Laurent Degos

Laurent Degos, Professor of Haematology at the University of Paris, was born on July 9, 1945, in Paris (75008) from Robert Degos (1904–1987) medical doctor, Professor of Dermatology and Monique Lortat Jacob (1916–1999), third of four children, an older brother Jean Denis (1937–2001) Professor of Neurology, Claude François Professor of Neurology and a younger sister Bernadette Flamant. He was married to Françoise Fouchard (hepatologist) on 16 December 1971 with whom he had three children Juliette Barbarin, Cecile Petit-Degos (scenographer), and Vincent Degos and nine grandchildren. The Degos family is from Mugron (Landes) with several generations of country medical doctors: Jean Baptiste (1797–1859), Alfred (1840–1925) and Louis (1873–1928), his grandfather.