- Born
- Henri Paul Cartan , ( 1904-07-08 ) 8 July 1904, Nancy , Meurthe-et-Moselle , France
- Died
- 13 August 2008 (2008-08-13) (aged 104), Paris, France
- Alma mater
- École Normale Supérieure
- Known for
- Cartan's theorems A and B , Cartan's lemma , Cartan–Eilenberg resolution , Projective module , Steenrod algebra , Weak dimension
- Father
- Élie Cartan
- Relatives
- Anna Cartan (aunt), Pierre Weiss (father-in-law)
- Awards
- Peccot Lectures (1932), Émile Picard Medal (1959), CNRS Gold Medal (1976), Wolf Prize (1980), Heinz R. Pagels Human Rights of Scientists Award (1989)
- Fields
- Mathematics
- Institutions
- University of Paris
- Thesis
- Sur les systèmes de fonctions holomorphes à variétés linéaires lacunaires et leurs applications (1928)
- Doctoral advisor
- Paul Montel
- Doctoral students
- Jean-Paul Benzécri , Pierre Cartier , Jean Cerf , Jacques Deny , Adrien Douady , Pierre Dolbeault , Roger Godement , Max Karoubi , Jean-Louis Koszul , Jean-Pierre Ramis , Jean-Pierre Serre , René Thom , B. L. Sharma