French male poets

French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)

François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778), known by his pen name Voltaire (, ; ), was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity (especially of the Catholic Church) and of slavery, Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.

French writer (1828–1905)

French writer and aviator (1900–1944)

French writer (1844–1924)

French poet (1854-1891)

16th-century French writer and humanist (1494–1553)

French poet, Nobel prize for literature winner 1901 (1839–1907)

French writer and filmmaker (1889–1963)

French poet (1844-1896)

Franco-Czechoslovak poet and novelist (1929—2023)

French novelist, playwright, and poet (1840–1897)

French author, poet and statesman (1790-1869)

French poet (1880–1918)

French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician (c.1079-1142)

French writer (1810–1857)

French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848)

French poet, essayist, and philosopher (1871–1945)

French poet and diplomat (1887–1975)

Argentine writer (1914–1984)

French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic (1811–1872)

French Symbolist poet (1842–1898)

French poet (1897–1982)

French poet and critic (1636–1711)

Romanian-French poet (1896–1963)

French poet and screenwriter (1900-1977)

French poet (1895–1952)

French poet (1524-1585)

French poet, playwright, and novelist (1797–1863)

French-Occitanian poet, playwright, actor and theatre director (1896-1948)

French writer, poet, essayist and translator (1808–1855)

French writer and musician (1920–1959)

French archbishop, theologian and writer (1651–1715)

French judge, writer and philosopher

French journalist and moralistic author

French poet

French-Romanian poet and translator (1920–1970)

French writer and philosopher (1884-1962)

French poet (1818–1894)

French poet, essayist, and editor (1873–1914)

French writer, poet, literary critic, and member of the Pléiade (1522–1560)

French novelist and poet (1903–1976)

French bishop and theologian (1627-1704)

Uruguayan born French poet, Isidore Ducasse (1846-1870)

Medieval French composer and poet (c. 1300–1377)

French writer and philosopher

French duke and poet (1394-1465)

French poet, painter, writer and critic (1876-1944)

French writer (1858–1915)

French painter (1868-1941)

Martinican writer, poet and politician (1913–2008)

French writer (1808-1889)

French writer (1823-1891)

Swiss writer (1887-1961)

French poet, critic, and translator (1555–1628)

French writer and poet (1870–1925)

French priest, philosopher and political theorist (1782–1854)

French poet (1907–1988)

French poet and novelist (1842–1908)

French poet, composer and trouvère