Saint Jean Hulst

Saint Jean Hulst, founded in 1878, is a secondary school located in Versailles (France). The old name, Saint Jean de Béthune, is still often seen and used. The school has more than 3,000 students from college (the first four years of secondary education in France) to lyceum. It is known for its Baccalauréat results: 100% accepted from 2006 to 2014. It was also the third largest contributor of students to the Instituts d'études politiques (SciencesPo) in 2009.

Famous alumni

19th century

• Georges Lacombe (1868-1916), sculptor
• Henri Émilien Rousseau (1875-1933), painter
• Henri Marret (1878-1964), painter
• Paul Richaud (1887-1968), Catholic Cardinal
• Jacques de La Presle (1888-1969), composer
• (1899-1967), missionary and Prelate
• Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie (1900-1969), journalist and politician

1901-1950

• René Voillaume (1905-2003), priest and theologian
• Jehan Alain (1911-1940), organist and composer
• Armand-François Le Bourgeois (1911-2005), Bishop
• Maurice Teynac (1915-1992), actor
• (1916-1987), writer and journalist
• Antoine de La Garanderie (1920-2010), educator and philosopher
• (1921-2001), cyberneticist
• (1929- ), comedian
• (1933- ), journalist
• Gilles de Robien (1941- ), politician
• (1942- ), Bishop
• (1947- ), journalist
• (1947- ), composer
• Erik Arnoult, known as Érik Orsenna (1947- ), politician and novelist
• Henry de Lesquen (1949- ), politician

1951-2000

• Bruno Guiblet (1951- ), novelist
• (1960- ), comedian
• François de Mazières (1960- ), politician
• (1961- ), journalist
• (1962- ), government official
• Étienne de Montety (1965- ), writer and journalist

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