All our speakers
1500 personalities from academia, industry, the arts, sciences, politics, social sciences welcomed since 1989Select a letter to find out a name
| Speaker |
Function fonction occupée lors de leur dernière présence à la Cité |
Edition |
|---|---|---|
| André BABEAU | Directeur général du centre de recherche sur l'Epargne | 1998 Paris |
| Jean-Pierre BABELON | Directeur du Domaine de Versailles | 1994 Paris |
| Gilles BABINET | Digital champion for the European Commission | 2017 Paris |
| Lauren BACALL | Actress | 1990 Paris |
| Nicole BACHARAN | Historian | 2006 Paris |
| Bernard BACHELIER | Director, FARM | 2008 Paris |
| Roselyne BACHELOT | MP, Maine et Loire | 2000 Paris |
| Christophe de BACKER | Managing director, HSBC France | 2010 Paris |
| Robert BADINTER | Laywer, senator | 2008 Paris |
| Gérard BAFFOY | Notary | 2006 Paris |
| Pénélope BAGIEU | Illustrator and cartoonist | 2014 Paris |
| Jean-Paul BAILLY | CEO Group La Poste | 2008 Paris |
| Maud BAILLY | Chief Digital Officer at AccorHotels | 2017 Paris |
| Philippe BAILLY | DGA de l'Institut National de l'Audiovisuel | 1999 Marseille |
| Georges BALANDIER | Sociologist | 2003 Lille |
| Christopher BALDELLI | Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board in charge of Radio and Information of the M6 Group | 2017 Paris |
| Edouard BALLADUR | Prime Minister | 1994 Paris |
| Patrick BALLARIN | Directeur du Marketing et des Etudes de France Télévision Publicité | 1999 Marseille |
| Francis BALLE | Professor, Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II) | 2000 Paris |
| Dominique BALMARY | Counsellor of State | 2006 Paris |
| Françoise BANAT-BERGER | Director of the Archives Nationales | 2017 Paris |
| Guillaume BAPST | Chairman, Association Nationale Des Epiceries Solidaires | 2014 Paris |
| Emmanuelle BARBARA | Partner and managing partner, August Debouzy | 2017 Paris |
| Philippe BARBARIN | Archbishop of Lyon | 2012 Paris |
| Didier BARBE | Vice President, Global Influencer Engagement, IBM Corporation | 2017 Paris |
| Geneviève BARBIER | Médecin, membre du Syndicat de la médecine générale | 2003 Lyon |
| Patricia BARBIZET | CEO of Artémis | 2017 Paris |
| Fabrice BARDECHE | Vice-president Ionis Education Group | 2008 Paris |
| Thierry BARIL | Chief HR Officer Airbus Group & Airbus | 2014 Paris |
| Michel BARNIER | European Commissioner | 2003 Lyon |
| François BAROIN | President of the Association des Maires de France | 2017 Paris |
| Enrique BARON-CRESPO | President European Parliament | 1990 Paris |
| Françoise BARRE-SINOUSSI | Director, Retrovirus Biology Unit, Institut Pasteur | 2000 Paris |
| Raymond BARRE | Former Prime Minister, economist | 2003 Lyon |
| Arthur BARRON | Chairman Time Warner International | 1994 Paris |
| Jacques BARROT | Membre du Conseil Constitutionnel | 2010 Paris |
| Yves BARSALOU | Chairman, Caisse nationale de Crédit Agricole | 1994 Paris |
| Delphine BATHO | Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy | 2012 Paris |
| Laurent BATSCH | Président de l'Université Paris-Dauphine | 2010 Paris |
| Jean BAUBEROT | Honorary President, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes en Sorbonne, Holder of the pulpit "History and sociology of the secularism" | 2006 Paris |
| Philippe BAUDILLON | Chairman Clear Channel France | 2008 Paris |
| Dominique BAUDIS | The French defender of the rights | 2012 Paris |
| Nathalie de BAUDRY D'ASSON | Chief Editor, Revue des Deux Mondes | 2000 Paris |
| Alain BAUER | Criminologist | 2006 Paris |
| Michel BAUER | Sociologist | 1994 Paris |
| Etienne-Emile BAULIEU | Member of the Institut de France, Unit Director at INSERM (National Institute for Health and Medical Research), Professor at the Collège de France | 2003 Lille |
| Jacques BAUMEL | Mayor of the City Rueil Malmaison | 1994 Paris |
| Eugen BAVCAR | Photographer | 1997 Marseille |
| Nicolas BAVEREZ | Laywer, essayist | 2014 Paris |
| François BAYROU | Education minister | 1994 Paris |
| Marine de BAZELAIRE | Sustainable director HSBC France and director of the HSBC Foundation for Education | 2017 Paris |
| Sébastien BAZIN | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Accor group | 2014 Paris |
| Alain BAZOT | President, UFC-Que Choisir | 2006 Paris |
| Vinciane BEAUCHENE | Principal at The Boston Consulting Group | 2017 Paris |
| Jacques BEAUCHET | Member of the board of directors, Groupe Carrefour | 2006 Paris |
| Claude BEAU | Public Prosecutor, Trial Court, Paris | 2008 Paris |
| Gilbert BEAUX | Administrateur de sociétés, membre du conseil économique et social | 1992 Paris |
| Claude BEBEAR | Chairman AXA | 1989 Paris |
| Laurent BECCARIA | Director, Editions des Arènes | 2003 Lyon |
| Jérôme BEDIER | General Secretary, Carrefour Group and Chairman of the Carrefour Foundation | 2014 Paris |
| Frédérique BEDOS | Founder of Le Projet Imagine, journalist | 2017 Paris |
| Jean-Louis BEFFA | CEO Saint Gobain | 1992 Paris |
| François BEGAUDEAU | Writer | 2014 Paris |
| Charles BEIGBEDER | CEO Poweo | 2006 Paris |
| Frédéric BEIGBEDER | Writer | 2008 Paris |
| Gérard BEKERMAN | President of Afer | 2017 Paris |
| Philippe BELAVAL | Director, Archives de France | 1999 Marseille |
| Frédérique BEL | 2014 Paris | |
| Souhayr BELHASSEN | President, International Federation for human rights | 2008 Paris |
| Philippe BELIN | Vice-Président Marketing Communication de Netgem | 2000 Paris |
| François BELLANGER | Director of Transit City | 2012 Paris |
| Bernard BELLETANTE | Dean Euromed Marseilles | 2004 Marseille |
| Pierre BELLON | Chairman, Sodexho Alliance | 2004 Marseille |
| Dominique BELPOMME | Cancerologist, president of ARTAC | 2006 Paris |
| Anne BELVEZE | Senior partner, Mazars Russia | 2012 Paris |
| BEN | Artist | 2010 Paris |
| Slimane BENAISSA | Author | 1997 Marseille |
| Akrame BENALLAL | Chef, founder of the group Akrame Power | 2017 Paris |
| Shlomo BEN AMI | Member of the Parliament of Israel | 2002 Paris |
| Esther BENBASSA | Directrice d'études à l'Ecole pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne | 2008 Paris |
| Carlo de BENEDETTI | Chairman, Cerus | 1990 Paris |
| Gérard BENETEAU | Priest | 2012 Paris |
| Luciano BENETTON | Chairman, Benetton | 1989 Paris |
| Alain BENICHOU | Chairman of IBM France | 2014 Paris |
| Grégory BÉNICHOU | Philosopher, writer | 2002 Paris |
| Marie-Hélène BENSADOUN | Partner, August Debouzy | 2017 Paris |
| Alain BENTOLILA | Scientific adviser, Observatoire national de la lecture (French Reading Observatory) | 2010 Paris |
| Pierre BEREGOVOY | Prime Minister | 1992 Paris |
| Pervenche BERES | European Deputy | 2008 Paris |
| Pierre BERGE | President, Foundation Pierre Bergé Yves Saint Laurent | 2008 Paris |
| Vincent BERGER | Research supervisorat the CEA | 2017 Paris |
| Daniel BERNARD | Chairman Carrefour | 2003 Lille |
| Jean BERNARD | Doctor of medicine | 2000 Paris |
| Gilles BERNHEIM | France’s Grand Rabbi | 2012 Paris |
| Louis BERREUR | CEO Nodal Consultants | 2000 Paris |
| Olivier BERTHE | Chairman of Les Restos du Coeur | 2012 Paris |
| Jean BERTHEZENE | Associate manager, BDDP Corporate | 2000 Paris |
| Alexandre BERTHON-DUMURGIER | Professor, School G. Monod at Vitry | 2008 Paris |
| Marie-Noëlle BESANCON | Psychiatrist, Chairman of the foundation « Les invités au festin » | 2012 Paris |
| Jean-Michel BESNIER | Member of the committee of ethics and precaution of INRA | 2006 Paris |
| Charles-Henri BESSEYRE DES HORTS | Professeur Associé HEC Paris | 2010 Paris |
| Mélanie BETANCOURT | Ingrid Betancourt's daughter | 2003 Lyon |
| Jean BEUNARDEAU | CEO HSBC France | 2017 Paris |
| Hervé BIAUSSER | CEO of CentraleSupélec | 2017 Paris |
| Marie-Aimée BICH-DUFOUR | Assistant Director of BIC and President of the Fondation BIC | 2017 Paris |
| Gonzalve BICH | Chief Operating Officer - COO | 2017 Paris |
| Bernard BIGOT | CEA Chairman | 2014 Paris |
| Enki BILAL | Cartoonist | 2003 Lille |
| Raphaële BILLETDOUX | Writer | 2003 Lyon |
| Jacques BIOT | President of the Ecole Polytechnique | 2017 Paris |
| Manfred BISCHOFF | Chairman of the Board of EADS | 2006 Paris |
| Christian BLANC | Chairman Air France | 1996 Paris |
| Yves BLANCHARD | Chairman CAA | 2000 Paris |
| Christian BLANCKAERT | Chairman International Affairs Hermès | 2008 Paris |
| Jean-Michel BLANQUER | Dean of ESSEC Business School | 2014 Paris |
| Pierre BLAYAU | Chairman Moulinex | 1997 Marseille |
| Gérard BLEANDONU | Head of the child Psychiatrist Specialized Centre, Savoie | 2003 Lyon |
| Luc BLERIOT | Managing director Valéo | 2003 Lyon |
| Gonzague de BLIGNIERES | Co-founder of Raise Inc. | 2017 Paris |
| W. Michael BLUMENTHAL | Chairman, Unisys Corp | 1989 Paris |
| Remo BODEI | Philosopher, professor University of Pisa | 2002 Paris |
| Henri de BODINAT | Chairman, Sony Music Entertainment France | 1994 Paris |
| Gilles BOEUF | Biologist, professor at the University Pierre-et-Marie-Curie | 2017 Paris |
| Ricardo BOFILL | Architect | 2001 Marseille |
| Christian BOIRON | President Boiron Laboratory | 2003 Lyon |
| Danis BOIS | Professor, Modern University of Lisbon | 2008 Paris |
| Sophie BOISSARD | Director General of the Korian Group | 2017 Paris |
| Christian de BOISSIEU | Chairman of the Council of Economic Analysis | 2010 Paris |
| Jean BOISSONNAT | Membre du Conseil de la Politique Monétaire de la Banque de France | 1994 Paris |
| Jean-Claude BOLOGNE | Historian | 2008 Paris |
| John BOND | Chairman HSBC Group | 2000 Paris |
| Bruno BONDUELLE | President of APILM (Agency for the International Development of Lille Metropolis) | 2003 Lille |
| Pascal BONIFACE | Director, French Institute of International and Strategic Relations (IRIS) | 2006 Paris |
| Emma BONINO | European Commissioner | 1998 Paris |
| Michel BON | Chairman France Telecom | 2000 Paris |
| Bruno BONNELL | Chairman, Infogrames | 1996 Paris |
| Jean-Marc BORELLO | Generale Delegate, Group SOS | 2012 Paris |
| François BORNIBUS | President Lenovo EMEA | 2017 Paris |
| Dalil BOUBAKEUR | Rector of the Muslim Institute of the Paris Mosque | 2003 Lille |
| Patrick BOUCHAIN | Architect, constructor | 2010 Paris |
| Mounir BOUCHENAKI | Sous-directeur général de l'UNESCO pour la culture, directeur de la division héritage culturel de l'UNESCO | 2000 Paris |
| Alexandre BOUCHEROT | CEO and founder of Ulule | 2014 Paris |
| Paul BOUCHET | Chairman, ATD Quart-Monde | 1999 Marseille |
| Patrick BOUGAMONT | CEO Impression Directe | 2003 Lille |
| Daniel BOUGNOUX | Professeur de sciences de la communication à l'IEP de Grenoble | 1998 Paris |
| Allain BOUGRAIN DUBOURG | Journalist | 2008 Paris |
| Noureddine BOUKROUH | Ministre des PME à PMI de la République Démocratique et Populaire Algérienne | 2000 Paris |
| Jean-Claude BOULET | Chairman, BDDP Group | 1990 Paris |
| Michaël BOUMENDIL | Musical designer, founder of Sixième Son | 2017 Paris |
| Patrick BOURDET | CEO AREVA Med, author | 2014 Paris |
| Dominique BOURG | Philosopher | 2012 Paris |
| Frank BOURNOIS | General director of the ESCP Europe | 2017 Paris |
| Eric BOUSTOULLER | CEO Microsoft France, vice-president Microsoft International | 2008 Paris |
| Malek BOUTIH | Chairman SOS Racisme | 1999 Marseille |
| Michel BOUTINARD ROUELLE | Chairman Havas Média Communication | 1998 Paris |
| Boutros BOUTROS-GHALI | Former Secretary General of the United Nations, former Secretary General of International Organisation of French-speaking Countries | 2003 Lille |
| Philippe BOUTRY | President of the University Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne | 2014 Paris |
| Nicolas BOUZOU | Economist, director and founder of Asterès | 2017 Paris |
| Rémi BOYER | Human Resources Director of the Korian Group | 2017 Paris |
| Luc de BRABANDERE | Senior Advisor BCG | 2014 Paris |
| Antoine BRACCHI | Chairman, Ernst & Young Group | 1990 Paris |
| Damien BRAC DE LA PERRIERE | Notary | 2003 Lyon |
| Eric BRAC DE LA PERRIERE | Managing Director Eco-emballages | 2012 Paris |
| Olivier BRACHET | Director, forum for refugees | 2003 Lyon |
| Bernard BRAGARD | Writer | 2001 Marseille |
| André BRAHIC | Astrophysicist, professor at the Paris Diderot University and at CEA Saclay | 2014 Paris |
| Alexandre BRAILOWSKY | Director of Social Engineering, Suez Environnement | 2012 Paris |
| Richard BRANSON | Chairman Virgin Group | 1990 Paris |
| Patrick BRAOUEZEC | Mayor of Saint-Denis | 1994 Paris |
| Rony BRAUMAN | Doctor of medicine, former president « Doctors Without Borders » | 2008 Paris |
| Catherine BRECHIGNAC | Managing director French Centre for Scientific Research | 1998 Paris |
| Philippe BRETON | Researcher to the French Centre for Scientific Research | 2006 Paris |
| Thierry BRETON | Directeur de la stratégie et du développement de Bull | 1994 Paris |
| Hubert BRIN | Président de l'Union nationale des allocations familiales | 1998 Paris |
| Gilles BROCHEN | managing director Group Les Echos | 1996 Paris |
| Marc BRODIN | Président du Conseil scientifique de la Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie | 2004 Marseille |
| Ofer BRONCHTEIN | Président fondateur du Forum pour la paix et la réconciliation au Moyen-Orient | 2004 Marseille |
| Tim BROOKS | Vice-President, Environmental Responsibility and Sustainable Materials, the LEGO Group | 2017 Paris |
| Derek BROWN | Director of the Collection Guide Rouge Michelin | 2003 Lille |
| Richard BROWN | Chief Executive Officer of Eurostar | 2003 Lille |
| Pascal BRUCKNER | Writer | 2002 Paris |
| Michel BRUGIERE | Managing director "Doctors without Borders" | 2006 Paris |
| Jean-Louis BRUGUIERE | Antiterrorist magistrate, first Vice-President County Court of Paris | 2004 Marseille |
| Charlotte BRUN | Présidente du Mouvement des jeunes socialistes | 2003 Lyon |
| Didier BRUN | Vice-président, directeur du développement et des médias de l'International Herald Tribune | 2000 Paris |
| Claude BRUNET | CEO, Groupe Ford France | 2000 Paris |
| Bernard BRUNHES | President France Initiative | 2008 Paris |
| Benoît BRUNOT | Development and Projects Director of SNCF Gares & Connexions | 2017 Paris |
| Jacques BUNGERT | Co-president of Courrèges | 2014 Paris |
| Ruth Ann BURNS | Directrice du département éducation de la chaîne "Thirteen" à New-York | 1994 Paris |
| Laurent BUSINE | Director of the Museum of Contemporary Arts of the French Community of Belgium, Head Lecturer at the Free University of Brussels | 2003 Lille |
| Philippe BUSQUIN | European Commissioner for Research | 2003 Lille |
| Howard BUTEN | Writer | 2000 Paris |
| Edward BYRNE | President and Principal of the King's College London | 2017 Paris |