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page 117th-century French mathematicians
René Descartes
French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650)
Blaise Pascal
French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher (1623-1662)
Pierre de Fermat
French mathematician and lawyer
Pierre Gassendi
French philosopher, astronomer, mathematician, priest, and scientist (*1592 – †1655)
Marin Mersenne
French theologian, philosopher, mathematician and music theorist, often referred to as the "father of acoustics" (1588-1648)
Abraham de Moivre
French mathematician (*1667 – †1754)
Guillaume de l'Hôpital
French noble and mathematician (*1661 – †1704)
Gérard Desargues
French mathematician and engineer
Antoine Arnauld
French theologian, philosopher, mathematician (1612-1694)
Michel Rolle
French mathematician
Pierre Varignon
French mathematician
Gilles de Roberval
French mathematician (*1602 – †1675)
Philippe de La Hire
French mathematician and astronomer (1640-1718)
Antoine Gombaud
French writer and mathematician
Ismaël Bullialdus
French astronomer
Albert Girard
French mathematician (1595-1632)
Claude Gaspar Bachet de Méziriac
French mathematician (1581-1638)
Jacques Ozanam
French mathematician (1640-1718)
François Blondel
French architect (1618-1686)
Jacques de Billy
French mathematician (1602-1679)
Joseph Sauveur
French mathematician and founder of the science of acoustics (1653–1716)
Étienne Pascal
French mathematician and tax collector
Marie Crous
French mathematician
Pierre Hérigone
French astronomer
Honoré Fabri
French mathematician (1607-1688)
Pierre Carcavy
French mathematician and librarian
Gabriel Mouton
French abbot and scientist
Bernard Frénicle de Bessy
early-modern French mathematician
Claude Mydorge
French mathematician
Jean-Baptiste Morin
French astronomer
Bernard Lamy
French mathematician and theologian
Florimond de Beaune
French jurist and mathematician (1601–1652)
Jacques d'Allonville
astronomer (1671-1732)
Georges Fournier
French mathematician and geographer
Guy Tachard
French Jesuit missionary and mathematician
Yves Marie André
French Jesuit mathematician, philosopher, and essayist, best known for his Essai sur le Beau, a 1741 philosophical work on aesthetics
Jacques Rohault
French scientist
Antoine Parent
French mathematician (1666–1716)
Antoine de Laloubère
French mathematician
Denis Henrion
French mathematician
Louis Carré
mathematician
François Barrême
French mathematician
Pierre Petit
French astronomer, military engineer, and physicist
Claude Hardy
French mathematician
Sébastien Truchet
French Dominican priest, inventor, and scientist (1657–1729)
Pierre Bardin
Mathematician and philosopher
Jean Leurechon
French mathematician (1591-1670)
Joseph Saurin
French mathematician
Claude Guillermet de Bérigard
French philosopher
Jean de Beaugrand
French painter (1584-1640)
Charles René Reyneau
French mathematician
Jacques Alexandre Le Tenneur
French mathematician
Jean Prestet
French priest and mathematician
Paul de Clermont
French mathematician and military engineer (17th century)