EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1794 by Lazare Carnot as the École Centrale des Travaux Publics.

Location:
Paris, France

Founding Date:
1794

Official Website:
http://www.polytechnique.fr/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Maurice Allais	Economist	31-May-1911		Monopoly pricing and the Allais effect
Bernard Arnault	Business	5-Mar-1949		World's 17th richest man, 2005
Claude Bébéar	Business	29-Jul-1935		CEO of AXA, 1985-2000
Henri Becquerel	Physicist	15-Dec-1852	25-Aug-1908	Discoverer of radioactivity
Sadi Carnot	Physicist	1-Jun-1796	24-Aug-1832	2nd Law of Thermodynamics
Augustin-Louis Cauchy	Mathematician	21-Aug-1789	23-May-1857	Infinitesimals, Theory of substitution groups
Bertrand P. Collomb	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Lafarge SA, 1987-2003
Auguste Comte	Sociologist	19-Jan-1798	5-Sep-1857	Positivist founder of Sociology
Alfred Cornu	Physicist	6-Mar-1841	11-Apr-1902	Optics and spectroscopy
Henri Alexandre Deslandres	Astronomer	24-Jul-1853	15-Jan-1948	Spectroheliograph
Alfred Dreyfus	Victim	9-Oct-1859	12-Jul-1935	Dreyfus Affair scapegoat
Ferdinand Foch	Military	2-Oct-1851	20-Mar-1929	Allied Supreme Commander WWI
Noël Forgeard	Business	8-Dec-1946		CEO of Airbus, 2004-06
Augustin-Jean Fresnel	Physicist	10-May-1788	14-Jul-1827	Optician, invented Fresnel lens
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac	Chemist	6-Dec-1778	9-May-1850	Researched gases, etc.
Carlos Ghosn	Business	9-Mar-1954		CEO of Nissan and Renault
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing	Head of State	2-Feb-1926		President of France 1974-81
Bernard L. M. Kasriel	Business	1946		CEO of Lafarge, 2003-06
Benoit Mandelbrot	Mathematician	20-Nov-1924		Fractal mathematician
Jean-Marie Messier	Business	13-Dec-1956		CEO of Vivendi, 1996-2000
Henri Poincaré	Mathematician	29-Apr-1854	17-Jul-1912	Poincaré Conjecture
Siméon-Denis Poisson	Mathematician	21-Jun-1781	25-Apr-1840	Poisson distribution
Henri-Victor Regnault	Chemist	21-Jul-1810	19-Jan-1878	Properties of gases
Charles-Bernard Renouvier	Philosopher	1-Jan-1815	1-Sep-1903	Neocritical idealist
Pierre Schaeffer	Electronic Musician	14-Aug-1910	19-Aug-1995	Inventor of musique concrète
Robert B. Silvers	Editor	31-Dec-1929		The New York Review of Books

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
André-Marie Ampère	Physicist	22-Jan-1775	10-Jun-1836	Explored electromagnetism
Henri Becquerel	Physicist	15-Dec-1852	25-Aug-1908	Discoverer of radioactivity
Augustin-Louis Cauchy	Mathematician	21-Aug-1789	23-May-1857	Infinitesimals, Theory of substitution groups
Jean-Baptiste-André Dumas	Chemist	14-Jul-1800	10-Apr-1884	Pioneer of organic chemistry
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier	Mathematician	21-Mar-1768	16-May-1830	Fourier series
Edmond Frémy	Chemist	28-Feb-1814	3-Feb-1894	Discovered hydrogen fluoride
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac	Chemist	6-Dec-1778	9-May-1850	Researched gases, etc.
Jacques-Salomon Hadamard	Mathematician	8-Dec-1865	17-Oct-1963	Prime number theorem
Joseph-Louis Lagrange	Mathematician	25-Jan-1736	10-Apr-1813	Mécanique Analytique
Bernard Lyot	Astronomer	27-Feb-1897	2-Apr-1952	Sandstorms on Mars
Keith Moffatt	Mathematician	12-Apr-1935		Fluid dynamics
Siméon-Denis Poisson	Mathematician	21-Jun-1781	25-Apr-1840	Poisson distribution
Henri-Victor Regnault	Chemist	21-Jul-1810	19-Jan-1878	Properties of gases
Charles François Sturm	Mathematician	29-Sep-1803	18-Dec-1855	Sturm's Theorem
Louis-Jacques Thénard	Chemist	4-May-1777	21-Jun-1857	Traité de Chimie élémentaire
Nicolas-Louis Vauquelin	Chemist	16-May-1763	14-Nov-1829	Discovered beryllium and chromium

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