Irène Joliot-Curie and Frédéric Joliot-Curie – Founders of the Orsay Faculty of Sciences, commissioners of the CEA – Nobel in Chemistry – 1935 Albert Fert – Professor, Paris-Sud University (LPS, CNRS/Thales) – Nobel in Physics – 2007 Pierre-Gilles de Gennes – Professor, CEA, Paris-Sud University (LPS) – Nobel in Physics – 1991 Ngô Bảo Châu – PhD and Professor, Paris-Sud University (IMO) – Fields Medal – 2010 Wendelin Werner – Professor – Fields Medal – Paris-Sud University (IMO) – 2006 Laurent Lafforgue – PhD and Professor – Fields Medal – Paris-Sud University, IHES – 2002 Maxim Kontsevich – Professor – Fields Medal – IHES – 1998 Jean-Christophe Yoccoz – PhD and Professor, Paris-Sud University – Fields Medal – 1994 Jean Bourgain – Professor, IHES – Fields Medal – 1994 Alain Connes – Professor, IHES – Fields Medal – 1982 Pierre Deligne – PhD and Professor, Paris-Sud University, IHES – Fields Medal – 1978 Alexandre Grothendieck – Professor, IHES – Fields Medal – 1966 René Thom – Professor, IHES – Fields Medal – 1958