Professional/specialist Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a French economist whose broad financial and governmental reforms in early 18th-century Bourbon

Was a French economist whose broad financial and governmental reforms in early 18th-century Bourbon Spain helped to further the implementation of centralized and uniform administration in that country. Jean Orry's career as a munitioneer for the army of Italy between 1690 and 1698, demonstrated his capacities.[1]

Was a Grand Prix motor racing driver and a member of the French Resistance during World War II.Born

Was a Grand Prix motor racing driver and a member of the French Resistance during World War II.Born in Paris, France to a father who loved motor sports and was employed as the motoring correspondent for the Petit Parisien newspaper, Jean-Pierre Wimille developed a fascination with racing cars at a young age. He was 22 years old when he made his Grand Prix debut, driving a Bugatti 37A at the 1930 French Grand Prix in Pau.

Is a French economist and public policy expert. He is currently Director of Bruegel, the Brussels-ba

Is a French economist and public policy expert. He is currently Director of Bruegel, the Brussels-based economic think tank.

Was a French Protestant theologian who was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He was the son of theolog

Was a French Protestant theologian who was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He was the son of theologian Albert Réville 1826-1906). He studied theology at Geneva, Berlin and Heidelberg, and in 1880 obtained his licentiate in theology in Paris. He subsequently became a pastor in Sainte-Suzanne, Doubs, and in 1886 received his doctorate in theology. In 1894 he was appointed professor of patristics to the theological faculty at the Sorbonne.

Was a French socialist philosopher. He was a member of the Saint-Simonian community. He was a co-fou

Was a French socialist philosopher. He was a member of the Saint-Simonian community. He was a co-founder of the Encyclopédie nouvelle.

Was a French astronomer and assistant (élève astronome) of Giovanni Domenico Cassini.Between 1671

Was a French astronomer and assistant (élève astronome) of Giovanni Domenico Cassini.Between 1671 and 1673 he traveled to Cayenne to observe Mars during its perigee. This led to an estimate of the distance between sun and Mars.

Was an American ornithologist of French origin. He was renowned for not only discovering but also re

Was an American ornithologist of French origin. He was renowned for not only discovering but also rearing some of the rarest birds in the world. One of the birds he discovered was the Imperial Pheasant, later found to be a hybrid between the Vietnamese Pheasant and the Silver Pheasant.

Was a French naturalist, entomologist and ornithologist.His principal work, Histoire des insectes nu

Was a French naturalist, entomologist and ornithologist.His principal work, Histoire des insectes nuisibles à la vigne (1842), was completed after his death by Henri Milne-Edwards and Émile Blanchard. His papers mostly appeared in the Annales des sciences naturelles, which, with Adolphe Theodore Brongniart and Jean-Baptiste Dumas, he founded in 1824, and in the proceedings of the Société entomologique de France, of which he was one of the founders in 1832.Audouin also contributed to other branches of natural history. He co-authored the Dictionaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle (1822) and collaborated with Henri Milne-Edwards in a study of marine animals in French inshore waters. He also completed Marie Jules César Savigny's ornithological section of Description de l'Egypte (1826).

Was a French Catholic priest and missionary in Iceland. Baudoin was occupied with polemics all the t

Was a French Catholic priest and missionary in Iceland. Baudoin was occupied with polemics all the time he lived in Iceland (1858-1875). He wrote many articles in newspapers in order to answer criticism against the Catholic Church. In addition to that he wrote several books in Icelandic (see the bibliography below), e.g. a booklet with the title Jesús Kristr er guð þrátt fyrir mótmæli Magnúsar Eiríkssonar (1867) [Jesus Christ is God in spite of the protest of Magnús Eiríksson], which was aimed at the book by the Icelandic Theologian Magnús Eiríksson, entitled Er Johannes-Evangeliet et apostolisk og ægte Evangelium [Is the Gospel of John an apostolic and true Gospel] (1863).[2]

Was a French theologian and Bishop of Le Mans. Having received merely an elementary education, he le

Was a French theologian and Bishop of Le Mans. Having received merely an elementary education, he learned his father's trade of carpentry, but he gave his spare time to the study of the classics under the direction of the parish priest. In 1805 he entered the seminary of Angers, where he made rapid progress. He was ordained priest in 1808 and appointed professor of philosophy at the College of Château Gonthier.

Was a French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer. A firm believer of the idea that the Earth r

Was a French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer. A firm believer of the idea that the Earth remained fixed in space, Morin is best known for being opponent of Galileo and the latter's ideas. He continued his attacks after the Trial of Galileo. Morin seems to have been a rather contentious figure, as he also attacked Descartes' ideas after meeting the philosopher in 1638. These disputes isolated Morin from the scientific community at large.

Was a French Jesuit dogmatic theologian. During his first period of teaching, he did not publish any

Was a French Jesuit dogmatic theologian. During his first period of teaching, he did not publish any theological work, except a treatise, "De Verbo incarnato", Jersey, 1882, for private circulation; there are also five or six other treatises in manuscript or lithographed, which form a substantial body of Positive rather than Scholastic theology, after the manner and doctrine of Cardinal Franzelin.

Is a French astronomer, founder-president of the Société astronomique de Bourgogne (Burgundy Astro

Is a French astronomer, founder-president of the Société astronomique de Bourgogne (Burgundy Astronomical Society). He received the Prix Georges Bidault de l'Isle of the Société astronomique de France in 1999.[1]

Is a French astronomer, member of the Académie des sciences, and former director of the Nice Observ

Is a French astronomer, member of the Académie des sciences, and former director of the Nice Observatory. He served as the secretary-general of the International Astronomical Union from 1964 to 1967. A minor planet (1629 Pecker) is also named after him.[1]

Was a French mathematician. In 1754 he published an anonymous treatise entitled Histoire des récher

Was a French mathematician. In 1754 he published an anonymous treatise entitled Histoire des récherches sur la quadrature du cercle, and in 1758 the first part of his great work, Histoire des mathématiques, the first history of mathematics worthy of the name. He was appointed intendant-secretary of Grenoble in 1758, secretary to the expedition for colonizing Cayenne in 1764, and chief architect and censor-royal for mathematical books in 1765.

Is a French philosopher.[1]

Is a French philosopher.[1]

Was a French astronomer and botanist.

Was a French astronomer and botanist.

Was a French mathematician. Darboux made several important contributions to geometry and mathematica

Was a French mathematician. Darboux made several important contributions to geometry and mathematical analysis (see linear PDEs for example). He was a biographer of Henri Poincaré and he edited the Selected Works of Joseph Fourier.

Was a Greco-French astronomer. In Greek he was known as Ioannis Focas. He worked at the Pic du Midi

Was a Greco-French astronomer. In Greek he was known as Ioannis Focas. He worked at the Pic du Midi Observatory, investigating the surface features of Mars using visual and photographic techniques. The lunar crater Focas and a crater on Mars were named after him.

Was a French Roman Catholic theologian and author. While attached to the Diocese of Nevers, he was s

Was a French Roman Catholic theologian and author. While attached to the Diocese of Nevers, he was successively professor of theology, director of the petit séminaire, canon, and vicar-general of the diocese, and had already published several works, when he left for Rome in 1841.

Is a mathematician best known for studying geometry and discovering the Koszul complex. He was educa

Is a mathematician best known for studying geometry and discovering the Koszul complex. He was educated at the Lycée Fustel-de-Coulanges in Strasbourg before studying at the Faculty of Science in Strasbourg and the Faculty of Science in Paris. He has lectured at many universities and was appointed professor in the Faculty of Science at Grenoble in 1963. He is a member of the French Academy of Sciences.

Was a French mathematician who worked, under the guidance of Alexander Grothendieck, on derived cate

Was a French mathematician who worked, under the guidance of Alexander Grothendieck, on derived categories and Verdier duality. He was a close collaborator of Alexander Grothendieck, notably contributing to SGA 4 his theory of hypercovers and anticipating the later development of étale homotopy by Michael Artin and Barry Mazur, following a suggestion he attributed to Pierre Cartier. Saul Lubkin's related theory of rigid hypercovers was later taken up by Eric Friedlander in his definition of the etale topological type.

Is a French-American mathematician. Educated at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, after an app

Is a French-American mathematician. Educated at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, after an appointment as researcher with the C. N. R. S., he became a Professor of Mathematics at Pennsylvania State University. He proved the Kazhdan-Lusztig conjectures with Masaki Kashiwara. He has also worked on gerbes, cyclic homology, Quillen bundles, and geometric class field theory, among other geometric and algebraic topics.

Is among the best-known living philosophers in France, former student of Jacques Derrida and one of

Is among the best-known living philosophers in France, former student of Jacques Derrida and one of the leading Catholic thinkers of modern times. Marion's take on the postmodern is richly enhanced by his expertise in patristic and mystical theology, phenomenology, and modern philosophy.[1] Although much of his academic work has dealt with Descartes and phenomenologists like Martin Heidegger and Edmund Husserl,

Is a French philosopher who is best known for his book Les puissances de l'expérience (1991), descr

Is a French philosopher who is best known for his book Les puissances de l'expérience (1991), described by Paul Ricoeur as "one of the most important works recently published in the field of social and political philosophy".[1] He has also translated the work of Jürgen Habermas, by whom he was influenced, into French.