Serge Haroche (1972) - Nobel Prize in Physics (2012) for groundbreaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems.
Alain Aspect (1971) - Nobel Prize in Physics (2022) for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science.
Thomas Pesquet (2001) - European Space Agency astronaut, known for his missions to the International Space Station.
François Englert (1959) - Nobel Prize in Physics (2013) for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles.
Édouard Brézin (1965) - Physicist, former president of the French Academy of Sciences, known for his contributions to statistical mechanics and field theory.