Who is XXX's father?
Paul Deschanel
Paul Deschanel, the son of Émile Deschanel (1819--1904), professor at the Collège de France and senator, was born at Brussels, where his father was living in exile (1851--1859), owing to his opposition to Napoleon III. He is one of only two French Presidents (the other is Valéry Giscard d'Estaing) who were born outside France (Deschanel in Belgium, Giscard in Koblenz, Germany).