List of Famous Taureans
François-René Duchâble
François-René Duchâble is a French pianist. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, and at the age of 13 won the institution's first prize in piano. Three years later, he placed 11th at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels, and in 1973 he won the Prix de la Fondation Sacha Schneider. At that time, Duchâble caught the attention of Arthur Rubinstein, who encouraged him to pursue a solo career and helped him secure his first important engagements. Since then, Duchâble has had a successful concert career in Europe, the United States, Canada, and Japan.
Sebastián Simonet
Sebastián Alejandro Simonet Moldes is an Argentine handball player for Ademar León and the Argentina men's national handball team.
Leicy Santos
Leicy María Santos Herrera is a Colombian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish Primera División club Atlético Madrid and the Colombia women's national team. She was national champion with Iowa Central Community College.
Saidi Ntibazonkiza
Saidi Ntibazonkiza is a Burundian footballer who plays as a winger for Yanga and the Burundi national team.
Federico Laurito
Federico Raúl Laurito is an Argentine professional footballer.
Ekaterina Bukina
Ekaterina Borisovna Bukina is a female wrestler from Russia. She is a silver medalist in wrestling for Women's freestyle in the 75 kilogram range at the 2015 European Games in Baku.
Safy Nebbou
Safy Nebbou is a French film director and actor.
Gonzalo Quesada
Gonzalo Quesada is a retired Argentine rugby player who presently works as a coach for Stade Français in France's Top 14.
Gladys Cherono
Gladys Cherono Kiprono is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in track and road running events. She became the first woman to win both the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres at the African Championships in 2012. She is a three-time winner of the Berlin Marathon and the 8th fastest women marathoner of all time.
Jean-Louis Gergorin
Jean-Louis Gergorin is a former French diplomat and former executive vice president of EADS – the giant European aerospace company that controls Airbus.
He was at the origin of the Clearstream 2 scandal in France, which raised much turmoil in the French political life from 2006 to 2010.
He was later found in this case guilty of slanderous denunciation, use of forgery, concealment of breach of trust and theft.