Valérie André
Veteran of the French resistance, neurosurgeon, aviator, first female General Officer · France · Doctors · Lived 1922 to 2025 · aged 102
Valérie André is read about 45 times a day, in 17 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 15 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?Valérie André was a neurosurgeon, aviator, and the first female member of the French military to achieve the rank of General Officer, in 1976, as Physician General. In 1981, she was promoted to Inspector General of Medicine. A helicopter pilot, she is the first woman to have piloted a helicopter in a combat zone.
Also in Deutsch
Photos 1
Awards
In their orbit
About this person
Valérie André was a neurosurgeon, aviator, and the first female member of the French military to achieve the rank of General Officer, in 1976, as Physician General. In 1981, she was promoted to Inspector General of Medicine. A helicopter pilot, she is the first woman to have piloted a helicopter in a combat zone. She was also a founding member of the Académie de l'air et de l'espace.
Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.