Notable interments at Montparnasse Cemetery
1037 notable figures are documented at Montparnasse Cemetery in Wikidata's burial records, each with a Wikipedia article and a recorded place of burial. Listed alphabetically.
- Abel Hugo (1798–1855), writer, journalist, literary critic
- Abel Niepce de Saint-Victor (1805–1870), photographer, physicist, chemist
- Abel Transon (1805–1876), engineer, mathematician, journalist
- Achille Etna Michallon (1796–1822), painter
- Adah Isaacs Menken (1835–1868), actor, writer, poet
- Adamantios Korais (1748–1833), writer, physician, translator
- Adélaïde Ducluzeau (1787–1849), painter
- Adèle Dumont d'Urville (1798–1842)
- Adolf Izrailovich Milman (1888–1930), painter
- Adolf Izrailovich Milman (1888–1930), painter
- Adolf Izrailovich Milman (1888–1930), painter
- Adolf Izrailovich Milman (1888–1930), painter
- Adolphe Bazaine-Vasseur (1809–1893), engineer, university teacher, transportation engineer
- Adolphe Crémieux (1796–1880), lawyer, politician, jurist
- Adolphe Joanne (1813–1881), writer, translator, editor
- Adolphe Pégoud (1889–1915), military personnel, aircraft pilot
- Adrien Aron (1902–1969), tennis player, non-fiction writer, bridge player
- Adrien-Henri de Jussieu (1797–1853), botanical collector, botanist
- Agnès Varda (1928–2019), screenwriter, photographer, film director
- Agustín Cárdenas (1927–2001), painter, sculptor
- Aimé Perpillou (1902–1976), geographer
- Alain Besançon (1932–2023), historian, political scientist, director of studies
- Alain Goldmann (1931–2022), rabbi
- Alain Resnais (1922–2014), actor, screenwriter, cinematographer
- Alain Suied (1951–2008), poet, translator
- Alain Touraine (1925–2023), university teacher, sociologist, social scientist
- Albert Bayet (1880–1961), journalist, sociologist
- Albert Châtelet (1883–1960), politician, mathematician, university teacher
- Albert Cossery (1913–2008), screenwriter, writer, novelist
- Albert Demangeon (1872–1940), geographer, university teacher, professeur des universités
- Albert Lenoir (1801–1891), writer, architect, historian
- Albert Mérat (1840–1909), writer, poet, translator
- Albert Sorel (1842–1906), writer, diplomat, historian
- Aleth Guzman-Nageotte (1904–1978), sculptor, medalist
- Alex Métayer (1930–2004), actor, writer, comedian
- Alexander Alekhine (1892–1946), writer, jurist, translator
- Alexandre Adler (1950–2023), historian, journalist
- Alexandre Berheim (1839–1915), photographer, art dealer
- Alexandre Camille Taponier (1749–1831), military personnel
- Alexandre Guilmant (1837–1911), composer, organist, university teacher
- Alexandre Lenoir (1761–1839), curator, painter, art historian
- Alexandre Marcel (1860–1928), architect
- Alexandre Menjaud (1773–1832), painter, draftsperson
- Alexandre Rignault (1901–1985), actor, stage actor, film actor
- Alexandre Robinet de La Serve (1821–1882), politician
- Alexandre-Vincent Pineux Duval (1767–1842), actor, writer, musician
- Alexis Bouvard (1767–1843), astronomer
- Alexis Boyer (1757–1833), physician, surgeon, anatomist
- Alexis Boyer (1757–1833), physician, surgeon, anatomist
- Alexis François Girard (1787–1870), engraver, copper engraver
- Alexis-Joseph Mazerolle (1826–1889), painter
- Alfred Binet (1857–1911), psychologist, pedagogue, sociologist
- Alfred Dreyfus (1859–1935), military personnel, military officer, army officer
- Alfred Léon Lemercier (1831–1900), printer, lithographer
- Alfred Lévy (1840–1919), rabbi
- Alfred Mathieu Giard (1846–1908), politician, zoologist, biologist
- Alfred Mézières (1826–1915), politician, historian, journalist
- Alfred Nicolas Rambaud (1842–1905), writer, politician, diplomat
- Alfréd Réth (1884–1966), illustrator, painter
- Alfred Vulpian (1826–1887), physician, psychiatrist, neurologist
- Alfred-Armand-Louis-Marie Velpeau (1795–1867), professor, surgeon, anatomist
- Alice Prin (1901–1953), actor, singer, painter
- Aloysius Bertrand (1807–1841), writer, poet, playwright
- Alphonse Boudard (1925–2000), screenwriter, writer, director
- Alphonse Kahn (1864–1927), businessperson
- Amand Félix Marie Jobbé-Duval (1821–1889), politician, painter, communard
- Ambroise Auguste Tardieu (1818–1879), scientist, physician, professor
- Ambroise-Marie Carré (1908–2004), Catholic priest
- Ambrose Dudley Mann (1801–1889), diplomat
- Amédée de Noé (1819–1879), comics artist, caricaturist, designer
- Amédée de Noé (1819–1879), comics artist, caricaturist, designer
- Amélie Legrand de Saint-Aubin (1797–1878), painter
- Anaïs Perrière-Pilte (1836–1878), writer, composer, playwright
- André Brunot (1879–1973), actor, singer
- André Citroën (1878–1935), engineer, entrepreneur, industrialist
- André de Lorde (1869–1942), screenwriter, writer, playwright
- André Falcon (1924–2009), actor, stage actor, film actor
- André Fanton (1928–2025), politician
- André Galle (1761–1844), engraver, sculptor, medalist
- André Lavrillier (1885–1958), engraver, medalist
- André Lévy (1925–2017), translator, university teacher, linguist
- André Lhote (1885–1962), teacher, painter, sculptor
- André Meyer (1898–1979), banker, art collector
- André Sablon (1896–1947), composer
- Andrée Chedid (1920–2011), writer, poet, playwright
- Andrée Jacob (1906–2002), civil servant, journalist, French resistance fighter
- Andrée Martinerie (1917–1997), writer
- Andrée Viollis (1870–1950), writer, translator, journalist
- Anna Henryka Pustowojtowna (1843–1881), nurse, rebel, communard
- Anna Henryka Pustowojtowna (1843–1881), nurse, rebel, communard
- Anna Rajecka (1754–1830), painter
- Anne Nicole Voullemier (1792–1882), painter, lithographer, miniature painter
- Anne Wiazemsky (1947–2017), screenwriter, actor, writer
- Annie Kriegel (1926–1995), historian
- Annie Pétain (1877–1962)
- Antoine Augustin Cournot (1801–1877), economist, university teacher, philosopher
- Antoine Chazal (1793–1854), painter, printmaker
- Antoine Étex (1808–1888), writer, architect, painter
- Antoine Jacques Claude Joseph, comte Boulay de la Meurthe (1761–1840), politician, jurist
- Antoine Lacroix (1863–1948), geologist, university teacher, volcanologist
- Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (1748–1836), physician, university teacher, botanical collector
- Antoine Sfeir (1948–2018), political scientist, journalist
- Antoine Vaudoyer (1756–1846), architect, art historian, archaeologist
- Antoine-Denis Chaudet (1763–1810), painter, sculptor
- Antoni Clavé (1913–2005), painter, sculptor, costume designer
- Ariste Jacques Trouvé-Chauvel (1805–1883), politician, official
- Aristide Boucicaut (1810–1877), businessperson, entrepreneur
- Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1811–1899), organ builder, musical instrument maker
- Aristide Farrenc (1794–1865), composer, music publisher, music teacher
- Arlette Elkaïm-Sartre (1935–2016), writer, secretary, translator
- Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau (1810–1892), writer, naturalist, physician
- Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau (1810–1892), writer, naturalist, physician
- Armand Gautier (1837–1920), chemist, biochemist
- Armand Mestral (1917–2000), singer, film actor
- Arsène Darmesteter (1846–1888), professor, romanist, philologist
- Arthur Coquard (1846–1910), composer, music critic
- Arthur d'Échérac (1832–1919), sculptor, journalist, art critic
- Arthur Giry (1848–1899), historian, archivist, university teacher
- Auguste Edouard Hirschauer (1857–1943), politician, military officer, balloonist
- Auguste Franchomme (1808–1884), composer, music arranger, cellist
- Auguste Himly (1823–1906), historian, geographer
- Auguste Joseph Alphonse Gratry (1805–1872), writer, Catholic priest, translator
- Auguste Lacaussade (1815–1897), writer, poet, translator
- Auguste Perret (1874–1954), teacher, architect, urban planner
- Auguste Raffet (1804–1860), painter, graphic artist, lithographer
- Auguste Villemot (1811–1870), writer, playwright, journalist
- Augustin Théodule Ribot (1823–1891), painter, graphic artist, visual artist
- Augustin Thierry (1795–1856), writer, librarian, historian
- Augustin-Alexandre Dumont (1801–1884), sculptor, visual artist
- Augustin-Alexandre Dumont (1801–1884), sculptor, visual artist
- Augustin-Alexandre Dumont (1801–1884), sculptor, visual artist
- Bahram Aryana (1906–1985), philosopher
- Baltasar Lobo (1910–1993), sculptor
- Bénédicte Pesle (1927–2018), art collector
- Benn (1905–1989), painter, sculptor, French resistance fighter
- Bernadette Chirac (1933–2026), politician
- Bernard Jauréguiberry (1815–1887), politician, Officer of the French Navy, colonial administrator
- Bernard Lacoste (1931–2006), photographer, businessperson
- Bernard Lazare (1865–1903), writer, poet, journalist
- Bernard Parmegiani (1927–2013), composer, film score composer
- Berthe Bady (1868–1921), actor
- Blanka Teleki (1806–1862), painter, pedagogue, sculptor
- Bocage (1799–1862), actor, stage actor
- Boris Schreiber (1923–2008), writer
- Boris Taslitzky (1911–2005), painter, university teacher
- Brassaï (1899–1984), photographer, writer, illustrator
- Brigitte Engerer (1952–2012), pianist, music educator
- Bruno Bayen (1950–2016), photographer, writer, playwright
- Bruno Cremer (1929–2010), actor, stage actor, television actor
- Camille Doucet (1812–1895), writer, poet, playwright
- Camille Raspail (1827–1893), physician, politician
- Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921), composer, clarinetist, conductor
- Carlos Fuentes (1928–2012), screenwriter, writer, lawyer
- Carlos Mauricio Valenti Perrillat (1888–1912), painter
- Carmen Gurtubay, 2nd Marquesa of Yurreta and Gamboa (1910–1959), aristocrat, spy
- Carol Dunlop (1946–1982), photographer, writer, entrepreneur
- Caroline Cellier (1945–2020), stage actor, film actor
- Cassandre (1901–1968), type designer, graphic designer, poster artist
- Catherine Grand (1762–1834), courtesan
- Catherine Laborde (1951–2025), television presenter, journalist, stage actor
- Catulle Mendès (1841–1909), writer, poet, playwright
- Cécile Sorel (1873–1966), actor
- César Baldaccini (1921–1998), teacher, painter, sculptor
- César Franck (1822–1890), teacher, composer, pianist
- César Vallejo (1892–1938), writer, poet, playwright
- Chaïm Soutine (1893–1943), artist, painter, architectural drafter
- Charles Asselineau (1820–1874), writer, librarian, journalist
- Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867), writer, poet, translator
- Charles Brun (1821–1897), politician, engineer
- Charles Camille Chazal (1825–1875), painter
- Charles Cros (1842–1888), photographer, writer, poet
- Charles de Choiseul-Praslin (1805–1847), politician
- Charles de Lasteyrie (1877–1936), politician, banker, finance minister
- Charles Defrémery (1822–1883), translator, university teacher, orientalist
- Charles Defrémery (1822–1883), translator, university teacher, orientalist
- Charles Émile Picard (1856–1941), mathematician, university teacher
- Charles Garnier (1825–1898), architect, architectural theoretician
- Charles Gauthier (1831–1891), sculptor
- Charles Gleyre (1806–1874), painter
- Charles Hermite (1822–1901), mathematician
- Charles Joseph Lambert (1804–1864), engineer, explorer
- Charles Lauth (1836–1913), chemist
- Charles le Bargy (1858–1936), actor, teacher, film director
- Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845–1922), physician, researcher, botanist
- Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle (1818–1894), writer, poet, librarian
- Charles Matton (1931–2008), screenwriter, photographer, painter
- Charles Meynier (1763–1832), painter
- Charles Philibert de Lasteyrie (1759–1849), printer, agronomist, botanist
- Charles Pigeon (1838–1915), engineer, inventor
- Charles Rappoport (1865–1941), writer, politician, journalist
- Charles René Zeiller (1847–1915), university teacher, botanist, horticulturist
- Charles Richet (1850–1935), writer, physician, psychologist
- Charles Sturm (1803–1855), mathematician, physicist, university teacher
- Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804–1869), writer, poet, politician
- Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard (1817–1894), physician, professor, neurologist
- Charles-François Lebœuf (1792–1865), sculptor
- Charles-François Lebœuf (1792–1865), sculptor
- Chen Bilan (1902–1987), politician
- Chris Marker (1921–2012), film director
- Christian de La Mazière (1922–2006), writer, talent manager, journalist
- Christine Boumeester (1904–1971), painter, illustrator, draftsperson
- Christophe (1945–2020), composer, singer, musician
- Clara Haskil (1895–1960), pianist
- Clara Malraux (1897–1982), writer, novelist, French resistance fighter
- Claude Alphandéry (1922–2024), politician, military personnel, economist
- Claude Cahen (1909–1991), historian, translator, orientalist
- Claude Confortès (1928–2016), actor, writer, playwright
- Claude Ferdinand Gaillard (1834–1887), artist, painter, printmaker
- Claude François Chauveau-Lagarde (1756–1841), lawyer, jurist
- Claude Lanzmann (1925–2018), writer, screenwriter, filmmaker
- Claude Laydu (1927–2011), actor, film actor
- Claude Ramey (1754–1838), sculptor
- Claude Sarraute (1927–2023), actor, writer, journalist
- Claude Sautet (1924–2000), screenwriter, singer, author
- Claude-Louis Mathieu (1783–1875), astronomer, politician, mathematician
- Claudine Auger (1941–2019), actor, model, film actor
- Clémentine Jouassain (1829–1902), stage actor
- Colette Rosambert (1910–1987), tennis player
- Conrad Malte-Brun (1775–1826), writer, poet, translator
- Conrad Malte-Brun (1775–1826), writer, poet, translator
- Constant Rémy (1884–1958), actor, film director, director
- Constant Rémy (1884–1958), actor, film director, director
- Constant Rémy (1884–1958), actor, film director, director
- Constant Rémy (1884–1958), actor, film director, director
- Constant Rémy (1884–1958), actor, film director, director
- Constant Rémy (1884–1958), actor, film director, director
- Constantin Brâncuși (1876–1957), photographer, illustrator, painter
- Constantin Kousnetzoff (1863–1936), painter
- Cornelius Castoriadis (1922–1997), economist, university teacher, psychoanalyst
- Daniel Arasse (1944–2003), art historian
- Daniel Singer (1926–2000), writer, journalist
- Daniel Vierge (1851–1904), illustrator, xylographer, painter
- Daniel Wildenstein (1917–2001), businessperson, art dealer, art historian
- Danièle Delorme (1926–2015), actor, stage actor, film producer
- David David-Weill (1871–1952), banker, art collector
- Delphine Levy (1969–2020), writer, official
- Delphine Seyrig (1932–1990), actor, film director, stage actor
- Denis Jean Achille Luchaire (1846–1908), historian, philologist
- Désiré André (1840–1917), mathematician, university teacher
- Désiré Nisard (1806–1888), writer, politician, professor
- Desiré-Raoul Rochette (1790–1854), writer, art historian, numismatist
- Didier Lockwood (1956–2018), composer, violinist, film score composer
- Diogene Ulyssee Napoleon Maillart (1840–1926), painter
- Edgar Morin (1921–2026), screenwriter, author, film director
- Edgar Quinet (1803–1875), writer, politician, poet
- Edme-Jean Leclaire (1801–1872), businessperson, politician, entrepreneur
- Edmond Bauer (1880–1963), physicist, university teacher
- Edmond Kiraz (1923–2020), cartoonist, caricaturist, editorial cartoonist
- Edmund Landolt (1846–1926), ophthalmologist
- Édouard Biot (1803–1850), astronomer, engineer, mathematician
- Édouard Boubat (1923–1999), photographer, photojournalist
- Édouard de Max (1869–1924), actor, film actor
- Édouard Deperthes (1833–1898), architect
- Édouard Foà (1862–1901), military personnel, geographer, explorer
- Édouard Pignon (1905–1993), painter, miner, graphic artist
- Edson Elias (1947–2008), pianist
- Éliane Montel (1898–1993), teacher, physicist, chemist
- Elias von Cyon (1842–1912), physician, university teacher, journalist
- Elizabeth Jane Gardner (1837–1922), artist, painter
- Elme Marie Caro (1826–1887), philosopher
- Elsa Barraine (1910–1999), composer, university teacher, music educator
- Elsa Cayat (1960–2015), physician, psychiatrist, columnist
- Emil Cioran (1911–1995), writer, translator, aphorist
- Émile Bollaert (1890–1978), politician, official
- Émile Boutroux (1845–1921), historian, university teacher, philosopher
- Émile Deschanel (1819–1904), writer, politician, professor
- Émile Durkheim (1858–1917), professor, ethnologist, sociologist
- Émile Egger (1813–1885), writer, university teacher, linguist
- Émile Egger (1813–1885), writer, university teacher, linguist
- Émile Faguet (1847–1916), writer, university teacher, journalist
- Émile Jonas (1827–1905), composer, teacher
- Émile Legrand (1841–1903), professor, orientalist, folklorist
- Émile Lévy (1826–1890), illustrator, painter
- Émile Littré (1801–1881), writer, politician, translator
- Émile Munier (1840–1895), painter, upholsterer
- Émile Trélat (1821–1907), architect, politician, engineer
- Émile-René Ménard (1862–1930), teacher, painter, visual artist
- Emilie Jenny Weyl (1851–1933), sculptor, draftsperson
- Emmanuel Berl (1892–1976), writer, historian, journalist
- Emmanuel Bove (1898–1945), writer, journalist, novelist
- Emmanuel Bove (1898–1945), writer, journalist, novelist
- Emmanuel Bove (1898–1945), writer, journalist, novelist
- Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894), composer, pianist
- Emmanuel de Martonne (1873–1955), geographer, climatologist
- Éric Rohmer (1920–2010), screenwriter, writer, actor
- Ernest Babelon (1854–1924), librarian, historian, university teacher
- Ernest de Lipowski (1843–1904), military personnel, military leader
- Ernest Flammarion (1846–1936), businessperson, publisher
- Ernesta Robert-Mérignac (1849–1933), sculptor, medalist
- Étienne Arago (1802–1892), writer, politician, poet
- Étienne de Cardaillac (1818–1879)
- Étienne Roda-Gil (1941–2004), screenwriter, poet, singer
- Etienne-Barthélémy Garnier (1759–1849), painter
- Étienne-Émile Baulieu (1926–2025), scientist, physician, professor
- Étienne-Jules Ramey (1796–1852), sculptor
- Eugène Belgrand (1810–1878), engineer, historian, engineer of the French Corps of Bridges and Roads
- Eugène Benoist (1831–1887), university teacher, classical philologist, philologist
- Eugène Carrière (1849–1906), painter, lithographer, draftsperson
- Eugène Charpentier (1811–1890), painter
- Eugène Charpentier (1811–1890), painter
- Eugène Delaplanche (1836–1891), painter, sculptor
- Eugène Despois (1818–1876), writer, librarian, translator
- Eugène Ionesco (1909–1994), writer, teacher, poet
- Eugène Ortolan (1824–1891), composer, jurist, diplomat
- Eugène Revillout (1843–1913), curator, Egyptologist, archaeologist
- Eugène-Ferdinand Buttura (1812–1852), painter, draftsperson
- Eugénie Niboyet (1796–1883), writer, playwright, translator
- Eugeniusz Zak (1884–1926), painter
- Évariste Galois (1811–1832), mathematician
- Évariste Régis Huc (1813–1860), writer, missionary, translator
- Évariste Régis Huc (1813–1860), writer, missionary, translator
- Fanny Raoul (1771–1833), writer, journalist, essayist
- Farrokh Ghaffari (1921–2006), screenwriter, actor, writer
- Fathollah Minbashian (1916–2007), military personnel, association football player
- Felice Marie Ferdinand Storelli (1778–1854), painter
- Felice Marie Ferdinand Storelli (1778–1854), painter
- Félicien Mallefille (1813–1868), writer, diplomat, playwright
- Félix Alcan (1841–1925), bookseller, editor, academic publisher
- Félix Douay (1816–1879), military officer
- Félix Duban (1798–1870), architect, restorer
- Félix Duban (1798–1870), architect, restorer
- Félix Duquesnel (1832–1915), playwright, author, journalist
- Félix Tisserand (1845–1896), astronomer, mathematician
- Ferdinand Brunetière (1849–1906), writer, literary historian, literary critic
- Fernand de La Tombelle (1854–1928), composer, organist, musician
- Fernand Desnoyers (1826–1869), poet, playwright, literary critic
- Fernand Labori (1860–1917), lawyer, politician, jurist
- Florent Guillain (1844–1915), engineer, politician, industrialist
- Francine Weisweiller (1916–2003), socialite, patron of the arts
- Francis Girod (1944–2006), screenwriter, actor, film director
- Francis Jourdain (1876–1958), architect, painter, graphic artist
- Francisque Gay (1885–1963), politician, diplomat, editor
- François Billetdoux (1927–1991), screenwriter, actor, writer
- François Césaire de Mahy (1830–1925), physician, politician, journalist
- François Coli (1881–1927), military personnel, navigator, aircraft pilot
- François Coppée (1842–1908), writer, poet, playwright
- François Coppée (1842–1908), writer, poet, playwright
- François Dufrêne (1930–1982), poet, artist, painter
- François Gérard (1770–1837), teacher, politician, painter
- François Jacob (1920–2013), physician, professor, university teacher
- François Joseph Heim (1787–1865), painter, draftsperson, lithographer
- François Lesure (1923–2001), librarian, musicologist
- François Leterrier (1929–2020), screenwriter, actor, film director
- François Maspero (1932–2015), writer, translator, editing staff
- François Mulard (1769–1850), painter
- François Pouqueville (1770–1838), writer, physician, diplomat
- François Rude (1784–1855), sculptor
- François Weyergans (1941–2019), screenwriter, writer, film director
- François-Étienne Damas (1764–1828), military personnel, politician
- François-Eugène-Augustin Bridoux (1813–1892), artist, printmaker
- François-Joseph de Champagny (1804–1882), historian, journalist, opinion journalist
- François-Louis Gounod (1758–1823), painter
- François-Théodore de Lapelin (1812–1888), naval officer
- François-Victor Cogné (1876–1952), sculptor, visual artist
- Françoise Arnoul (1931–2021), actor, stage actor, film actor
- Francoise Ulam (1918–2011), mathematician, university teacher, journalist
- Frantz Jourdain (1847–1935), architect
- Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834–1904), painter, sculptor
- Frédéric Godefroy (1826–1897), writer, journalist, philologist
- Frédéric Rossif (1922–1990), film director
- Frederik Hendrik Kaemmerer (1839–1902), painter, designer, draftsperson
- Frédérique Vallet-Bisson (1862–1948), painter
- Gabriel Davioud (1824–1881), architect
- Gabriel Lamé (1795–1870), mathematician, physicist, university teacher
- Gabriel Syveton (1864–1904), politician, historian
- Gabriel Thomas (1824–1905), sculptor
- Gabriel Timmory (1870–1965), screenwriter, playwright, pedagogue
- Gabriele Krauß (1842–1906), opera singer
- Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (1792–1843), engineer, mathematician, physicist
- Gaston Albert Gohierre de Longchamps (1842–1906), mathematician
- Gaston Alexandre Auguste, Marquis de Galliffet (1830–1909), military personnel, politician, military officer
- Gaston Alexandre Auguste, Marquis de Galliffet (1830–1909), military personnel, politician, military officer
- Gaston Eugene Marie Bonnier (1853–1922), naturalist, biologist, pedagogue
- Gaston Maspero (1846–1916), writer, university teacher, Egyptologist
- Gaston Redon (1853–1921), architect, painter, draftsperson
- Geneviève Hennet de Goutel (1885–1917), writer, nurse
- Geneviève Joy (1919–2009), chef de chant, music educator, classical pianist
- Georges Auric (1899–1983), actor, composer, film score composer
- Georges Belmont (1909–2008), writer, poet, text editor
- Georges Bernier (1929–2005), screenwriter, writer, singer
- Georges Berr (1867–1942), screenwriter, writer, actor
- Georges Chamarat (1901–1982), actor, stage actor, film actor
- Georges Cravenne (1914–2009), journalist, film producer, film director
- Georges Diebolt (1816–1861), sculptor
- Georges Gardet (1863–1939), sculptor
- Georges Gillet (1854–1920), composer, musician, university teacher
- Georges Henri Halphen (1844–1889), mathematician, university teacher
- Georges Loinger (1910–2018), resistance fighter, physical education teacher, French resistance fighter
- Georges Rochegrosse (1859–1938), poster artist, illustrator, graphic artist
- Georges Rouquier (1909–1989), screenwriter, actor, film director
- Georges Schehadé (1905–1989), screenwriter, writer, poet
- Georges Scott (1873–1943), war correspondent, illustrator, painter
- Georges Thiébaud (1850–1915), journalist
- Georges Vedel (1910–2002), writer, jurist, university teacher
- Georges Wague (1874–1965), actor, teacher, mime
- Georges-Emmanuel Clancier (1914–2018), writer, poet, journalist
- Gérard Brach (1927–2006), screenwriter, film director
- Gérard Calvi (1922–2015), composer, conductor, film score composer
- Gérard Ernest Schneider (1896–1986), artist, painter, graphic artist
- Gérard Jouannest (1933–2018), composer, pianist
- Gérard Lauzier (1932–2008), screenwriter, writer, playwright
- Gérard Lebovici (1932–1984), publisher, film producer
- Gérard Oury (1919–2006), screenwriter, actor, stage actor
- Germaine de Coster (1895–1992), illustrator, bookbinder, designer
- Germaine Sablon (1899–1985), actor, singer, nurse
- Gilbert Trigano (1920–2001), businessperson, entrepreneur, journalist
- Gilberte H. Dallas (1918–1960), actor, poet
- Gilles Verlant (1957–2013), television presenter, journalist, radio personality
- Gina Pane (1939–1990), teacher, painter, visual artist
- Gisèle Freund (1908–2000), photographer, writer, historian
- Grigory Gershuni (1870–1908), politician, revolutionary
- Grigory Gershuni (1870–1908), politician, revolutionary
- Gualtieri di San Lazzaro (1904–1974), writer, journalist, art critic
- Guillaume Bigourdan (1851–1932), astronomer, discoverer of asteroids
- Guillaume Dustan (1965–2005), writer, official, publisher
- Gustave Bertinot (1822–1888), printmaker
- Gustave Guillaume (1883–1960), linguist
- Gustave Kahn (1859–1936), writer, poet, art historian
- Gustave Roussy (1874–1948), physician, neurologist, neuropathologist
- Gustave Zédé (1825–1891), engineer, military engineer, engineering officer
- Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893), writer, poet, playwright
- Guy Mazeline (1900–1996), writer, journalist, novelist
- Hégésippe Moreau (1810–1838), writer, poet, journalist
- Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff (1803–1877), physicist, merchant, inventor
- Helen Bamber (1925–2014), psychologist, psychotherapist
- Helen Josephine Mansfield (1847–1931), stage actor
- Hélène Carrère d'Encausse (1929–2023), university teacher, politician, historian
- Hélène Parmelin (1915–1998), writer, art historian, journalist
- Henri Alekan (1909–2001), cinematographer
- Henri Bellery-Desfontaines (1867–1909), type designer, graphic designer, illustrator
- Henri Blondel (1821–1897), architect
- Henri Bouchot (1849–1906), historian, art historian, library curator
- Henri Caspers (1825–1906), composer, pianist
- Henri Contet (1904–1998), actor, lyricist, journalist
- Henri de France (1911–1986), engineer, inventor
- Henri Deglane (1855–1931), architect, university teacher
- Henri Dutilleux (1916–2013), composer, pianist, film score composer
- Henri Fantin-Latour (1836–1904), painter, graphic artist, visual artist
- Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux (1815–1884), illustrator, painter
- Henri Goetz (1909–1989), painter, etcher, watercolorist
- Henri Gouhier (1898–1994), historian, university teacher, literary critic
- Henri Jules Bataille (1816–1882), military personnel
- Henri Jules Louis Marie Rendu (1844–1902), military physician
- Henri Langlois (1914–1977), civil servant, archivist
- Henri Laurens (1885–1954), printer, illustrator, painter
- Henri Marie Bouley (1814–1885), physician, veterinarian, pathologist
- Henri Martin (1810–1883), writer, politician, historian
- Henri Patin (1793–1876), translator, classical scholar, latinist
- Henri Poincaré (1854–1912), astronomer, writer, engineer
- Henri Regnault (1843–1871), painter, visual artist
- Henri Troyat (1911–2007), screenwriter, writer, historian
- Henri Vever (1854–1942), mayor, entrepreneur, goldsmith
- Henri Victor Regnault (1810–1878), photographer, physician, engineer
- Henri Wallon (1812–1904), writer, politician, historian of Modern Age
- Henri Weber (1944–2020), politician
- Henri-Cardin-Jean-Baptiste d'Aguesseau (1752–1826), politician, jurist, diplomat
- Henry Achard de Bonvouloir (1839–1914), librarian, entomologist
- Henry Aron (1842–1885), journalist
- Henry Chapier (1933–2019), actor, journalist, film director
- Henry Chapier (1933–2019), actor, journalist, film director
- Henry Gauthier-Villars (1859–1931), writer, translator, music critic
- Herbert Lottman (1927–2014), writer, historian, biographer
- Herculine Barbin (1838–1868), teacher, governess
- Hermine de Clermont-Tonnerre (1966–2020), actor, writer
- Hermiona Asachi (1821–1900), writer, translator, editor
- Hervé Mangon (1821–1888), engineer, politician
- Hippolyte Berteaux (1843–1926), painter
- Hippolyte Destailleur (1822–1893), architect, restorer, art collector
- Hippolyte Fortoul (1811–1856), writer, politician, professor
- Honoré Champion (1846–1913), bookseller, publisher
- Honoré Daumet (1826–1911), architect
- Hubert Beuve-Méry (1902–1989), jurist, journalist, French resistance fighter
- Ilios Yannakakis (1931–2017), historian, political scientist
- Irène Aïtoff (1904–2006), chef de chant, classical pianist
- Irénée-Jules Bienaymé (1796–1878), mathematician, university teacher, statistician
- Irving Brown (1911–1989), politician, trade unionist
- Isidore Bonheur (1827–1901), painter, sculptor
- Ivan Gagarin (1814–1882), writer, diplomat, Catholic priest
- Jacqueline Caurat (1927–2021), television presenter, journalist
- Jacqueline de Romilly (1913–2010), historian, translator, university teacher
- Jacques Alexandre Bixio (1808–1865), physician, politician, diplomat
- Jacques Aupick (1789–1857), military personnel, politician, military officer
- Jacques Babinet (1794–1872), astronomer, mathematician, physicist
- Jacques Becker (1906–1960), actor, screenwriter, film director
- Jacques Chirac (1932–2019), politician, President of the Republic, official
- Jacques Debary (1914–2011), actor, television actor
- Jacques Demy (1931–1990), actor, screenwriter, lyricist
- Jacques Derogy (1925–1997), writer, journalist, French resistance fighter
- Jacques Duquesne (1930–2023), writer, journalist, opinion journalist
- Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin (1787–1847), physician, surgeon, gynecologist
- Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Bréville (1858–1931), artist, painter, illustrator
- Jacques Philippe Marie Binet (1786–1856), astronomer, professor, mathematician
- Jacques Spitz (1896–1963), writer, engineer, science fiction writer
- Jacques Touchet (1887–1949), illustrator
- Jacques Vergès (1925–2013), writer, lawyer, jurist
- Jacques-Émile Dubois (1920–2005), military officer, chemist, French resistance fighter
- Jacques-Jean Barre (1793–1855), medalist, postage stamp designer, printmaker
- James Guillaume (1844–1916), writer, historian, translator
- James Lord (1922–2009), writer, biographer, art historian
- Jane Birkin (1946–2023), actor, screenwriter, singer
- Jane de La Vaudère (1857–1908), writer, poet, playwright
- Jane Vieu (1871–1955), composer
- Jean Baptiste Alexandre Strolz (1771–1841), politician, military officer
- Jean Baptiste Armand Louis Léonée Elie de Beaumont (1798–1874), politician, professor, geologist
- Jean Baptiste Lucien Buquet (1807–1889), businessperson, merchant, zoologist
- Jean Bassan (1911–1987), writer, playwright
- Jean Baudrillard (1929–2007), photographer, translator, university teacher
- Jean Boissonnat (1929–2016), journalist
- Jean Bollack (1923–2012), university teacher, philosopher, literary critic
- Jean Bourgoin (1913–1991), cinematographer
- Jean Bruller (1902–1991), writer, playwright, illustrator
- Jean Carmet (1920–1994), screenwriter, actor, stage actor
- Jean Carzou (1907–2000), writer, artist, painter
- Jean Daniel (1920–2020), writer, war correspondent, journalist
- Jean David-Weill (1898–1972), jurist, conservator, curator
- Jean de Reszke (1850–1925), singer, pianist, opera singer
- Jean Degottex (1918–1988), painter
- Jean Dutourd (1920–2011), writer, resistance fighter, journalist
- Jean Gaston Darboux (1842–1917), writer, mathematician, university teacher
- Jean Gautherin (1840–1890), sculptor
- Jean Giraud (1938–2012), screenwriter, illustrator, comics artist
- Jean Joseph Dussault (1769–1824), teacher, poet, librarian
- Jean Joseph François Poujoulat (1808–1880), writer, politician, historian
- Jean Leclant (1920–2011), curator, geographer, university teacher
- Jean Luchaire (1901–1946), media proprietor, journalist, newspaper proprietor
- Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1774–1838), physician, surgeon, pedagogue
- Jean Martin (1922–2009), actor, stage actor, film actor
- Jean Maspero (1885–1915), Egyptologist, linguist, philologist
- Jean Mouliérat (1853–1932), opera singer
- Jean Mounet-Sully (1841–1916), actor, stage actor, film actor
- Jean Nicolas Gannal (1791–1852), pharmacist, chemist
- Jean Nicolas Gannal (1791–1852), pharmacist, chemist
- Jean Noli (1928–2000), journalist
- Jean Painlevé (1902–1989), actor, screenwriter, translator
- Jean Piat (1924–2018), actor, writer, musician
- Jean Poiret (1926–1992), screenwriter, writer, actor
- Jean Raspail (1925–2020), writer, journalist, novelist
- Jean Réville (1854–1908), professeur des universités, Protestant theologian
- Jean Sablon (1906–1994), singer, musician, singer-songwriter
- Jean Sébastien Rouillard (1787–1852), painter
- Jean Seberg (1938–1979), actor, film director, film actor
- Jean Starcky (1909–1988), Catholic priest, orientalist, researcher
- Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741–1828), sculptor, medalist, visual artist
- Jean-Augustin Barral (1819–1884), chemist, balloonist, agronomist
- Jean-Augustin Franquelin (1798–1839), painter
- Jean-Baptiste Bertrand (1823–1887), painter, lithographer
- Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774–1862), astronomer, physicist, mathematician
- Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck (1744–1829), writer, naturalist, military officer
- Jean-Baptiste de Nompère de Champagny (1756–1834), military personnel, politician, military officer
- Jean-Baptiste Dumas (1800–1884), politician, pharmacist, chemist
- Jean-Claude Bouquet (1819–1885), mathematician
- Jean-Claude Pascal (1927–1992), actor, writer, singer
- Jean-Claude Perrot (1928–2021), historian, university teacher
- Jean-François Jannekeyn (1892–1971), military personnel, fencer
- Jean-François Revel (1924–2006), journalist
- Jean-Gérard Lacuée, count of Cessac (1752–1841), military personnel, politician, military officer
- Jean-Jacques Baude (1792–1862), politician
- Jean-Jacques Becker (1928–2023), historian, university teacher, assistant professor
- Jean-Joseph Espercieux (1757–1840), sculptor
- Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ (1842–1923), painter, sculptor
- Jean-Louis Debré (1944–2025), judge, politician, political scientist
- Jean-Louis Nicot (1911–2004), military personnel, aircraft pilot
- Jean-Marc Reiser (1941–1983), poster artist, comics artist, artist
- Jean-Marie Bonnassieux (1810–1892), sculptor
- Jean-Marie Bonnassieux (1810–1892), sculptor
- Jean-Michel Atlan (1913–1960), lithographer, poet, painter
- Jean-Paul Laurens (1838–1921), teacher, illustrator, painter
- Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980), screenwriter, writer, intellectual
- Jean-Pierre Elkabbach (1937–2023), news presenter, journalist, manager
- Jean-Pierre Lévy (1911–1996), businessperson, resistance fighter, trader
- Jean-Pierre Rampal (1922–2000), conductor, musician, bandleader
- Jean-Pierre Stirbois (1945–1988), politician
- Jean-Robert Ipoustéguy (1920–2006), writer, artist, illustrator
- Jean-Toussaint Merle (1785–1852), writer, dramaturge, playwright
- Jean-Victor Poncelet (1788–1867), engineer, politician, professor
- Jeanne Fichel (1849–1906), painter
- Jeanne Lapauze (1854–1921), writer, poet, translator
- Jeanne Sully (1905–1995), film actor
- Jeanne-Élisabeth Chaudet (1767–1832), artist, painter
- Jérôme Lindon (1925–2001), editor, publisher
- Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui (1798–1854), politician, economist, political economist
- Jesús Rafael Soto (1923–2005), painter, sculptor, jewelry designer
- Joëlle Mogensen (1953–1982), singer
- John Berry (1917–1999), screenwriter, actor, film director
- Joris Ivens (1898–1989), screenwriter, photographer, cinematographer
- Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848–1907), writer, author, art critic
- Jos De Cock (1934–2010), artist, painter, sculptor
- Josée Laval (1911–1992), author, socialite
- Joseph Bertrand (1822–1900), mathematician, professor, economist
- Joseph Deniker (1852–1918), naturalist, librarian, botanist
- Joseph Günzburg (1812–1878), banker
- Joseph Kessel (1898–1979), screenwriter, writer, war correspondent
- Joseph Liouville (1809–1882), scientist, astronomer, engineer
- Joseph Louis Elzéar Ortolan (1802–1873), writer, poet, historian
- Joseph Marie de Pernety (1766–1856), politician, military officer
- Joseph Marie Quérard (1796–1865), writer, bibliographer
- Joseph Paul Gaimard (1793–1858), naturalist, physician, military personnel
- Joseph Uchard (1809–1891), architect
- Joseph-Félix Bouchor (1853–1937), painter
- Joseph-Frédéric-Benoît Charrière (1803–1876), engineer, entrepreneur, instrument maker
- Joseph-Victor Le Clerc (1789–1865), linguist
- Jules Baillarger (1809–1890), psychiatrist, neurologist
- Jules Benoit-Lévy (1866–1952), engraver, painter, illustrator
- Jules Breton (1827–1906), writer, poet, painter
- Jules Carpentier (1851–1921), photographer, engineer, inventor
- Jules Cohen (1835–1901), composer
- Jules Cohen (1835–1901), composer
- Jules Dalou (1838–1902), artist, sculptor, communard
- Jules de Gaultier (1858–1942), philosopher
- Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790–1842), sailor, military personnel, cartographer
- Jules Férat (1829–1906), illustrator, painter, printmaker
- Jules Hetzel (1814–1886), writer, politician, translator
- Jules Horowitz (1921–1995), physicist
- Jules Isaac (1877–1963), teacher, historian
- Jules Marie Armand Cavelier de Cuverville (1834–1912), politician, military personnel, admiral
- Jules Quicherat (1814–1882), writer, teacher, historian
- Jules Sandeau (1811–1883), writer, poet, playwright
- Jules Sylvain Zeller (1819–1900), writer, historian, university teacher
- Jules Tannery (1848–1910), mathematician, university teacher
- Jules Worms (1832–1924), illustrator, painter, graphic artist
- Jules-Albert de Dion (1856–1946), politician, entrepreneur, racing automobile driver
- Jules-Charles Truffier (1856–1943), actor, poet, stage actor
- Jules-Clément Chaplain (1839–1909), artist, painter, sculptor
- Jules-Romain Tardieu (1805–1868), writer, bookseller, publisher
- Julie Ribault (1789–1885), illustrator, painter, printmaker
- Julien Barbier (1869–1940), architect
- Juliet Man Ray (1911–1991), model
- Juliette Gréco (1927–2020), actor, singer, film actor
- Julio Cortázar (1914–1984), writer
- Julio Ruelas (1870–1907), artist, illustrator, painter
- Just Cabot (1898–1961), journalist
- Kate Barry (1967–2013), photographer, actor, fashion photographer
- Katia Granoff (1896–1989), writer, poet, art dealer
- Kenji Yoshida (1924–2009), painter, graphic artist, etcher
- Kostas Axelos (1924–2010), writer, politician, editor-in-chief
- Kseniya Boguslavskaya (1892–1972), poet, illustrator, painter
- Ladislas Kijno (1921–2012), painter
- Laurent Terzieff (1935–2010), actor, musician, stage actor
- Léon Barillot (1844–1929), painter, printmaker
- Léon Binet (1891–1971), naturalist, physician, university teacher
- Léon Cahun (1841–1900), writer, librarian, journalist
- Léon Chertok (1911–1991), physician, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst
- Léon Ginain (1825–1898), architect
- Léon Jaussely (1875–1932), architect, urban planner
- Léon Ollé-Laprune (1839–1898), university teacher, philosopher
- Léon Vaudoyer (1803–1872), architect, art historian, architectural historian
- Léon-Alexandre Delhomme (1841–1895), sculptor, municipal councillor
- Léon-Paul Fargue (1876–1947), writer, poet, painter
- Léonie Léon (1838–1906)
- Léonie Yahne (1867–1950), stage actor
- Léopold Lacour (1854–1939), writer, playwright, historian
- Léopold Morice (1843–1920), sculptor
- Léopold-Émile Reutlinger (1863–1937), photographer
- Lev Polugaevsky (1934–1995), Grandmaster, chess coach, chess player
- Lionel Stoléru (1937–2016), composer, politician, engineer
- Lou Albert-Lasard (1885–1969), painter
- Louis Alix de Nompère de Champagny (1796–1870), politician, diplomat
- Louis Christophe François Hachette (1800–1864), writer, businessperson, printer
- Louis Germain Lévy (1870–1946), rabbi, historian, military chaplain
- Louis Gustave Binger (1856–1936), author, soldier, explorer
- Louis Halphen (1880–1950), secretary, historian
- Louis Jules André (1819–1890), teacher, architect
- Louis Loucheur (1872–1931), engineer, entrepreneur, minister
- Louis Marie Quicherat (1799–1884), writer, librarian, philologist
- Louis Martinet (1814–1895), art dealer, artist, painter
- Louis Petitot (1794–1862), sculptor
- Louis Pierre Henriquel-Dupont (1797–1892), engraver
- Louis Puissant (1769–1843), engineer, mathematician, geographer
- Louis Richard (1795–1849), mathematician, secondary school teacher
- Louis Stanislas Marin-Lavigne (1797–1860), painter, lithographer
- Louis Stanislas Marin-Lavigne (1797–1860), painter, lithographer
- Louis Veuillot (1813–1883), writer, poet, editing staff
- Louis Vierne (1870–1937), composer, organist, music arranger
- Louis-Eugène Bion (1807–1860), sculptor
- Louis-Jules Bouchot (1817–1907), architect
- Louis-Nicolas Cabat (1812–1893), painter, printmaker
- Louis-Oscar Roty (1846–1911), sculptor, medalist, postage stamp designer
- Louis-Pierre Baltard (1764–1846), writer, architect, engraver
- Louis-Pierre Deseine (1749–1822), sculptor
- Louis-Pierre Deseine (1749–1822), sculptor
- Louis-Pierre Deseine (1749–1822), sculptor
- Louis-Pierre Deseine (1749–1822), sculptor
- Louise Abbéma (1853–1927), illustrator, painter, sculptor
- Louise Farrenc (1804–1875), composer, piano teacher, classical composer
- Louise-Joséphine Sarazin de Belmont (1790–1870), painter, lithographer
- Lucie Dreyfus (1869–1945)
- Lucien Bodard (1914–1998), writer, war correspondent, journalist
- Lucien Gaudin (1886–1934), fencing master, fencer
- Lucien Moreau (1875–1932), politician, journalist, opinion journalist
- Ludovic Arrachart (1897–1933), aircraft pilot
- Ludwik Mierosławski (1814–1878), writer, poet, politician
- Mademoiselle Anaïs (1802–1871), actor, stage actor
- Mahammad Maharramov (1895–1982), politician
- Man Ray (1890–1976), screenwriter, actor, photographer
- Manès Sperber (1905–1984), writer, psychologist, publisher
- Marc Boegner (1881–1970), pastor, theologian, essayist
- Marc Meneau (1943–2020), cook, chef
- Marcel Béalu (1908–1993), writer, poet, novelist
- Marcel Bertrand (1847–1907), professor, geologist, mining engineer
- Marcel Bozzuffi (1929–1988), screenwriter, actor, stage actor
- Marcel L'Herbier (1888–1979), screenwriter, writer, film director
- Marcel Moussy (1924–1995), screenwriter, writer, dramaturge
- Marcel Schwob (1867–1905), writer, poet, translator
- Marceline Loridan-Ivens (1928–2018), screenwriter, actor, writer
- Marcelle Lender (1861–1926), actor, singer, art model
- Margaret Cossaceanu (1899–1980), painter, sculptor, graphic artist
- Margaret Cossaceanu (1899–1980), painter, sculptor, graphic artist
- Marguerite Boucicaut (1816–1887), businessperson
- Maria Montez (1912–1951), actor, poet, model
- Marie Daëms (1928–2016), actor
- Marie Dorval (1798–1849), actor, stage actor
- Marie Léonide Charvin (1832–1891), actor, communard
- Marie Melchior Joseph Théodose de Lagrené (1800–1862), politician, diplomat
- Marie Pape-Carpantier (1815–1878), writer, pedagogue
- Marie Tony-Révillon (1891–1957), politician
- Marie-France Stirbois (1944–2006), politician
- Marie-Laure de Noailles (1902–1970), actor, writer, painter
- Marielle de Sarnez (1951–2021), politician
- Marthe Boyer-Breton (1860–1926), painter
- Marthe Hanau (1886–1935), businessperson, banker, journalist
- Marthe Robert (1914–1996), translator, Germanist, literary critic
- Martine Broda (1947–2009), writer, poet, translator
- Maryse Bastié (1898–1952), aircraft pilot, French resistance fighter
- Maryse Wolinski (1943–2021), writer, author, journalist
- Mathieu Orfila (1787–1853), physician, chemist, physiologist
- Mathurin Méheut (1882–1958), graphic artist, painter, ceramicist
- Maurice Bedel (1883–1954), writer, physician, novelist
- Maurice Couve de Murville (1907–1999), politician, ambassador, civil servant
- Maurice de Féraudy (1859–1932), actor, poet, playwright
- Maurice Françon (1913–1996), engineer, physicist, university teacher
- Maurice Holleaux (1861–1932), professor, pedagogue, art historian
- Maurice Kriegel-Valrimont (1914–2006), politician, trade unionist
- Maurice Leblanc (1864–1941), writer, journalist, novelist
- Maurice Lévy (1838–1910), engineer, physicist, mathematician
- Maurice Loebenberg (1916–1944), commercial, French resistance fighter
- Maurice Pialat (1925–2003), actor, painter, television director
- Maurice Rheims (1910–2003), writer, art historian, auctioneer
- Maurice Savin (1894–1973), artist, painter, medalist
- Maurice Tubiana (1920–2013), physician, biologist, researcher
- Mavis Gallant (1922–2014), writer, playwright, journalist
- Max Dearly (1874–1943), actor, stage actor, film actor
- Max Nordau (1849–1923), writer, physician, playwright
- Max Pécas (1925–2003), screenwriter, film director, film producer
- Maxime Vuillaume (1844–1925), writer, engineer, journalist
- Maya Ruiz-Picasso (1935–2022), art historian
- Michel Bréal (1832–1915), professor, linguist, philologist
- Michel David-Weill (1932–2022), banker, art collector, patron of the arts
- Michel Deguy (1930–2022), writer, poet, editor-in-chief
- Michel Déon (1919–2016), writer, playwright
- Michel Georges-Michel (1883–1985), writer, painter, journalist
- Michel Martin Drolling (1786–1882), painter
- Michel Ragon (1924–2020), writer, poet, art historian
- Michèle Arnaud (1919–1998), composer, singer, record producer
- Michèle Morgan (1920–2016), actor, film actor
- Mireille Darc (1938–2017), actor, screenwriter, film director
- Mireille Hartuch (1906–1996), actor, composer, singer
- Mirko Grmek (1924–2000), psychiatrist, academic, medical historian
- Mladen Josić (1897–1972), painter
- Monny de Boully (1904–1968), writer, poet
- Moune de Rivel (1918–2014), actor, musician, singer-songwriter
- Moussa Abadi (1907–1997), actor, stage actor, radio personality
- Natalia Dumitresco (1915–1997), painter, draftsperson
- Nathalie Baye (1948–2026), actor, stage actor, dancer
- Nicolae Rosetti-Bălănescu (1827–1884), judge, lawyer, politician
- Nicolas-Jacques Conté (1755–1805), military personnel, chemist, balloonist
- Nicole Védrès (1911–1965), screenwriter, writer, journalist
- Nicolò Gabrielli (1814–1891), composer, conductor
- Nikos Papatakis (1918–2010), screenwriter, film director, film producer
- Noël Paymal Lerebours (1807–1873), photographer, daguerreotypist
- Noël Valois (1855–1915), historian, archivist, church historian
- Octave Gréard (1828–1904), pedagogue
- Octave Hamelin (1856–1907), university teacher, philosopher, literary translator
- Octave Lebesgue (1857–1933), writer, journalist, children's writer
- Odette Rosenstock (1914–1999), physician, resistance fighter, anti-Nazi fighter
- Olha Petliura (1885–1959), pedagogue
- Olivier Ameisen (1953–2013), physician, cardiologist, academic
- Olivier Greif (1950–2000), composer, pianist
- Olivier Séchan (1911–2006), writer, translator, children's writer
- Olivier-Clément Cacoub (1920–2008), architect
- Orfeo Tamburi (1910–1994), painter
- Óscar Domínguez (1906–1957), photographer, painter, illustrator
- Ossian Bonnet (1819–1892), mathematician, university teacher
- Ossip Zadkine (1888–1967), teacher, painter, sculptor
- Othon Friesz (1879–1949), teacher, painter, printmaker
- Othon Riemann (1853–1891), university teacher, archaeologist, philologist
- Pan Yuliang (1899–1977), artist, painter, graphic artist
- Pan Yuliang (1899–1977), artist, painter, graphic artist
- Pascal Lainé (1942–2024), actor, screenwriter, writer
- Paul Appell (1855–1930), mathematician, university teacher
- Paul Arma (1905–1987), composer, pianist, resistance fighter
- Paul Auguste Ernest Laugier (1812–1872), astronomer, physicist
- Paul Belmondo (1898–1982), medalist, sculptor, watercolorist
- Paul Bergon (1863–1912), photographer, composer, botanist
- Paul Bourget (1852–1935), writer, poet, playwright
- Paul Broca (1824–1880), physician, politician, biologist
- Paul Brouardel (1837–1906), physician, university teacher, pathologist
- Paul Cabet (1815–1876), sculptor
- Paul Claudon (1919–2002), actor, screenwriter, film producer
- Paul Deschanel (1855–1922), writer, politician, journalist
- Paul Féret (1901–1984), tennis player
- Paul Féval (1816–1887), writer, lawyer, playwright
- Paul Féval (1860–1933), writer, playwright, dramaturge
- Paul Gervais (1816–1879), zoologist, ornithologist, paleontologist
- Paul Huet (1803–1869), engraver, painter, graphic artist
- Paul Huet (1803–1869), engraver, painter, graphic artist
- Paul Jamot (1863–1939), painter, curator, art historian
- Paul Meyer (1840–1917), professor, librarian, university teacher
- Paul Michaux (1854–1923), surgeon
- Paul Misraki (1908–1998), writer, composer, singer
- Paul Mounet (1847–1922), actor, stage actor, film actor
- Paul Painlevé (1863–1933), politician, minister, mathematician
- Paul Philippoteaux (1846–1923), artist, illustrator, painter
- Paul Pierre Lévy (1886–1971), engineer, mathematician, university teacher
- Paul Regnard (1850–1927), photographer, physician, psychiatrist
- Paul Reynaud (1878–1966), lawyer, politician, minister
- Paul Richer (1849–1933), photographer, physician, illustrator
- Paul Schützenberger (1829–1897), physician, professor, chemist
- Paul Schützenberger (1829–1897), physician, professor, chemist
- Paul Schützenberger (1829–1897), physician, professor, chemist
- Paul Schützenberger (1829–1897), physician, professor, chemist
- Paul Tannery (1843–1904), engineer, mathematician, civil servant
- Paul Thureau-Dangin (1837–1913), historian, opinion journalist
- Paul Vidal de La Blache (1845–1918), historian, ethnologist, geographer
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- Pauline Cassin Caro (1835–1901), novelist
- Pauline Cassin Caro (1835–1901), novelist
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- Pierre Aristide Faron (1814–1889), colonial administrator
- Pierre Batcheff (1907–1932), actor, stage actor, film actor
- Pierre Batcheff (1907–1932), actor, stage actor, film actor
- Pierre Batcheff (1907–1932), actor, stage actor, film actor
- Pierre Batcheff (1907–1932), actor, stage actor, film actor
- Pierre Bénard (1898–1946), screenwriter, journalist
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- Pierre Bilger (1940–2011), businessperson
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- Pierre Charles Alexandre Louis (1787–1872), physician, surgeon, university teacher
- Pierre David-Weill (1900–1975), banker, art collector
- Pierre Dejussieu-Pontcarral (1898–1984), military personnel, French resistance fighter
- Pierre Destailles (1909–1990), actor, chansonnier
- Pierre Émile Levasseur (1828–1911), economist, professor, historian
- Pierre Fédida (1934–2002), psychologist, philosopher, psychoanalyst
- Pierre Jean Jouve (1887–1976), writer, screenwriter, poet
- Pierre Joseph Pelletier (1788–1842), pharmacist, chemist, university teacher
- Pierre Larousse (1817–1875), writer, teacher, editor
- Pierre Laval (1883–1945), lawyer, politician, jurist
- Pierre Leroux (1797–1871), writer, politician, economist
- Pierre Loeb (1897–1964), art dealer, gallerist
- Pierre Louÿs (1870–1925), photographer, poet, translator
- Pierre Minet (1909–1975), writer, poet
- Pierre Papadiamandis (1937–2022), composer, pianist
- Pierre Paul Nicolas Henrion de Pansey (1742–1829), politician, jurist, magistrate
- Pierre Petitot (1760–1840), sculptor
- Pierre Potain (1825–1901), physician, university teacher, cardiologist
- Pierre Renouvin (1893–1974), historian, author, university teacher
- Pierre Restany (1930–2003), art historian, art critic, philosopher
- Pierre Schoendoerffer (1928–2012), screenwriter, writer, journalist
- Pierre Seghers (1906–1987), screenwriter, poet, publisher
- Pierre Soulages (1919–2022), artist, illustrator, painter
- Pierre Veron (1833–1900), journalist, opinion journalist, librettist
- Pierre Veron (1833–1900), journalist, opinion journalist, librettist
- Pierre-Augustin Hulin (1758–1841), military personnel, military officer
- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809–1865), writer, politician, economist
- Pinchus Krémègne (1890–1981), painter, sculptor, lithographer
- Porfirio Díaz (1830–1915), politician, military personnel
- Princess Isabelle d’Orléans (1900–1983), aristocrat
- Prosper d'Epinay (1836–1914), writer, author, sculptor
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- Raymond Barre (1924–2007), politician, professor, economist
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- Raymond Marcellin (1914–2004), politician
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- Rémy Lejeune (1932–1996), painter, printmaker, draftsperson
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- René de Chambrun (1906–2002), businessperson, lawyer
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- René Grousset (1885–1952), historian, curator, orientalist
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- Serge Moscovici (1925–2014), psychologist, director of studies, researcher
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- Serge Reggiani (1922–2004), actor, singer, painter
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- Valérie Lang (1966–2013), stage actor, film actor
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- Victor André Cornil (1837–1908), physician, politician, official
- Victor André Cornil (1837–1908), physician, politician, official
- Victor Augagneur (1855–1931), physician, politician, social reformer
- Victor Cherbuliez (1829–1899), writer, playwright, journalist
- Victor Henri Hutinel (1849–1933), physician
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- Victor Koning (1842–1894), writer, playwright, theatre manager
- Victor Koning (1842–1894), writer, playwright, theatre manager
- Victor Koning (1842–1894), writer, playwright, theatre manager
- Victor Puiseux (1820–1883), astronomer, mathematician, mountaineer
- Victor-Adolphe Malte-Brun (1816–1889), geographer, cartographer
- Victurnien-Jean-Baptiste de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1752–1812), politician
- Vincent d'Indy (1851–1931), writer, composer, teacher
- Vincent de Moro-Giafferi (1878–1956), lawyer, politician
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- Virginie Ancelot (1792–1875), writer, playwright, painter
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- William Klein (1926–2022), screenwriter, photographer, artist
- William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905), painter
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- Xavier Gélin (1946–1999), screenwriter, actor, film director
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- Yves Mourousi (1942–1998), news presenter, journalist, radio personality
- Yves Robert (1920–2002), actor, screenwriter, film director
- Yves Rocard (1903–1992), mathematician, physicist, university teacher
- Yvon Thébert (1943–2002), historian, classical scholar, archaeologist
- Yvonne Diéterle (1882–1974), painter, sculptor
- Yvonne Netter (1889–1985), lawyer
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