# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/catherine-brechignac
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:25:26.331Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/catherine-brechignac"
name: "Catherine Bréchignac"
slug: "catherine-brechignac"
description: "Catherine Bréchignac is a French physicist. She is a commander of the Légion d'honneur, \"secrétaire perpétuel honoraire\" of the Académie des sciences and former president of the CNRS. The Times says she has \"a formidable reputation for determination, decisiveness and an aptitude for analysing and clarifying complex matters.\" As a president of the CNRS, she was responsible for 25,000 employees, 12,000 of whom are researchers, and a budget of 2.42 billion Euros."
tagline: "French physicist"
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birthDate: "1946-06-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump