Doctor, Tourette's syndrome

Philosopher, Reflections on Violence

Novelist, Prolific Belgian-French novelist

Painter, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte

Painter, Expressionist painter of clowns, Christs

Head of State, President of France, 1969-74

Religion, Activist monk, Nobel Prize recipient

Novelist, La Vie: mode d'emploi

Film Director, The Professional

Scientist, Hybridoma technique (monoclonal antibodies)

Composer, Oedipe

Novelist, Civilisation

Composer, French film composer

Activist, Key figure in French Revolution

Zoologist, Comparative anatomist, paleontologist

Politician, French Prime Minister, 1917-20

Chemist, Neon lighting

Physicist, Subatomic particle detectors