Collège Sainte-Barbe

The Collège Sainte-Barbe is a former school in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France.

The Collège Sainte-Barbe was founded in 1460 on Montagne Sainte-Geneviève (Latin Quarter, Paris) by Pierre Antoine Victor de Lanneau, teacher of religious studies. It was until June 1999 the "oldest" college of Paris.

The Barbiste Spirit is kept alive through the Friendly Association of Old Barbistes, founded in 1820, recognized a public society since 1880, which is the oldest association of alumni of France, "l'Association Amicale des Anciens Barbistes".

Former barbists include:

• Diogo de Gouveia (1471–1557)
• André de Gouveia (1497–1548)
• Ignace de Loyola (1491–1556)
• St. François-Xavier (1506–1552)
• Guillaume Postel (1510–1581)
• Achilles Statius (1524–1581)
• Jean Baptiste Louis Romé de Lisle (1736–1790), founder of Crystallography
• James Manby Gully (1808–1883), pioneer of hydrotherapy
• Constantin Costa-Foru (October 26, 1856 - August 15, 1935)
• Alfred Dreyfus (1859–1939)
• Jean Jaurès (1859–1914)
• Gustave Eiffel (1832–1923)
• Charles Péguy (1873–1914)
• the naturalist Michel Adanson (1727–1806)
• the physicist and doctor Arsène d'Arsonval (1851–1940)
• the bishop Felix Dupanloup (1802–1878)
• Bernard Kouchner (born 1939)
• the scenario writers Henri-George Clouzot (1907–1977)
• and Claude Lelouch (born 1937)
• the actors Michel Piccoli (born 1925)
• François Berléand (born 1952)

Among the former professors, the historian Jules Michelet (1798–1874) and the journalist Serge July (born 1942).

The buildings of the college have undergone numerous modifications since its establishment in 1460. A university library, the Library Holy-Bores is due to open at the beginning of 2008.