University of Twente is named after François Arago. Portrait of Francois F. Arago from the Lick Observatory Records Digital Archive, UC Santa Cruz Library's Digital Collections Virtual exhibition on Paris Observatory digital library 1786 births 1853 deaths 19th-century heads of state of France People from Pyrénées-Orientales Politicians from Occitania (administrative region) Moderate Republicans (France) Heads of state of France French Ministers of War Ministers of Marine and the Colonies Members of the 2nd Chamber of Deputies of the July Monarchy Members of the 3rd Chamber of Deputies of the July Monarchy Members of the 4th Chamber of Deputies of the July Monarchy Members of the 5th Chamber of Deputies of the July Monarchy Members of the 6th Chamber of Deputies of the July Monarchy Members of the 7th Chamber of Deputies of the July Monarchy Members of the 1848 Constituent Assembly Members of the National Legislative Assembly of the French Second Republic 19th-century French mathematicians Scientists from Catalonia 19th-century French astronomers French atheists French Freemasons 19th-century French physicists Vision scientists French people of the Revolutions of 1848 École Polytechnique alumni Members of the French Academy of Sciences Honorary Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Honorary members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences Members of the Royal Academy of Belgium Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Officers of the French Academy of Sciences Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Foreign Members of the Royal Society Recipients of the Copley Medal Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class) Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery 18th-century atheists 19th-century atheists Members of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities