Jean Favard (28 August 190221 January 1965) was a French mathematician who worked on analysis. Favard was born in Peyrat-la-Nonière. During World War II he was a prisoner of war in Germany. He also was a President of the French Mathematical Society in 1946. He died in La Tronche, aged 62. See also Favard measure (see ) Bohr-Favard inequality (see ) Favard inequality (see ) Favard constant Favard–Akhiezer–Krein theorem Favard interpolation Favard theorem Favard problem (see ) Favard operators External links COMITE DES AMIS DE JEAN-FAVARD The Lycée Jean Favard is named after him. Here Favard is mentioned as a prisoner of war. 1902 births 1965 deaths Mathematical analysts 20th-century French mathematicians