then...
(born in 1967), Minister for Higher Education and Research - Emmanuelle MignonEmmanuelle MignonEmmanuelle Mignon was the French Representative to Andorra from June 2007 to September 2008. Mignon later served as cabinet secretary for Nicolas Sarkozy.-References:...
(born in 1968), civil servant and chief of staff of President Nicolas Sarkozy
Scientists
- Albert JacquardAlbert JacquardAlbert Jacquard is a French geneticist and essayist. He is well known for defending ideas related to the concept of degrowth.- Beginnings :...
(born in 1925), statistician, geneticist - Xavier Le PichonXavier Le PichonXavier Le Pichon is a French geophysicist. Among many other contributions, he is known for his comprehensive model of plate tectonics .He is professor at the Collège de France.-Biography:Le Pichon holds a doctorate in physics....
(born in 1937), geophysicist, professor at Collège de FranceCollège de FranceThe Collège de France is a higher education and research establishment located in Paris, France, in the 5th arrondissement, or Latin Quarter, across the street from the historical campus of La Sorbonne at the intersection of Rue Saint-Jacques and Rue des Écoles...
, member of the Académie des Sciences - Ivar EkelandIvar EkelandIvar Ekeland is a French mathematician of Norwegian descent. Ekeland has written influential monographs and textbooks on nonlinear functional analysis, the calculus of variations, and mathematical economics, as well as popular books on mathematics, which have been published in French, English, and...
(born in 1944), mathematician - Albert Ducrocq (1921-2001), scientific, journalist and essayist
- Stanislas DehaeneStanislas DehaeneStanislas Dehaene is a professor at the Collège de France, author, and director of INSERM . He has worked on a number of topics, including numerical cognition, the neural basis of reading and the neural correlates of consciousness. Dehaene was one of ten people to be awarded the James S...
(born in 1965), mathematician and cognitivist, professor at Collège de FranceCollège de FranceThe Collège de France is a higher education and research establishment located in Paris, France, in the 5th arrondissement, or Latin Quarter, across the street from the historical campus of La Sorbonne at the intersection of Rue Saint-Jacques and Rue des Écoles...
, member of the Académie des Sciences - Elyès Jouini (born in 1965), economist, member of the Institut universitaire de FranceInstitut Universitaire de FranceThe Institut Universitaire de France, abbreviated by the acronym IUF is a French service of the Ministry of Higher Education that distinguishes each year a small number of teacher-researchers for their research excellence, as evidenced by their international...
Others
- Pierre Savorgnan de BrazzaPierre Savorgnan de BrazzaPietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà, best known as Pierre Paul François Camille Savorgnan de Brazza , was a Franco-Italian explorer, born in Italy and later naturalized Frenchman...
(1852-1905), explorer - Blessed Charles de FoucauldCharles de FoucauldCharles Eugène de Foucauld was a French Catholic religious and priest living among the Tuareg in the Sahara in Algeria. He was assassinated in 1916 outside the door of the fort he built for protection of the Tuareg and is considered by the Catholic Church to be a martyr...
(1858-1916), explorer and Catholic religious - Prince Hubert de Broglie (1903-1972)
- Yves du ManoirYves du ManoirYves Frantz Loys Marie Le Pelley du Manoir, known as Yves du Manoir was a French rugby player....
(1904-1928), rugby player - Jean Bastien-Thiry (1927-1963), attempted to assassinate French President Charles de GaulleCharles de GaulleCharles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He later founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969....
- Bernard FressonBernard FressonBernard Fresson was a French cinema actor. He starred in over 160 films. Some of his notable roles include: Javert in the 1972 mini-series version of Les Misérables, Inspector Barthelmy in John Frankenheimer's French Connection II , Scope in Roman Polanski's The Tenant , Gilbert in Lover Boy , and...
(1931-2002), cinema actor - Philippe SollersPhilippe SollersPhilippe Sollers is a French writer and critic. In 1960 he founded the avant garde journal Tel Quel , published by Seuil, which ran until 1982...
(born in 1936), writer - Patrick Peugeot (born in 1937), president of the Cimade
- Bernard Ramanantsoa (born in 1948), dean of HEC
- Bernard de Montmorillon (born in 1950), dean of Paris Dauphine University from 1999 to 2007
- Mac Lesggy (born in 1962), scientific journalist
- Julien CoupatJulien CoupatJulien Coupat is a French political activist at the centre of a controversial investigation. As one of the Tarnac Nine, he was accused of plotting the sabotage of train lines in November 2008, which the French government decided to define as terrorism, and spent over six months in jail before...
(born in 1974), political activist
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