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Saint Agnes – according to legend mentioned by the fourth century Saint Ambrose; Saint Alban (around 304) – executed in Roman Britain for converting to Christianity, according to tradition; Saint Andrew Kim (1846) – beheaded in Korea for being Christian; Saint Ansanus – according to legend; Saint Anthimus of Rome – according to legend
Michel Foucault. Paul-Michel Foucault ( UK: / ˈfuːkoʊ / FOO-koh, US: / fuːˈkoʊ / foo-KOH; [ 9] French: [pɔl miʃɛl fuko]; 15 October 1926 – 25 June 1984) was a French historian of ideas and philosopher who also served as an author, literary critic, political activist, and teacher. Foucault's theories primarily addressed the ...
Pierre Émile Cartier (10 June 1932 – 17 August 2024) was a French mathematician. An associate of the Bourbaki group and at one time a colleague of Alexander Grothendieck , his interests have ranged over algebraic geometry , representation theory , mathematical physics , and category theory .
Claude Goudimel (1520–1572), composer of musical settings for the Psalms (Genevan Psalter), martyr (Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre). [185] Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1939–2016), Austrian conductor. [186] [187] Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993), Belgian-born British actress and humanitarian, descended from Daniel Marot of Paris.
Many mathematical problems have been stated but not yet solved. These problems come from many areas of mathematics, such as theoretical physics, computer science, algebra, analysis, combinatorics, algebraic, differential, discrete and Euclidean geometries, graph theory, group theory, model theory, number theory, set theory, Ramsey theory, dynamical systems, and partial differential equations.
Denis Diderot. Denis Diderot ( / ˈdiːdəroʊ /; [ 2] French: [dəni did (ə)ʁo]; 5 October 1713 – 31 July 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the Encyclopédie along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. He was a prominent figure during the Age of Enlightenment.
Pierre Colmez (born 1962) is a French mathematician, notable for his work on p-adic analysis. Colmez studied at École Normale Supérieure and obtained his doctorate from Grenoble University . He won the 2005 Fermat Prize for his contributions to the study of L-functions and p-adic Galois representations .
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (UK: / ˈ r uː s oʊ /, US: / r uː ˈ s oʊ / [1] [2] French: [ʒɑ̃.ʒak ʁuso]; 28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Genevan philosopher (), writer, and composer.. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the development of modern political, economic, and educational ...