Throughout history, there have been many French female scientists who have made significant contribution to the field. The list includes many familiar and great French female scientists such as Sophie Germain, Irène Joliot-Curie, Fred Vargas, Audrey Mestre, Émilie du Châtelet.
Marie Curie07 November 1867, French, Polish
First woman to win a Nobel Prize
Irène Joliot-Curie12 September 1897, French
Chemist
Sophie Germain01 April 1776, French
Mathematician
Audrey Mestre11 August 1974, French
Free-diver, Marine biologist
Fred Vargas07 June 1957, French
Writer, Archaeologist, Novelist, Historian
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi30 July 1947, French
Virologist
Émilie du ChâteletFrench