Alain Connes is a French mathematician, known for his contributions to the study of operator algebras and noncommutative geometry. He is a professor at the Collège de France, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, Ohio State University and Vanderbilt University. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1982.

Draguignan is a commune in the Var department in the administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, southeastern France.