Famous people from Annecy

Born on 12 August 1945, is a French politician who was President of the National Assembly of France from 2007 to 2012. He was also the Mayor of Annecy-le-Vieux.

Born on 25 February 1948, he was a French politician and lawyer. He served as Minister of Transport, Minister of Tourism, and Minister of Public Works under Prime Minister Édouard Balladur from 1993 to 1995. He was also the mayor of Annecy.

Born 1971, he is a French conductor. Since January 2008 he has been working with the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra.

Born 1941, he is a French media theorist and academic administrator. He is Emeritus Professor of Communication and Information Science at Stendhal University in Grenoble. He has a Ph.D. in economics and another Ph.D. in humanities.

Born 21 June 1980 in Annecy, he is a French jazz musician (tenor saxophone and soprano saxophone, also keyboard) and composer.

Born 17 July 1975, he is a French former cross-country skier and coach. He has been competing since 1982. He won a gold medal in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf. As of 2018 Vittoz is the only French cross-country skiing world champion.

Born 8 January 1981, he is a French World Cup alpine ski racer. He specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G. At the 2022 Winter Olympics in China, 41-year-old Clarey was the silver medalist in the downhill, one-tenth of a second back.

Born 24 April 1981, he is a former French World Cup alpine ski racer. Fanara specialised in giant slalom, his one and only win came in March 2016 at the giant slalom finals in St. Moritz, Switzerland. He is the oldest racer to reach a World Cup podium in giant slalom, and competed for France at three Winter Olympics and six World Championships.

Born 31 March 1982, he was a French World Cup alpine ski racer, who specialized in the speed events. He made his World Cup debut in 2004. At the 2013 World Championships, Poisson made his first podium in top-level competition, taking bronze in the downhill. In 2015, Poisson took his only World Cup podium in a downhill in Santa Caterina, finishing third.

Born 12 December 1984, he is a French alpine skier and non-commissioned officer. Missillier represented France at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, and won a silver medal in giant slalom at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Born 13 January 1988 is a French freestyle skier and Olympic medallist. He competed in ski cross at the World Ski Championships 2013, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where he earned a bronze medal in ski cross.

Born 11 June 1990, he is a French sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. In 2010, Lemaitre became the first white athlete to break the 10-second barrier in an officially timed 100 m event. At the age of 20, Lemaitre won the 100 m, 200 m and the 4×100 m relay titles at the 2010 European Championships, the first French sprinter ever to achieve that triple.

Born 23 May 1991, he is a professional racing driver from France. He is best known for winning the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup overall title in 2016, with Robert Bell and Shane van Gisbergen, and for winning the 2021 24 Hours of Spa overall and the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans in the GTE Pro class.

Born 28 July 1999, he is a French-Argentine racing driver who is currently racing in Formula E with Nissan Formula E Team. He is the 2017 Euro cup Formula Renault 2.0 champion.