Catherine Bréchignac
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.
12 June 1946
Born on the same birth date (12 June 1946): Bobby Gould • Michel Bergeron (ice hockey coach)
Born on the same birth day (12 June): Constance, Duchess of Brittany • George H. W. Bush • Hideki Matsui • Marie-Angélique Memmie Le Blanc • Michael Fabricant • Robert Herbert • Rocky Burnette • Zygmunt Janiszewski
Born in the same month (June 1946): Allen Lanier • Bob Grant (rugby league) • Bob Vila • David Collenette • Eliades Ochoa • Ernesto Pérez Balladares • Gabriel of Komana • Jack Horner (paleontologist) • Karen Dunnell • Per Eklund • Peter Rosei • Rick Adelman • Robert Louis-Dreyfus • Robert Reich • Robert Xavier Rodriguez • Ted Shackelford • Tom Harrell • Trond Kirkvaag • Tõnu Sepp