Paris-Sorbonne Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni of Paris-Sorbonne

• Simone de Beauvoir (1929) - Philosopher and writer, known for her work 'The Second Sex'.
• Jean-Paul Sartre (1929) - Philosopher, playwright, and novelist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964, which he declined.
• Jacques Derrida (1952) - Philosopher, founder of deconstructionism.
• Raymond Aron (1928) - Sociologist, political scientist, and philosopher.
• François Mitterrand (1941) - Former President of France.
• Julien Green (1922) - Novelist and diarist, first non-French national elected to the Académie française.
• Emmanuel Levinas (1928) - Philosopher, known for his work in ethics and phenomenology.
• Alain Robbe-Grillet (1945) - Novelist and filmmaker, a key figure in the Nouveau Roman movement.
• Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1930) - Philosopher, influential in the field of phenomenology.
• Émile Benveniste (1927) - Linguist, known for his contributions to structural linguistics.