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Nostradamus
Michel de Nostredame (December 1503 – July 1566), usually Latinised as Nostradamus, was a French astrologer, apothecary, physician, and reputed seer, who is best known for his book Les Prophéties (published in 1555), a collection of 942 poetic quatrains allegedly predicting future events.
Nicolas Flamel
French scrivener
Blaise de Vigenère
French cryptographer (1523-1596)
Marie Meurdrac
chemist in the 17th century
François Hotman
French jurisconsult

Fulcanelli
Fulcanelli (fl. 1920s) was the name used by a French alchemist and esoteric writer, whose identity is still debated. The name Fulcanelli seems to be a play on words: Vulcan, the ancient Roman god of fire, plus El, a Canaanite name for God and so the Sacred Fire.
Jean de Roquetaillade
French Franciscan, alchemist and writer (1310–1365)
Pierre Borel
French scholar (1620-1671)
Eugène Canseliet
French writer and alchemist (1899–1982)
Perenelle Flamel
French alchemist
Pierre Jean Fabre
French doctor and alchemist.
Nicolas Barnaud
French alchemist
Bernard Gilles Penot
French alchemist
Denis Zachaire
French alchemist
Albert Poisson
writer
Robert Duval
French alchemist (1510–1567)
Nicasius le Febure
French chemist
Théodore Tiffereau
French photographer (1819-1909)
Nicolas Guibert
chemist and natural philosopher
Sabine Stuart de Chevalier
French alchemist of the 18th century