Find out more about the greatest French Biologists, including Jacques Cousteau, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Alexis Carrel, Luc Montagnier and Jacques Monod

Famous French Biologists

Alexis CarrelAlexis Carrel
28 June 1873
Surgeon, Biologist
Jacques MonodJacques Monod
09 February 1910
Biologist

François JacobFrançois Jacob
17 June 1920
Biologist

Roger GuilleminRoger Guillemin
11 January 1924
Physiologist

André Michel LwoffAndré Lwoff
08 May 1902
Microbiologist

Georges CuvierGeorges Cuvier
23 August 1769
Geologist, Anatomist, Paleontologist, Politician,
Luc MontagnierLuc Montagnier
18 August 1932
Physician, Biologist, Virologist, Researcher,

Pierre JoliotPierre Joliot
12 March 1932
Biologist, Biochemist, Professor

Charles Lucien BonaparteCharles Lucien Bonaparte
24 May 1803
Biologist, Ornithologist, Zoologist, Ichthyologist

Françoise Barré-SinoussiFrançoise Barré-Sinoussi
30 July 1947
Virologist
Jean-Henri FabreJean-Henri Fabre
22 December 1823
Entomologist, Writer, University teacher, Poet

Antoine Laurent de JussieuAntoine Laurent de Jussieu
12 April 1748
French botanist
Adelbert von ChamissoAdelbert von Chamisso
30 January 1781
Botanist, Poet, Pteridologist, Bryologist, Writer

Jean RostandJean Rostand
30 October 1894
Philosopher, Biologist, Writer

René Antoine Ferchault de RéaumurRené Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur
28 February 1683
Entomologist