Famous Alumni
With fewer than 120 graduates each year, Mines Paris Tech's alumni includes:
- Maurice Allais (1911–2010), Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 1988 (Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel)
- Jean-Louis Bianco (1943–), General Secretary of President of France (1982–1991), Minister of Social Affairs (France) (1991–1992), Minister of Transport (France) (1992–1993), députy of Alpes de Haute Provence's 1st constituency (1997–)
- Louis Paul Cailletet (1832–1913), physicist and inventor
- Georges Charpak (1924–2010), Nobel Prize in physics 1992
- Élie de Beaumont (1798–1874), founder of geology, Wollaston medal 1843
- Thierry Desmarest, former CEO of Total
- Jean-Martin Folz, former CEO of PSA Peugeot Citroën
- Noël Forgeard, former CEO of Airbus and EADS
- Charles de Freycinet, prime minister of France at the end of the 19th century
- Carlos Ghosn (1954–), CEO of Nissan, CEO of Renault-Nissan
- Auguste Laurent (1808–1853), chemist, precursor of Organic Chemistry modern
- Anne Lauvergeon, former CEO of Areva
- Albert Lebrun (1871–1950), president of France
- Alfred-Marie Liénard,(1869–1958),famous for the Liénard–Wiechert potential
- Didier Lombard, chairman and former CEO of France Telecom
- Francis Mer, former CEO of Usinor and former Minister of Finances of France
- Alain Poher (1909–1996), politician, president of Sénat, president by interim of French Republic.
- Denis Ranque, CEO of Thales Group
- Conrad Schlumberger, co-founder of Schlumberger Limited
- Léon Walras (1834–1910), mathematical economist
- Jean-Jacques Favier (1949-), astronaut
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