This is a list of alumni, former staff, and those otherwise associated with Sorbonne University (and the former autonomous universities Paris-IV Sorbonne and Paris-VI Pierre and Marie Curie). This list is incomplete.
Notable alumni
Nobel laureates
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (Nobel Prize in Physics 1997) Emmanuelle Charpentier (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020) Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine) Serge Haroche (Nobel Prize in Physics 2012) Gérard Mourou (Nobel Prize in Physics 2018)
Arts and humanities
Donald Adamson (1939–2024), British historian Shmuel Agmon (1922–2025), Israeli mathematician Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Kawari (born 1948), Qatari diplomat Sophia Antoniadis (1895–1972), classical scholar and first female professor at Leiden University Philippe Barbarin (born 1950), French Catholic Archbishop of Lyon and cardinal Charlotte Casiraghi (born 1986), Italian fashion journalist Karl P. Cohen (1913–2012), American physical chemist Ioan Petru Culianu (1950–1991), Romanian historian Abiol Lual Deng (born 1983), South Sudanese-American political scientist Mamadou Diouf, Senegalese professor of Western African history at Columbia University Julia Ducournau, French director and screenwriter Marie Drucker (born 1974), French journalist Soudabeh Fazaeli (born 1947), Iranian seismologist, researcher, mythologist and writer Luc Ferry (born 1951), French philosopher Henri Guaino (born 1957) French politician William Irigoyen (born 1970), French journalist Besiana Kadare (born 1972), Albanian Ambassador to the UN Samir Kassir (1960–2005), Lebanese-French professor of history at Saint-Joseph University Jiddu Krishnamurti (born 1895), Indian philosopher Thanh Hai Ngo (born 1947), Vietnamese-Canadian senator Caterina Magni (born 1966) Italian-French archaeologist Shahrzad Rafati (born 1980), Iranian-Canadian media entrepreneur Bernard Romain (born 1944), French painter and sculptor Christiane Taubira (born 1952), Minister of Justice of France Habib Tawa (born 1945), Lebanese-French historian Jean-Pierre Thiollet (born 1956), French writer Shunichi Yamaguchi (born 1950), Japanese politician Nureldin Satti, Sudanese diplomat and ambassador to the United States. Jemima West (born 1987), Anglo-French actress Baby Varghese Indian scholar and professor Zahia Ziouani (born 1978), French composer
Science, engineering and medicine
Claude Bartolone, French politician, former President of the National Assembly Dominique Strauss-Kahn, French economist, politician and senior international civil servant Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, French physicist, Nobel laureate Nicole Capitaine, French astronomer Emmanuelle Charpentier, French microbiologist, biochemist and Nobel laureate Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, French virologist and Nobel laureate Serge Haroche, French physicist, Nobel laureate Gérard Mourou, French physicist, Nobel laureate Georges Calas, French mineralogist Vincent Calvez, French mathematician Sébastien Candel, French physicist Eudald Carbonell, Spanish archaeologist, anthropologist and paleontologist Sophie Carenco, French chemist Pierre Charneau, French virologist Cécile Charrier, French neuroscience researcher Daniel Choquet, French neuroscientist Gérard Denis Cohen, French computer science professor Dominique Costagliola, French epidemiologist Virginie Courtier-Orgogozo, French biologist Nicolas Courtois, French and British cryptographer Jean Dalibard, French physicist Olivier Danvy, French computer scientist Bernard Debré, French urologist and politician (1944–2020) Jean-Pierre Demailly, French mathematician (1957–2022) Julie Diani, French academic in the field of mechanics of polymeric materials Sindika Dokolo, Congolese art collector and businessman (1972–2020) Maïmouna Doucouré, French filmmaker (born 1985) Bérengère Dubrulle, French astrophysicist (born 1965) Catherine Dulac, French–American biologist
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