Famous Members of the French Academy

This list currently contains 86 personalities which there are for example, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Marcel Pagnol, Simone Veil, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Victor Hugo, Jean d'Ormesson, Jean de La Fontaine, Philippe Pétain, Louis Pasteur, Georges Clemenceau, Edmond Rostand, Jean Racine, Voltaire, Pierre Corneille, Claude Lévi-Strauss, ...

Died 50 years ago in 2024

† at 75 years

1899 • 1974

† at 61 years

Maurice Barrès

1862 • 1923

† at 81 years

1859 • 1941

† at 64 years

1813 • 1878

Nicolas Boileau

† at 74 years

Nicolas Boileau

1636 • 1711

Hélène Carrère d'Encausse

† at 94 years

Hélène Carrère d'Encausse

1929 • 2023

† at 82 years

1898 • 1981

† at 86 years

1868 • 1955

Georges Clemenceau

† at 88 years

Georges Clemenceau

1841 • 1929

† at 74 years

1889 • 1963

Jean-Baptiste Colbert

† at 64 years

Jean-Baptiste Colbert

1619 • 1683

Pierre Corneille

† at 78 years

Pierre Corneille

1606 • 1684

Jacques-Yves Cousteau

† at 87 years

Jacques-Yves Cousteau

1910 • 1997

† at 62 years

1769 • 1832

Jean d'Ormesson

† at 92 years

Jean d'Ormesson

1925 • 2017

Jean-Loup Dabadie

† at 81 years

Jean-Loup Dabadie

1938 • 2020

Albert de Broglie

† at 79 years

Albert de Broglie

1821 • 1901

François-René de Chateaubriand

† at 79 years

François-René de Chateaubriand

1768 • 1848

Nicolas de Condorcet

† at 50 years

Nicolas de Condorcet

1743 • 1794

Jean de La Bruyère

† at 50 years

Jean de La Bruyère

1645 • 1696

Jean de La Fontaine

† at 73 years

Jean de La Fontaine

1621 • 1695

Alphonse de Lamartine

† at 78 years

Alphonse de Lamartine

1790 • 1869

Ferdinand de Lesseps

† at 89 years

Ferdinand de Lesseps

1805 • 1894

Henry de Montherlant

† at 77 years

Henry de Montherlant

1895 • 1972

Alfred de Musset

† at 46 years

Alfred de Musset

1810 • 1857

René de Obaldia

† at 103 years

René de Obaldia

1918 • 2022

François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon

† at 63 years

François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon

1651 • 1715

Alexis de Tocqueville

† at 53 years

Alexis de Tocqueville

1805 • 1859

Alfred de Vigny

† at 66 years

Alfred de Vigny

1797 • 1863

† at 84 years

1912 • 1996

† at 90 years

1925 • 2016

† at 67 years

1855 • 1922

† at 90 years

1918 • 2009

Georges Duhamel

† at 81 years

Georges Duhamel

1884 • 1966

Alexandre Dumas (fils)

Born 200 years ago in 2024

† at 71 years

Alexandre Dumas (fils)

1824 • 1895

† at 91 years

1920 • 2011

† at 79 years

1908 • 1988

Alain Finkielkraut

Alain Finkielkraut

† at 77 years

1851 • 1929

† at 62 years

1768 • 1830

Died 100 years ago in 2024

† at 80 years

1844 • 1924

† at 85 years

1932 • 2017

Maurice Genevoix

† at 89 years

Maurice Genevoix

1890 • 1980

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

† at 94 years

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

1926 • 2020

† at 97 years

1900 • 1998

Édouard Herriot

† at 84 years

Édouard Herriot

1872 • 1957

† at 83 years

1802 • 1885

† at 84 years

Eugène Ionesco

1909 • 1994

† at 78 years

1852 • 1931

† at 81 years

1898 • 1979

† at 72 years

Eugène Labiche

1815 • 1888

Jean Le Rond d'Alembert

† at 65 years

Jean Le Rond d'Alembert

1717 • 1783

Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon

† at 80 years

Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon

1707 • 1788

Leconte de Lisle

† at 75 years

Leconte de Lisle

1818 • 1894

Claude Lévi-Strauss

† at 100 years

Claude Lévi-Strauss

1908 • 2009

Anthropologists

† at 73 years

1850 • 1923

† at 79 years

1854 • 1934

† at 75 years

1688 • 1763

François Mauriac

† at 84 years

François Mauriac

1885 • 1970

Charles Maurras

† at 84 years

Charles Maurras

1868 • 1952

Prosper Mérimée

† at 66 years

Prosper Mérimée

1803 • 1870

† at 91 years

1916 • 2007

† at 66 years

1689 • 1755

† at 79 years

1895 • 1974

† at 72 years

1822 • 1895

Charles Perrault

† at 75 years

Charles Perrault

1628 • 1703

Philippe Pétain

† at 95 years

Philippe Pétain

1856 • 1951

Raymond Poincaré

† at 74 years

Raymond Poincaré

1860 • 1934

† at 59 years

1639 • 1699

† at 69 years

1823 • 1892

Alain Robbe-Grillet

† at 85 years

Alain Robbe-Grillet

1922 • 2008

† at 86 years

1885 • 1972

† at 50 years

1868 • 1918

† at 82 years

1894 • 1977

Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve

† at 64 years

Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve

1804 • 1869

Léopold Sédar Senghor

† at 95 years

Léopold Sédar Senghor

1906 • 2001

† at 88 years

1930 • 2019

† at 80 years

1797 • 1877

† at 95 years

1911 • 2007

† at 73 years

1871 • 1945

† at 89 years

1927 • 2017