Deceased notirous alumni:

Raoul Badin (S 1910), 1871-1963, inventor of the measuring instrument that bears his name, "the badin", to measure the speed of an airplane.

Henri Coanda (S 1910), 1886-1972, among other things, designed in 1910 the first jet plane, discovered the "Coanda effect" and developed its first apllications in the field of lift, fluid flaps and silencers.

Henry Potez (S 1911), 1891-1981, is with Marcel Bloch (Dassault) the inventor of the Potez-Bloch propeller which, from 1917, equipped the majority of the Allied planes. He then created his own company which manufactured many planes and seaplanes between World War I and II, the most famous of which, the Potez 25, was produced in more than 4,000 copies.

Marcel Dassault (born Bloch) (S 1913), 1892-1986, between World War I and II founded the Marcel Bloch aircraft company, designer and manufacturer of many military planes. This company is one of the constituent parts of Aerospatiale. After WWII, Marcel Dassault founded the eponymous company which, after the merger with Bréguet Aviation at the end of the 1960s, is now called Dassault Aviation.
Today it produces the Rafale and the Falcon family of business aircraft. At the end of 1981, Marcel Dassault approved the spin-off of the in-house designed Computer Aided Design software, CATIA; thus leading to the birth of  Dassault Systèmes.

André Couzinet (S 1925), 1904-1957,created the Arc-en-ciel, the mythical plane of Mermoz. He invented the modern "broomstick" and the retractable landing gear.

Henri Ziegler (S 1931), 1906-1998, after exemplary behavior during the war of 39 - 45 in the resistance then as chief of staff of the F. F. I. with General Koenig, he successfully occupied a number of key positions in French and European aeronautics. He occupied many departments or presidencies: Air France, ministries, Breguet and Aerospatiale, where he ended his career.

Pierre-Henri Satre (S 1934), 1909-1980, former CEO of Sud-Aviation and father of the Caravelle.

François Hussenot (S 1935), 1912-1951, inventor of the  "black box"

Serge Dassault (S 1951), 1925-2018,continued his father's work in aeronautics and ICT and extended the range of his activities as president of Socpresse.