French male essayists

Basque writer (1901–1985)

Argentine writer

Cleric–scientist

French writer

French writer, poet and historian (1719–1803)

French writer, actor, and director

eldest son of the King of Naples during the First French Empire, and Mayor of Tallahassee, Florida (1801–1847)

French historian and writer

leader of the French Resistance (1903-1945)

French poet and art critic (1888–1945)

French writer (1840-1917)

French writer and printer (1809–1889)

French diplomat (1816-1875)

French art critic (1915–1976)

French writer and politician (1901–1994)

French writer

French philosopher, essayist, and scholar (1867–1930)

Collaborationist politician (1889-1986)

French historian and writer

French writer (1893–1945)

French-Romanian academic

Breton nationalist (1899–1972)

French writer

lawyer

French writer (1884–1981)

French novelist, poet, and essayist

French writer and politician (1816-1897)

French philosopher

French writer (1903-1972)

French writer and literary critic (1856–1935)

French publisher

French philosopher and writer

French Navy Officer, writer (1885–1955)

French philosopher (1927–2009)

French legal historian and psychoanalyst (1930–2023)

French philosopher (1965–2006)

French writer (1808-1894)

Journalist and essayist

French writer and lawyer (1889-1967)

French writer and AIDS activist, cofounder of ACT UP Paris

French writer, essayist and theatre director (1946-2016)

Essayist and translator (1947-2010)

Romanian historian (1928-1978)

French journalist, literary critic, writer and politician (1811–1890)

French poet and writer

French writer (1926–2025)

French lawyer, writer and journalist

French writer (1866–1952)

French editor and publisher

French man of letters

French Holocaust denier

French writer and secretary

French jurisconsult (1871-1955)

French writer

French writer (1923–2020)

French writer (1965-2005)

French writer (1746-1806)