Curated category
École normale supérieure (Paris) alumni
- Jean BeaufretJean Beaufret was born on the 22nd of May 1907 in Auzances, France. He graduated from the École Normale Supérieure before completing his mandatory military…
- Jean-Paul SartreJean-Paul Sartre was born on the 21st of June 1905 in Paris as the only child of Jean-Baptiste Sartre and Anne-Marie Schweitzer.
- Michel FoucaultPaul-Michel Foucault was born on the 15th of October 1926 in the city of Poitiers, west-central France. He entered a prosperous, socially conservative family…
- Émile DurkheimDavid Émile Durkheim was born on the 15th of April 1858 in Épinal, Lorraine. He entered a long lineage of devout Alsatian Jews stretching back eight…
- Esther DufloEsther Duflo was born on the 25th of October 1972 at the Port Royal Hospital in Paris, France. Her father taught mathematics while her mother worked as a…
- Louis PasteurOn the 6th of July 1885, Louis Pasteur faced a choice that could have ended in his prosecution. A 9-year-old boy named Joseph Meister had been badly mauled…
- Jean GiraudouxHippolyte Jean Giraudoux entered the world on the 29th of October 1882 in Bellac, a small town in Haute-Vienne. His father Léger worked for the Ministry of…
- Louis AlthusserLouis Pierre Althusser was born on the 16th of October 1918 in Birmendreïs, a small town near Algiers in French Algeria.
- Georges DumézilGeorges Dumézil was born in Paris on the 4th of March 1898. His father Jean Dumézil served as a highly educated general in the French Army.
- Victor DuruyJean Victor Duruy entered the world on the 10th of September 1811 in Paris. His father worked as a factory worker and expected his son to follow that trade.
- Claude RibbeClaude Ribbe entered the world on the 13th of October 1954 in Paris. He grew up within the city that would later host his public appearances and debates.
- Hippolyte TaineHippolyte Adolphe Taine was born on the 21st of April 1828 in the town of Vouziers. He grew up within a prosperous family in the Ardennes region of France.