French male poets

French poet, satirist, essayist, and translator (1854–1919)

French writer, journalist and poet (1877–1968)

French Esperanto writer (1928–2004)

French writer (1888-1917)

French poet (1912–1961)

French writer (1918–2000)

French poet, author and journalist (1843-1911)

French Abbe, philosopher and poet (1604-1682)

French bishop and poet (1605-1672)

French actor (1801-1830)

Novelist, poet (1880–1923)

writer and poet from France

French writer

French writer and politician (1757-1821)

French poet (1732-1785)

French chansonnier and poet (1806-1872)

French poet, historian

French writer

thumb|Franc-Nohain Maurice Étienne Legrand, who published under the pseudonym Franc-Nohain (; 25 October 187218 October 1934), was a French librettist and poet. He is best known for his libretti for Maurice Ravel's opera ''L'heure espagnole'' and for numerous operettas by Claude Terrasse.

French poet (1868–1948)

French antiquarian and poet (1528–1602)

French writer and director

writer, poet

French journalist, politician and member of the French Resistance (1900-1969)

French poet (1815–1891)

French writer

French neo-Latin poet; called " the elder"; grand uncle to "the younger"

French writer (1759-1834)

French writer (1589-1674)

French poet and sculptor (1855–1929)

French writer and activist (1864-1934)

French symbolist poet (1864-1937)

French writer, historian and politician (1769-1859)

French philologist, art historian and poet (1859-1936)

French novelist, poet, essayist, and art historian (1883–1963)

French poet and playwright (1812-1895)

Basque writer from France

French writer (1939–2013)

writer and poet

French poet (1867–1933)

French poet, writer, and Zionist activist (1868-1966)

French writer, politician, nobleman

French composer (1891–1976)

French opera singer (1830–1899)

Latin lyric poet

French educator (1848–1911)

French Provençal poet (1816–1861)

French poet

French writer (1903–1946)

French writer

French poet, dramatic author and novelist

French writer (1891-1968)

French artist, historian, chemist and writer (1822-1901)

French painter, poet and writer (1904-1953)

French writer and composer

French poet and playwright (1850–1930)

French poet, literary critic (1873–1960)

Poet, writer

French poet (1811–1875)

French writer (1600-1646)