Saint Jean Hulst, founded in 1878, is a secondary school located in Versailles (France). The old name, Saint Jean de Béthune, is still often seen and used. The school has more than 3,000 students from college (the first four years of secondary education in France) to lyceum. It is known for its Baccalauréat results: 100% accepted from 2006 to 2014. It was also the third largest contributor of students to the Instituts d'études politiques (SciencesPo) in 2009.
Famous alumni
19th century Georges Lacombe (1868-1916), sculptor Henri Émilien Rousseau (1875-1933), painter Henri Marret (1878-1964), painter Paul Richaud (1887-1968), Catholic Cardinal Jacques de La Presle (1888-1969), composer (1899-1967), missionary and Prelate Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie (1900-1969), journalist and politician
1901-1950 René Voillaume (1905-2003), priest and theologian Jehan Alain (1911-1940), organist and composer Armand-François Le Bourgeois (1911-2005), Bishop Maurice Teynac (1915-1992), actor (1916-1987), writer and journalist Antoine de La Garanderie (1920-2010), educator and philosopher (1921-2001), cyberneticist (1929- ), comedian (1933- ), journalist Gilles de Robien (1941- ), politician (1942- ), Bishop (1947- ), journalist (1947- ), composer Erik Arnoult, known as Érik Orsenna (1947- ), politician and novelist Henry de Lesquen (1949- ), politician
1951-2000 Bruno Guiblet (1951- ), novelist (1960- ), comedian François de Mazières (1960- ), politician (1961- ), journalist (1962- ), government official Étienne de Montety (1965- ), writer and journalist
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