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Here's all 254 authors with nationality analphabetically ordered:

Carlomagno (742-)
Fernandel (1903-1971) - whose visual trademarks were comic facial contortions and a wide, toothy grin.
Flaubert (1821-1880)
Lamennais (1782-1854)
Millet (1814-1875)
Molière (1622-1673) - the greatest of all writers of French comedy.
Stendhal (1783-1842) - French writer
Talleyrand (1754-1838)
Edmond About (1828-1885)
Marcel Achard (1899-1974) - French writer
Anouk Aimee (1932-) - French actor
Alphonse Allais (1854-1905)
Jean Anouilh (1910-1987) - French playwright
Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) - Consort of France, wife of Louis XVI.
Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) - who helped to direct poetry into unexplored channels.
Louis Aragon (1897-1982) - who was a political activist and spokesman for communism.
Joan of Arc (1412-1431)
Jean Arp (1887-1966) - French artist
Gaston Bachelard (1884-1962) - French writer
H. Barbusse (1873-1935)
Birgitte Bardot (1934-) - French actor
Maurice Barrès (1862-1923) - French writer, pol
Roland Barthes (1915-1980) - French critic
Jacques Barzun (1907-)
George Bataille (1897-1962)
Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) - French writer
Gérard Bauër (1888-1965)
Pierre Bayle (1647-1706)
Pierre Beaumarchais (1732-1799)
Henri François Becque (1837-1899)
Henri Bergson (1859-1941) - 1927 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Louis-Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) - Conductor of the Romantic period.
Georges Bernanos (1888-1948) - French writer
Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) - of the 19th century, and one of the best-known figures in the history of the stage.
Luc Besson (1959-)
Marie Henri Beyle (Stendhal) (1783-1842)
Juliette Binoche (1964-)
Nicholas Boileau
Nicolas Boileau (1636-1711)
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) - (1804-14).
Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) - and printmaker.
Jacques Benigne Bossuel (1627-1704)
J. B. Bossuet (1627-1704)
Jacques Bénigne Bossuet (1627-1704)
Dominique Bouhours (1632-1702)
Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979)
Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929)
Édouard Bourdet (1887-1945)
P. Bourget (1852-1935)
Paul Bourget (1852-1935)
Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757)
Bernard Le Bovier Fontenelle (1957-1757)
Charles Boyer (1889-1978) - known as the prototypical suave Gallic lover.
Georges Braque (1882-1963) - French artist
Andre Breton (1896-1966) - French writer
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826) - French
John Calvin (1509-1564) - French theologian
Albert Camus (1913-1960) - 1957 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Alexis Carrel (1873-1944) - French biologist, surgeon
Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) - French photographer
Louis Ferdinand Celine (1894-1961)
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) - French artist
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - He composed his images based on emotional and poetic associations, rather than on rules of pictorial logic.
Nicolas-Sébastien Roch de Chamfort (1741-1794) - French writer
Coco Chanel (1883-1971) - who ruled over Parisian haute couture for almost six decades.
Emile-Auguste Chartier (1868-1951) - French writer
François R. Chateaubriand
Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972) - French singer
Charles Chincholles (1845-1902)
Emile M. Cioran (1911-)
Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) - of the abbey of Clairvaux. One of the most influential churchmen of his time.
George Clemenceau (1841-1929)
Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) - French premier
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) - and painter.
Claudette Colbert (1903-1996) - French actor
Jean Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683) - of Finance under King Louis XIV of France.
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954)
Benjamin Constant (1767-1830) - French wrtiter
Pierre Corneille (1606-1684) - considered the creator of French classical tragedy.
Georges Courteline (1858-1929)
Victor Cousin (1792-1867)
Jacques Cousteau (1910-1997)
Thomas Couture (1815-1879) - French artist
Mme Marie Curie (1867-1934) - twice winner of the Nobel Prize.
Marquis De Custine (1790-1857)
Georges Jacques Danton (1759-1794) - French revolutionary
Vauvenargues, Marquis de (1715-1747)
Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) - French writer
P.A. Caron de Beaumarchais
Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) - and feminist.
Pierre-Jean de Beranger
George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon (1707-)
Teilhard de Chardin (1881-)
Malcolm de Chazal (1929-)
Luc de Clapier de Vauvanargues (1715-1747)
Luc de Clapiers Vauvenargues (1715-1747)
Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937) - primarily responsible for the revival of the Olympic Games in 1894.
Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665)
Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970) - French Politician, FR
Delphine-Gay de Girardin (1804-1855)
Edmond de Goncourt (1822-1896)
Remy de Gourmont (1858-1915) - French writer
Ninon de L'Enclos
Jean de la Bruyère (1645-1696) - French philosopher
Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) - whose Fables are one of the masterpieces of French literature.
François de la Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) - French writer
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741-1803)
Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869)
Ninon de Lenclos (1620-1705)
Joseph Marie de Maistre (1753-1821)
Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893)
Comte de Mirabeau (1749-1791)
Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) - French writer
Charles de Montesquieu (1689-1755)
Henry de Montherlant (1895-1972)
Francoise de Motteville (1635-1719)
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944) - of 'The Little Prince'.
St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Marie de Sevigne (1626-)
Madame de Staël (1766-1817)
Charles M. de Talleyrand (1754-1838)
Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859)
Guy DeBord (1931-1994) - French writer, social refor
Claude deBussy (1862-1918) - French composer
Edgar Degas (1834-1917) - French artist
Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) - French artist
Jacques Delille (1738-1813)
Catherine Deneuve (1943-)
Rene Descartes (1596-1650) - French philosopher
Antoinette Déshoulières (1638-1694)
Philippe Destouches (1680-1754)
Denis Diderot (1713-1784) - French philosopher
Ernest Dimnet (1866-1954) - French religious
Christian Dior (1905-1957)
Robert Doisneau (1912-1994)
Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) - French artist
Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) - who broke down the boundaries between works of art and everyday objects.
Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) - French painter
Georges Duhamel (1884-1966) - French artist
Marguerite Duras (1914-1996) - French writer
Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) - French sociologist
Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990) - French writer
Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) - regarded as the prime mover of the realist school of French literature and best known for his masterpiece, Madame Bovary.
Michel Foucault (1926-1984)
Anatole France (1844-1924) - member of the French Academy and Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921.
Serge Gainsbourg (1928-1991) - French vocalist
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) - French artist
Jean Genet (1910-1986) - Leading figure in the avant garde theatre, especially the Theatre of the Absurd.
Paul Geraldy (1885-1983)
André Gide (1869-1951) - French writer
Jean Giraudoux (1882-1944) - French writer
Jean-Luc Godard (1930-) - French director
A. Godin (1880-1938)
James Goldsmith (1933-1997) - French financier
Julien Green (1900-)
A. Guignon
Sacha Guitry (1885-1957) - French writer
Georges Guynemer (1894-)
Claude-Adrien Helvétius (1715-1771) - French philosopher
Victor Hugo (1802-1885)
Isabelle Huppert (1953-) - French actor
Eugène Ionesco (1909-1994) - Roumanian writer
Max Jacob (1876-1944)
Alfred Jarry (1873-1907) - French pataphysicist, write
Lionel Jospin (1937-)
Joseph Joubert (1754-1824)
Allan Kardec (1804-1869)
Alphonse Karr (1808-1890)
Yves Klein (1928-1962)
Yves Saint Laurent (1936-)
Toulouse Lautrec (1864-1901)
Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794) - regarded as the father of modern chemistry.
Paul Léautaud (1872-1956)
Alain Rene Lesage (1668-1747)
Claude Levi-Strauss (1908-)
André Malraux (1901-1976) - French writer
Marcel Marceau (1923-) - French mime actor
Sophie Marceau (1966-)
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) - of the 20th century.
François Mauriac (1885-1970) - French writer
André Maurois (1885-1967) - French writer
Jules Michelet (1798-1874)
Francois Mitterand (1916-1996) - French pol
Claude Monet (1840-1926) - French artist
Jeanne Moreau (1928-) - French actor
Alfred De Musset (1810-1857)
Anaïs Nin (1903-1977) - French writer
Marcel Pagnol (1895-1974) - French playwright
Vanessa Paradis (1972-)
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) - French mathematician
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) - French science
Charles Peguy (1873-1914)
Alexandre Dumas Père (1802-1870) - one of the most prolific and most popular authors of the 19th century.
Dom Perignon (1638-1715) - French vintner
Edith Piaf (1915-1963) - French singer
Francis Picabia (1879-1953) - French artist
Henri Poincare (1854-1912) - of science.
Georges Pompidou (1911-1974) - of France (1969-74) .
Jacques Prevert (1900-1977)
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809-1865) - French writer
Marcel Proust (1871-1922) - French writer
Raymond Queneau (1903-1976) - who produced some of the most important prose and poetry of the mid-20th century.
Philippe Quinault (1635-1688)
Edgar Quinet (1803-1875) - who made a significant contribution to the developing tradition of liberalism in France.
François Rabelais (1490-1553) - French writer
Jean Baptiste Racine (1639-1699)
Charlotte Rampling (1945-) - English actor
C.F. Ramuz (1878-1947)
Odilon Redon (1840-1916) - lithographer and etcher.
Ernest Renan (1823-1892) - French philosopher
Jules Renard (1864-1910) - French writer
Jean Renoir (1894-1979) - French filmmaker
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) - associated with the Impressionist movement.
Pierre Reverdy (1889-1960) - and moralist who first reflected Cubist and then Surrealist influence.
Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642)
Jean Richepin (1849-1926)
Charles Richet (1850-1935) - discover of and coiner of the term anaphylaxis. Nobel Prize for Physiology in 1913.
Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) - French writer
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) - French sculptor
Romain Rolland (1866-1944) - French writer
Jules Romains (1885-1972)
Jean Rostand (1894-1977)
Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) - French artist
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) - French writer
Joseph Roux (1834-1905)
Marquis De Sade (1740-1814) - whose perverse sexual preferences and erotic writings gave rise to the term sadism.
Françoise Sagan (1935-) - French writer
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804-1869)
George Sand (1804-1876) - French writer
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) - French writer
Erik Satie (1866-1925) - French composer
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
Georges Seurat (1859-1891) - He devised the pointillist style of painting using tiny dots of color.
Simone Signoret (1921-1985) - French actor
Yeardley Smith (1964-)
Georges Sorel (1847-1922)
Freya Stark (1893-1993)
George Steiner (1929-) - French-US lit critic
Hippolyte Taine (1828-1893) - French historian
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1838) - French statesman
Audrey Tautou (1978-)
Francois Truffaut (1932-1984) - French director
Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955) - noted especially for his pictures of the houses and streets of the Montmartre district of Paris.
Paul Valéry (1871-1945) - French writer
Edgard Varese (1883-1965) - pioneer of electronic and recorded music.
Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) - French writer
Jules Verne (1828-1905) - whose writings laid much of the foundation of modern science fiction.
Alfred Victor Vigny (1797-1863)
Vincent Voiture
François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778) - One of the greatest of all French authors.
Simone Weil (1909-1943) - in the French Resistance during World War II.
William Wyler (1902-1981) - French director
Louis XIV (1638-1715) - of France (1643-1715).
Émile Zola (1840-1902) - French writer

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