Inventors from France

46 inventors

Alexandre YersinBorn: September 22, 1863Occupation: explorer
Alfred A. FoucherBorn: November 21, 1865Occupation: university teacher
Charles ChamberlandBorn: March 12, 1851Occupation: physician
Charles Marie Benjamin RougetBorn: August 19, 1824Occupation: university teacher
Christophe DemeautisBorn: 1950Occupation: astronomer
Daniel MatterBorn: 1957Occupation: astronomer
Emmanuël SouchierBorn: November 3, 1954Occupation: communication scholar
Eugène CremmerBorn: February 7, 1942Occupation: researcher
François de LanfranchiBorn: June 23, 1926Occupation: prehistorian
François IcardBorn: January 18, 1875Occupation: archaeologist
François Isaac de RivazBorn: December 19, 1752Occupation: military officer
François KugelBorn: 1959Occupation: astronomer
François OuvièreBorn: June 29, 1807Occupation: civil engineer
François Thureau-DanginBorn: January 3, 1872Occupation: epigrapher
Georges AttardBorn: January 7, 1957Occupation: discoverer of comets
Guy ReissBorn: November 8, 1904Occupation: astronomer
Henri MoissanBorn: September 28, 1852Occupation: pharmacist
Henri ParmentierBorn: January 3, 1871Occupation: art historian
Henry de LumleyBorn: August 14, 1934Occupation: paleontologist
Horace Bénédict de SaussureBorn: February 17, 1740Occupation: glaciologist
Jacqueline CiffréoBorn: December 26, 1933Occupation: astronomer
Jean-Claude MerlinBorn: September 3, 1954Occupation: astronomer
Jean-Marc PetitBorn: 1961Occupation: astronomer
Jean-Marie SouriauBorn: June 3, 1922Occupation: physicist
Joseph OesterléBorn: 1954Occupation: university teacher
Joseph Valentin BoussinesqBorn: March 13, 1842Occupation: university teacher
Jules RichardBorn: December 19, 1848Occupation: entrepreneur
Jérôme Eugène CoggiaBorn: February 18, 1849Occupation: astronomer
Louis Charles Émile LortetBorn: August 22, 1836Occupation: essayist
Louis DaguerreBorn: November 18, 1787Occupation: painter
Marcel BichBorn: July 29, 1914Occupation: art collector
Maurice AllaisBorn: May 31, 1911Occupation: researcher
Michel-Claude WeissBorn: November 8, 1939Occupation: university teacher
Paul SabatierBorn: November 5, 1854Occupation: university teacher
Paul-Pierre HenryBorn: August 21, 1848Occupation: astronomer
Philippe ButtaniBorn: June 21, 1968Occupation: astronomer
Pierre BonnierBorn: August 16, 1861Occupation: psychologist
Pierre-François BouchardBorn: April 29, 1771Occupation: explorer
Pierre-Louis GautrotBorn: March 1812Occupation: musical instrument maker
Prosper-Mathieu HenryBorn: December 10, 1849Occupation: astronomer
Prosper-René BlondlotBorn: July 3, 1849Occupation: university teacher
René de Saint-PérierBorn: August 18, 1877Occupation: prehistorian
Roman GhirshmanBorn: October 15, 1895Occupation: explorer
Urbain Le VerrierBorn: March 11, 1811Occupation: astronomer
Valentin PoénaruBorn: October 2, 1932Occupation: university teacher
Yves CoppensBorn: August 9, 1934Occupation: professor