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s are noted. The dates shown indicate the terms of the members, who generally serve for life. Some, however, were "excluded" during the reorganisations of 1803 and 1816 and at other times.


List of current members


Seat 1

# Pierre Séguier, 1635–1643, politician and magistrate # Claude Bazin de Bezons, 1643–1684, lawyer # Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, 1684–1711, poet # Jean d'Estrées, 1711–1718, ecclesiastic and politician # Marc-René d'Argenson, 1718–1721, politician # Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy, 1721–1753, ecclesiastic #
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (; 7 September 1707 – 16 April 1788) was a French Natural history, naturalist, mathematician, and cosmology, cosmologist. He held the position of ''intendant'' (director) at the ''Jardin du Roi'', now ca ...
, 1753–1788, essayist # Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, 1788–1794, medical doctor # François-Urbain Domergue, 1803–1810, grammarian # Ange-François Fariau, 1810, poet and translator # François-Auguste Parseval-Grandmaison, 1811–1834, poet #
Narcisse-Achille de Salvandy Narcisse-Achille, comte de Salvandy (; 11June 179516December 1856) was a French politician. He was born at Condom, Gers of a poor family of Irish extraction. He joined the army in 1813, and in the following year joined the household troops of L ...
, 1835–1856, politician and historian #
Émile Augier Guillaume Victor Émile Augier (; 17 September 182025 October 1889) was a French dramatist. He was the thirteenth member to occupy seat 1 of the on 31 March 1857. Biography Augier was born at Valence, Drôme, the grandson of Pigault Lebrun, an ...
, 1857–1889, poet and playwright # Charles de Freycinet, 1890–1923, politician and physicist #
Charles Émile Picard Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was ...
, 1924–1941, mathematician #
Louis de Broglie Louis Victor Pierre Raymond, 7th Duc de Broglie (15 August 1892 – 19 March 1987) was a French theoretical physicist and aristocrat known for his contributions to quantum theory. In his 1924 PhD thesis, he postulated the wave nature of elec ...
, 1944–1987, physicist and mathematician #
Michel Debré Michel Jean-Pierre Debré (; 15 January 1912 – 2 August 1996) was the first Prime Minister of the French Fifth Republic. He is considered the "father" of the current Constitution of France. He served under President Charles de Gaulle from 1959 ...
, 1988–1996, politician #
François Furet François Furet (; 27 March 1927 – 12 July 1997) was a French historian and president of the Saint-Simon Foundation, best known for his books on the French Revolution. From 1985 to 1997, Furet was a professor of French history at the University ...
, 1997, historian #
René Rémond René Rémond (; 30 September 1918 – 14 April 2007) was a French historian, political scientist and political economist. Born in Lons-le-Saunier, Rémond was the Secretary General of Jeunesses étudiantes Catholiques (JEC France in 1943) and ...
, 1998–2007, historian # Claude Dagens, elected 2008, ecclesiastic


Seat 2

# Valentin Conrart, 1634–1675, poet and grammarian # Toussaint Rose, 1675–1701, orator # Louis de Sacy, 1701–1727, lawyer # Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu, 1728–1755, magistrate and philosopher # Jean-Baptiste Vivien de Châteaubrun, 1755–1775, poet and playwright # François-Jean de Chastellux, 1775–1788, military officer # Aimar-Charles-Marie de Nicolaï, 1788–1794, magistrate # Nicolas François de Neufchâteau, 1803–1828, politician and philologist # Pierre-Antoine Lebrun, 1828–1873, politician and poet # Alexandre Dumas, fils, 1874–1895, playwright and novelist # André Theuriet, 1896–1907, novelist and poet # Jean Richepin, 1908–1926, poet and novelist #
Émile Mâle Émile Mâle (; 2 June 1862 – 6 October 1954) was a French art historian, one of the first to study medieval, mostly sacral French art and the influence of Eastern European iconography thereon. He was a member of the Académie française, and ...
, 1927–1954, art historian # François Albert-Buisson, 1955–1961, magistrate and politician # Marc Boegner, 1962–1970, ecclesiastic and theologian #
René de La Croix de Castries René (''born again'' or ''reborn'' in French) is a common first name in French-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and German-speaking countries. It derives from the Latin name Renatus. René is the masculine form of the name ( Renée being the feminin ...
, 1972–1986, historian # André Frossard, 1987–1995, essayist and journalist # Hector Bianciotti, 1996–2012, novelist # Dany Laferrière, elected 2013, writer


Seat 3

# Jacques de Serisay, 1634–1653, poet # Paul-Philippe de Chaumont, 1654–1697, ecclesiastic # Louis Cousin, 1697–1707, historian and journalist # Jacques-Louis de Valon, marquis de Mimeure, 1707–1719, poet and translator # Nicolas Gédoyn, 1719–1744, ecclesiastic # François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, 1744–1794, ecclesiastic # Roch-Ambroise Cucurron Sicard, 1803–1822, ecclesiastic and grammarian # Denis-Luc Frayssinous, 1822–1841, ecclesiastic # Étienne-Denis Pasquier, 1842–1862, politician #
Jules Armand Dufaure Jules Armand Stanislas Dufaure (; 4 December 1798 – 28 June 1881) was a French statesman who served 3 non-consecutive terms as Prime Minister of France. Biography Dufaure was born at Saujon, Charente-Maritime, and began his career as an adv ...
, 1863–1881, politician and lawyer # Victor Cherbuliez, 1881–1899, novelist and playwright # Émile Faguet, 1900–1916, literary critic and historian #
Georges Clemenceau Georges Benjamin Clemenceau (28 September 1841 – 24 November 1929) was a French statesman who was Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909 and again from 1917 until 1920. A physician turned journalist, he played a central role in the poli ...
, 1918–1929, politician and doctor # André Chaumeix, 1930–1955, journalist and critic #
Jérôme Carcopino Jérôme Carcopino (27 June 1881 – 17 March 1970) was a French historian, author, and Nazi collaborator. He was the fifteenth member elected to occupy seat 3 of the Académie française, in 1955. Biography Carcopino was born at Verneuil-sur-A ...
, 1955–1970, historian and archaeologist #
Roger Caillois Roger Caillois (; 3 March 1913 – 21 December 1978) was a French intellectual and prolific writer whose original work brought together literary criticism, sociology, poetry, ludology and philosophy by focusing on very diverse subjects such as ...
, 1971–1978, essayist and sociologist #
Marguerite Yourcenar Marguerite Yourcenar (, ; ; born Marguerite Antoinette Jeanne Marie Ghislaine Cleenewerck de Crayencour; 8 June 190317 December 1987) was a Belgian-born French novelist and essayist who became a US citizen in 1947. Winner of the Prix Femina and ...
, 1980–1987, novelist and essayist # Jean-Denis Bredin, 1989–2021, magistrate and essayist


Seat 4

# Jean Desmarets, 1634–1676, poet and novelist #
Jean-Jacques de Mesmes Jean-Jacques is a French name, equivalent to "John James" in English. Since the second half of 18th century, Jean Jacques Rousseau was widely known as Jean Jacques. Notable people bearing this name include: Given name * Jean-Jacques Annaud (born 19 ...
, 1676–1688, magistrate # Jean Testu de Mauroy, 1688–1706, ecclesiastic # Camille le Tellier de Louvois, 1706–1718, ecclesiastic # Jean Baptiste Massillon, 1718–1742, ecclesiastic # Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, 1742–1798, politician and poet # Gabriel-Marie Legouvé, 1803–1812, poet # Alexandre-Vincent Pineux Duval, 1812–1842, poet and playwright #
Pierre-Simon Ballanche Pierre-Simon Ballanche (4 August 1776 – 12 June 1847) was a French writer and counterrevolutionary philosopher, who elaborated a theology of progress that possessed considerable influence in French literary circles in the beginning of the ninet ...
, 1842–1847, philosopher # Jean Vatout, 1848, poet # Alexis Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest, 1849–1851, politician and historian # Antoine Pierre Berryer, 1852–1868, lawyer # François-Joseph de Champagny, 1869–1882, historian # Charles de Mazade, 1882–1893, poet and critic # José-Maria de Heredia, 1894–1905, poet #
Maurice Barrès Auguste-Maurice Barrès (; 19 August 1862 – 4 December 1923) was a French novelist, journalist, philosopher, and politician. Spending some time in Italy, he became a figure in French literature with the release of his work ''The Cult of the S ...
, 1906–1923, novelist and politician # Louis Bertrand, 1925–1941, novelist and historian # Jean Tharaud, 1946–1952, novelist # Alphonse Juin, 1952–1967, soldier # Pierre Emmanuel, 1968–1984, poet #
Jean Hamburger Jean Hamburger (15 July 1909 – 1 February 1992) was a French physician, surgeon and essayist. He is particularly known for his contribution to nephrology, and for having performed the first renal transplantation in France in 1952. Biograph ...
, 1985–1992, doctor and essayist # Albert Decourtray, 1993–1994, ecclesiastic # Jean-Marie Lustiger, 1995–2007, ecclesiastic #
Jean-Luc Marion Jean-Luc Marion (; born 3 July 1946) is a French philosopher and Catholic theologian. A former student of Jacques Derrida, his work is informed by patristic and mystical theology, phenomenology, and modern philosophy.Horner 2005. Much of h ...
, elected 2008, philosopher and academic


Seat 5

# Jean Ogier de Gombauld, 1634–1666, poet and playwright # Paul Tallement le Jeune, 1666–1712, ecclesiastic # Antoine Danchet, 1712–1748, playwright and poet # Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, 1748–1777, playwright # Claude-François-Xavier Millot, 1777–1785, ecclesiastic # André Morellet, 1785–1819, ecclesiastic # Pierre-Édouard Lémontey, 1819–1826, politician and lawyer #
Joseph Fourier Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier (; ; 21 March 1768 – 16 May 1830) was a French mathematician and physicist born in Auxerre, Burgundy and best known for initiating the investigation of Fourier series, which eventually developed into Fourier analys ...
, 1826–1830, mathematician and physicist #
Victor Cousin Victor Cousin (; ; 28 November 179214 January 1867) was a French philosopher. He was the founder of " eclecticism", a briefly influential school of French philosophy that combined elements of German idealism and Scottish Common Sense Realism. ...
, 1830–1867, politician and philosopher # Jules Favre, 1867–1880, politician and lawyer # Edmond Rousse, 1880–1906, lawyer # Pierre de Ségur, 1907–1916, historian # Robert de Flers, 1920–1927, playwright and journalist # Louis Madelin, 1927–1956, historian # Robert Kemp, 1956–1959, literary and dramatic critic # René Huyghe, 1960–1997, art historian and essayist # Georges Vedel, 1998–2002, magistrate #
Assia Djebar Fatima-Zohra Imalayen (; 30 June 1936 – 6 February 2015), known by her pen name Assia Djebar (), was an Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker. Most of her works deal with obstacles faced by women, and she is noted for her feminist stance ...
, 2005–2015, author # Andreï Makine, elected 2016, author


Seat 6

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François le Métel de Boisrobert François le Métel de Boisrobert (1 August 1592 – 30 March 1662) was a French poet, playwright, and courtier. Life He was born in Caen. He trained as a lawyer, later practising for a time in Rouen. He traveled to Paris in 1622 and establishe ...
, 1634–1662, ecclesiastic and poet # Jean Regnault de Segrais, 1662–1701, poet and novelist # Jean Galbert de Campistron, 1701–1723, playwright # Philippe Néricault Destouches, 1723–1754, playwright and diplomat #
Louis de Boissy Louis may refer to: People * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer Other uses * Louis (coin), a French coin * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also ...
, 1754–1758, poet # Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye, 1758–1781, archaeologist # Sébastien-Roch-Nicolas (Chamfort), 1781–1794, playwright and publisher # Pierre Louis Roederer, 1803–1815, politician and lawyer #
Pierre Marc Gaston de Lévis, Duke of Lévis Pierre-Marc-Gaston de Lévis, 2nd Duke of Lévis (1764 – 15 February 1830), second duke of Lévis, peer of France, was a French politician, aphorism, aphorist, and soldier. At the French Revolution he was a deputy of the National Constituent As ...
, 1816–1830, politician # Philippe Paul, comte de Ségur, 1830–1873, diplomat and historian # Charles de Viel-Castel, 1873–1887, diplomat # Edmond Jurien de La Gravière, 1888–1892, admiral # Ernest Lavisse, 1892–1922, historian # Georges de Porto-Riche, 1923–1930, playwright and poet # Pierre Benoît, 1931–1962, novelist # Jean Paulhan, 1963–1968, literary and art critic #
Eugène Ionesco Eugène Ionesco (; ; born Eugen Ionescu, ; 26 November 1909 – 28 March 1994) was a Romanian-French playwright who wrote mostly in French, and was one of the foremost figures of the French avant-garde theatre#Avant-garde, French avant-garde th ...
, 1970–1994, playwright # Marc Fumaroli, 1995–2020, historian and essayist # Christian Jambet, elected 2024, philosopher


Seat 7

# Jean Chapelain, 1634–1674, royal advisor #
Isaac de Benserade Isaac de Benserade (; baptized 5 November 161310 October 1691) was a French poet and playwright. Born in Lyons-la-Forêt, Normandy, his family appears to have been connected with Richelieu, who bestowed on him a pension of 600 ''livres''. On R ...
, 1674–1691, poet and playwright # Étienne Pavillon, 1691–1705, lawyer and poet # Fabio Brulart de Sillery, 1705–1714, ecclesiastic and poet #
Henri-Jacques Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force Henri Jacques Nompar de Caumont, 5th Duke of La Force (5 March 1675 – 20 July 1726) was a French nobleman and peer, the son of Jacques-Nompar II de Caumont, duc de La Force and Suzanne de Beringhen. He was a member of the Académie française. ...
, 1715–1726, economist # Jean-Baptiste de Mirabaud, 1726–1760, translator # Claude-Henri Watelet, 1760–1786, painter #
Michel-Jean Sedaine Michel-Jean Sedaine (2 June 1719 – 17 May 1797) was a French dramatist and librettist, especially noted for his librettos for ''opéras comiques'', in which he took an important and influential role in the advancement of the genre from the ...
, 1786–1793, poet and playwright # Jean-François Collin d'Harleville, 1803–1806, playwright and poet # Pierre Daru, 1806–1829, politician and historian # Alphonse de Lamartine, 1829–1869, politician and poet # Émile Ollivier, 1870–1913, politician and lawyer #
Henri Bergson Henri-Louis Bergson (; ; 18 October 1859 – 4 January 1941) was a French philosopher who was influential in the traditions of analytic philosophy and continental philosophy, especially during the first half of the 20th century until the S ...
, 1914–1941, philosopher #
Édouard Le Roy Édouard Louis Emmanuel Julien Le Roy (; 18 June 1870 in Paris – 10 November 1954 in Paris) was a French philosopher and mathematician. Life Le Roy entered the ''École Normale Supérieure'' in 1892, and received the '' agrégation'' in mathema ...
, 1945–1954, philosopher and mathematician # Henri Petiot (Daniel-Rops), 1955–1965, poet and novelist # Pierre-Henri Simon, 1966–1972, literary historian and novelist # André Roussin, 1973–1987, playwright # Jacqueline de Romilly, 1988–2010, philologist and essayist # Jules Hoffmann, elected 2012, biologist


Seat 8

# Claude de Malleville, 1634–1647, poet # Jean Ballesdens, 1648–1675, lawyer # Géraud de Cordemoy, 1675–1684, philosopher and historian # Jean-Louis Bergeret, 1684–1694, lawyer #
Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre Charles-Irénée Castel, abbé de Saint-Pierre (18 February 1658 – 29 April 1743) was a French writer. Biography In 1718, Saint-Pierre published ''Discours sur la polysynodie'', where he proposed that appointed ministers be replaced by ...
, 1694–1743, ecclesiastic #
Pierre Louis Maupertuis Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (; ; 1698 – 27 July 1759) was a French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters. He became the director of the Académie des Sciences and the first president of the Prussian Academy of Science, at the ...
, 1743–1759, astronomer # Jean-Jacques Lefranc, Marquis de Pompignan, 1759–1784, magistrate and economist #
Jean-Sifrein Maury Jean-Sifrein Maury (; 26 June 1746 – 10 May 1817) was a French cardinal, archbishop of Paris, and former bishop of Montefiascone. Biography The son of a cobbler, he was born at Valréas in the Comtat-Venaissin, the enclave within France th ...
, 1784–1793, ecclesiastic and politician # Michel-Louis-Étienne Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély, 1803–1814, politician and lawyer #
Pierre-Simon Laplace Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace (; ; 23 March 1749 – 5 March 1827) was a French polymath, a scholar whose work has been instrumental in the fields of physics, astronomy, mathematics, engineering, statistics, and philosophy. He summariz ...
, 1816–1827, politician and mathematician #
Pierre Paul Royer-Collard Pierre Paul Royer-Collard (; 21 June 1763 – 2 September 1845) was a French statesman and philosopher, leader of the Doctrinaires group during the Bourbon Restoration (1814–1830). Biography Early life He was born at Sompuis, near Vitry-le-F ...
, 1827–1845, politician #
Charles de Rémusat Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was ...
, 1846–1875, politician and philosopher # Jules Simon, 1875–1896, politician and philosopher # Adrien Albert Marie de Mun, 1897–1914, politician and soldier # Alfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart, 1918–1942, ecclesiastic and historian # Octave Aubry, 1946–1946, historian and bureaucrat #
Édouard Herriot Édouard Marie Herriot (; 5 July 1872 – 26 March 1957) was a French Radical politician of the Third Republic who served three times as Prime Minister (1924–1925; 1926; 1932) and twice as President of the Chamber of Deputies. He led the f ...
, 1946–1957, politician and literary historian # Jean Rostand, 1959–1977, biologist and philosopher # Michel Déon, 1978–2016, novelist # Daniel Rondeau, elected 2019, writer and diplomat


Seat 9

# Nicolas Faret, 1634–1646, poet #
Pierre du Ryer Pierre du Ryer (c.1606 – 6 November 1658) was a French dramatist. Life and works Du Ryer was born in Paris in about 1606. His early comedies are loosely modelled on those of Alexandre Hardy, but after the production of the ''Cid'' (1636) he b ...
, 1646–1658, playwright # César d'Estrées, 1658–1714, ecclesiastic and politician #
Victor-Marie d'Estrées Vice-Admiral Victor Marie d'Estrées, 5th Duke of Estrées (30 November 1660 – 27 December 1737) was a French military officer, politician and nobleman. Born in Paris, he was made a Marshal of France and was subsequently known as the ''"M ...
, 1715–1737, politician and soldier # Charles Armand René de La Trémoille, 1738–1741, aristocrat # Armand de Rohan-Soubise, 1741–1756, ecclesiastic # Antoine de Montazet, 1756–1788, ecclesiastic # Stanislas de Boufflers, 1788–1815, poet # Pierre-Marie-François Baour-Lormian, 1815–1854, poet and playwright # François Ponsard, 1855–1867, playwright # Joseph Autran, 1868–1877, poet # Victorien Sardou, 1877–1908, playwright # Marcel Prévost, 1909–1941, novelist # Émile Henriot, 1945–1961, novelist and literary critic # Jean Guéhenno, 1962–1978, essayist # Alain Decaux, 1979–2016, historian # Patrick Grainville, elected 2018, novelist


Seat 10

# Antoine Godeau, 1634–1672, ecclesiastic and poet # Esprit Fléchier, 1672–1710, ecclesiastic # Henri de Nesmond, 1710–1727, ecclesiastic #
Jean-Jacques Amelot de Chaillou Jean-Jacques is a French name, equivalent to "John James" in English. Since the second half of 18th century, Jean Jacques Rousseau was widely known as Jean Jacques. Notable people bearing this name include: Given name * Jean-Jacques Annaud (born 19 ...
, 1727–1749, politician #
Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle (22 September 168426 January 1761) was a French general and statesman. Life and career Born in Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Belle-Isle was the grandson of Nicolas Fouquet, who served as Superintend ...
, 1749–1761, politician and soldier # Nicolas-Charles-Joseph Trublet, 1761–1770, ecclesiastic # Jean François de Saint-Lambert, 1770–1793, poet and philosopher # Hugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano, 1803–1815, politician and diplomat # Joseph Lainé, 1816–1835, politician and magistrate # Emmanuel Dupaty, 1836–1851, poet and playwright #
Alfred de Musset Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay (; 11 December 1810 – 2 May 1857) was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist.His names are often reversed "Louis Charles Alfred de Musset": see "(Louis Charles) Alfred de Musset" (bio), Biography.com, 2007 ...
, 1852–1857, playwright and poet # Victor de Laprade, 1858–1883, poet # François Coppée, 1884–1908, poet and novelist # Jean Aicard, 1909–1921, poet and novelist # Camille Jullian, 1924–1933, historian and philologist #
Léon Bérard Léon Bérard (; 6 January 1876, Sauveterre-de-Béarn – 24 February 1960 in Saint-Étienne) was a French politician and lawyer. Bérard was Minister of Public Instruction in 1919 and from 1921 to 1924, and Minister of Justice from 1931 to 19 ...
, 1934–1960, politician and lawyer # Jean Guitton, 1961–1999, theologian and philosopher #
Florence Delay Florence Delay (; born 19 March 1941 in Paris) is a French writer. She has been a member of the Académie française since 2000. She has notably written novels, essays and plays (in collaboration with Jacques Roubaud) and has translated texts f ...
, elected 2000, novelist and playwright


Seat 11

# Philippe Habert, 1634–1638, poet # Jacques Esprit, 1639–1678, politician # Jacques-Nicolas Colbert, 1678–1707, ecclesiastic # Claude-François Fraguier, 1707–1728, ecclesiastic # Charles d'Orléans de Rothelin, 1728–1744, ecclesiastic # Gabriel Girard, 1744–1748, ecclesiastic # Marc-Antoine-René de Voyer d'Argenson de Paulmy, 1748–1787, politician # Henri-Cardin-Jean-Baptiste d'Aguesseau, 1787–1826, politician # Charles Brifaut, 1826–1857, poet and playwright # Jules Sandeau, 1858–1883, novelist and playwright #
Edmond François Valentin About Edmond François Valentin About (14 February 182816 January 1885) was a French people, French novelist, publicist and journalist. Biography About was born at Dieuze, in the Moselle ''département'' in the Lorraine (région), Lorraine region of ...
, 1884–1885, novelist and playwright # Léon Say, 1886–1896, politician and economist # Albert Vandal, 1896–1910, historian # Denys Cochin, 1911–1922, politician # Georges Goyau, 1922–1939, historian #
Paul Hazard Paul Gustave Marie Camille Hazard (; 30 August 1878, in Noordpeene, Nord – 13 April 1944, in Paris), was a French professor and historian of ideas. Biography Hazard was the son of a school teacher. Starting in 1900, he attended the École No ...
, 1940–1944, historian and philosopher # Maurice Garçon, 1946–1967, lawyer, novelist and historian #
Paul Morand Paul Morand (13 March 1888 – 24 July 1976) was a French author whose short stories and novellas were lauded for their style, wit and descriptive power. His most productive literary period was the interwar period of the 1920s and 1930s. He was m ...
, 1968–1976, diplomat, novelist, playwright and poet #
Alain Peyrefitte Alain Peyrefitte (; 26 August 1925 – 27 November 1999) was a French scholar and politician. He was a confidant of Charles de Gaulle and had a long career in public service, serving as a diplomat in Germany and Poland. Peyrefitte is remembered ...
, 1977–1999, scholar and politician # Gabriel de Broglie, 2001–2025, historian


Seat 12

# Germain Habert, 1634–1654, ecclesiastic # Charles Cotin, 1655–1681, ecclesiastic # Louis de Courcillon, 1682–1723, ecclesiastic and politician # Charles Jean-Baptiste Fleuriau, 1723–1732, politician #
Jean Terrasson Jean Terrasson (31 January 1670 – 15 September 1750), often referred to as the Abbé Terrasson, was a French Catholic priest, author and member of the Académie française. The erudite Antoine Terrasson was his nephew. Life Jean Terrasson, bo ...
, 1732–1750, ecclesiastic and philosopher # Claude de Thiard de Bissy, 1750–1810, soldier # Joseph-Alphonse Esménard, 1810–1811, politician #
Jean Charles Dominique de Lacretelle Jean Charles Dominique de Lacretelle, (3 September 1766 – 26 March 1855), was a French historian and journalist. Called Lacretelle le jeune to distinguish him from his elder brother, Pierre Louis de Lacretelle. He was born at Metz. He was c ...
, 1811–1855, historian #
Jean-Baptiste Biot Jean-Baptiste Biot (; ; 21 April 1774 – 3 February 1862) was a French people, French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician who co-discovered the Biot–Savart law of magnetostatics with Félix Savart, established the reality of meteorites, ma ...
, 1856–1862, scientist and mathematician # Louis de Carné, 1863–1876, historian and politician # Charles Blanc, 1876–1882, art critic #
Édouard Pailleron Édouard Jules Henri Pailleron (7 September 183419 April 1899) was a French poet and dramatist best known for his play . Early life Édouard was born in Paris on 7 September 1834. From a Parisian cultured "bourgeoise" family (upper-middle class ...
, 1882–1899, poet and playwright # Paul Hervieu, 1900–1915, novelist and playwright # François, Vicomte de Curel, 1918–1928, playwright # Charles Le Goffic, 1930–1932, novelist and historian # Abel Bonnard, 1932–1945, poet, novelist and politician; expelled for his collaboration with the Vichy French regime #
Jules Romains Jules Romains (born Louis Henri Jean Farigoule; 26 August 1885 – 14 August 1972) was a French poet and writer and the founder of the Unanimism literary movement. His works include the play '' Knock ou le Triomphe de la médecine'', and a cyc ...
, 1946–1972, novelist, playwright and poet # Jean d'Ormesson, 1973–2017, novelist # Chantal Thomas, elected 2021, writer and historian


Seat 13

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Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac Claude may refer to: People and fictional characters * Claude (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Claude (surname), a list of people * Claude Callegari (1962–2021), English Arsenal supporter * Claude Debussy (1862–1918), ...
, 1634–1638, grammarian and mathematician # François de La Mothe Le Vayer, 1639–1672, critic, grammarian and philosopher #
Jean Racine Jean-Baptiste Racine ( , ; ; 22 December 1639 – 21 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille, as well as an important literary figure in the Western tr ...
, 1672–1699, playwright, mathematician, physicist and doctor # Jean-Baptiste-Henri de Valincour, 1699–1730, historiographer and admiral #
Jean-François Leriget de La Faye Jean-François Leriget de La Faye (1674, Vienne, Isère – 11 July 1731, Paris) was a French diplomat, wealthy landowner and art collector, poet,Moore, Susan (April 2017). Preview. '' Apollo: The International Magazine for Collectors'' 185 (652): ...
, 1730–1731, politician # Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, 1731–1762, playwright # Claude-Henri de Fusée de Voisenon, 1762–1775, ecclesiastic, playwright and poet #
Jean de Dieu-Raymond de Cucé de Boisgelin Jean de Dieu-Raymond de Cucé de Boisgelin (27 February 1732 – 22 August 1804) was a French prelate, statesman and cardinal. The Boisgelin of Cucé are the Cadet branch of the maison de Boisgelin). His cousin is the famous author Louis de Boi ...
, 1776–1804, ecclesiastic #
Jean-Baptiste Dureau de la Malle Jean-Baptiste () is a male French name, originating with Saint John the Baptist, and sometimes shortened to Baptiste. The name may refer to any of the following: Persons * Charles XIV John of Sweden, born Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, was K ...
, 1804–1807, translator # Louis-Benoît Picard, 1807–1828, comedian, poet, novelist and playwright #
Antoine-Vincent Arnault Antoine-Vincent, chevalier Arnault (1 January 176616 September 1834) was a French playwright. Life Arnault was born in Paris. His first play, ''Marius à Minturne'' (1791), immediately established his reputation. A year later he followed wit ...
, 1829–1834, poet, fabulist and playwright #
Eugène Scribe Augustin Eugène Scribe (; 24 December 179120 February 1861) was a French dramatist and librettist. He is known for writing "well-made plays" ("pièces bien faites"), a mainstay of popular theatre for over 100 years, and as the librettist of man ...
, 1834–1861, playwright # Octave Feuillet, 1862–1890, novelist and playwright #
Pierre Loti Pierre Loti (; pseudonym of Louis Marie-Julien Viaud ; 14 January 1850 – 10 June 1923) was a French naval officer and novelist, known for his exotic novels and short stories.This article is derived largely from the ''Encyclopædia Britannica Ele ...
, 1891–1923, novelist and soldier # Paul-Albert Besnard, 1924–1934, painter and engraver # Louis Gillet, 1935–1943, historian of art and literature #
Paul Claudel Paul Claudel (; 6 August 1868 – 23 February 1955) was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholicism. Early lif ...
, 1946–1955, poet, playwright, novelist and diplomat #
Wladimir d'Ormesson Wladimir is a masculine given name. It is an alternative spelling of the name Vladimir (name), Vladimir. Notable people with the name include: * Wladimir Aïtoff (1879–1963), French rugby player * Wladimir Balentien (born 1984), Dutch outfielder ...
, 1956–1973, politician, chronicler and novelist #
Maurice Schumann Maurice Schumann (; 10 April 1911 – 9 February 1998) was a French politician, journalist, writer, and hero of the Second World War who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs (France), Minister of Foreign Affairs under Georges Pompidou from 22 J ...
, 1974–1998, politician, essayist, journalist, novelist and historian #
Pierre Messmer Pierre Joseph Auguste Messmer (; 20 March 191629 August 2007) was a French Gaullist politician. He served as Minister of Armies under Charles de Gaulle from 1960 to 1969 – the longest serving since Étienne François, duc de Choiseul under ...
, 1999–2007, soldier and politician #
Simone Veil Simone Veil (; ; 13 July 1927 – 30 June 2017) was a French magistrate, Holocaust survivor, and politician who served as health minister in several governments and was President of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1982, the first woman t ...
, 2008–2017, lawyer and politician # Maurizio Serra, elected 2020, writer and diplomat


Seat 14

# François Maynard, 1634–1646, magistrate and poet #
Pierre Corneille Pierre Corneille (; ; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great 17th-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. As a young man, he earned the valuable patronage ...
, 1647–1684, playwright and lawyer # Thomas Corneille, 1684–1709, playwright # Antoine Houdar de la Motte, 1710–1731, playwright # Michel-Celse-Roger de Bussy-Rabutin, 1732–1736, ecclesiastic # Étienne Lauréault de Foncemagne, 1736–1779, ecclesiastic # Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon, 1779–1792, playwright # Jacques-André Naigeon, 1803–1810, encyclopaedist # Népomucène Lemercier, 1810–1840, poet and playwright #
Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romanticism, Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician. His most famous works are the novels ''The Hunchbac ...
, 1841–1885, poet, playwright and novelist #
Leconte de Lisle Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle (; 22 October 1818 – 17 July 1894) was a French poet of the Parnassian movement. He is traditionally known by his surname only, Leconte de Lisle. Biography Leconte de Lisle was born on the French overseas i ...
, 1886–1894, poet and playwright # Henry Houssaye, 1894–1911, historian and novelist #
Hubert Lyautey Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey (17 November 1854 – 27 July 1934) was a French Army general and colonial administrator. After serving in Indochina and Madagascar, he became the first French Resident-General in Morocco from 1912 to 1925. In earl ...
, 1912–1934, soldier #
Louis Franchet d'Espèrey Louis may refer to: People * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer Other uses * Louis (coin), a French coin * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also ...
, 1934–1942, politician and soldier # Robert d'Harcourt, 1946–1965, literary historian and essayist # Jean Mistler, 1966–1988, novelist, essayist, literary historian, music critic and politician # Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, 1990–2023, historian


Seat 15

# Guillaume Bautru, 1634–1665, politician # Jacques Testu de Belval, 1665–1706, ecclesiastic and poet # François-Joseph de Beaupoil de Sainte-Aulaire, 1706–1742, soldier and poet # Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, 1743–1771, physicist and mathematician # François Arnaud, 1771–1784, ecclesiastic #
Gui-Jean-Baptiste Target Gui-Jean-Baptiste Target (, 17 December 1733 – 9 September 1806) was a French lawyer and politician. Biography Born in Paris, Target was the son of a lawyer, and was himself a lawyer to the Parlement of Paris. He acquired a great reputation a ...
, 1785–1806, magistrate #
Jean-Sifrein Maury Jean-Sifrein Maury (; 26 June 1746 – 10 May 1817) was a French cardinal, archbishop of Paris, and former bishop of Montefiascone. Biography The son of a cobbler, he was born at Valréas in the Comtat-Venaissin, the enclave within France th ...
, 1806 - excluded by ordinance in 1816, ecclesiastic and politician # François-Xavier-Marc-Antoine de Montesquiou-Fézensac, 1816–1832, ecclesiastic and politician # Antoine Jay, 1832–1854, politician #
Ustazade Silvestre de Sacy Ustazade Silvestre de Sacy (17 October 1801 – 14 February 1879) was a French journalist. He was born in Paris, the son of the linguist Antoine-Isaac Silvestre de Sacy (1758-1838), who in 1813, was created a baron by Napoleon. His name "Ustaza ...
, 1854–1879, literary critic # Eugène Marin Labiche, 1880–1888, playwright and novelist # Henri Meilhac, 1888–1897, playwright # Henri Lavedan, 1898–1940, playwright and novelist # Ernest Seillière, 1946–1955, historian of literature and of philosophy, and essayist #
André Chamson André Chamson (6 June 1900 – 9 November 1983) was a French archivist, novelist and essayist. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He was the father of the novelist Frédérique Hébrard. Biography Chamson was born at Nîme ...
, 1956–1983, novelist, essayist and historian #
Fernand Braudel Fernand Paul Achille Braudel (; 24 August 1902 – 27 November 1985) was a French historian. His scholarship focused on three main projects: ''The Mediterranean'' (1923–49, then 1949–66), ''Civilization and Capitalism'' (1955–79), and the un ...
, 1984–1985, historian of civilisations # Jacques Laurent, 1986–2000, novelist, essayist and journalist # Frédéric Vitoux, elected 2001, writer and journalist


Seat 16

# Jean Sirmond, 1634–1649, historiographer #
Jean de Montereul Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * Jean ...
, 1649–1651, ecclesiastic #
François Tallemant l'Aîné François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * François Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter * François-Marie Arouet (better known as Voltaire; ...
, 1651–1693, ecclesiastic #
Simon de la Loubère Simon de la Loubère (; 21 April 1642 – 26 March 1729) was a French diplomat to Siam (Thailand), writer, mathematician and poet. He is credited with bringing back a document which introduced Europe to Indian astronomy, the " Siamese method ...
, 1693–1729, diplomat and poet # Claude Sallier, 1729–1761, ecclesiastic and philologist # Jean-Gilles du Coëtlosquet, 1761–1784, ecclesiastic # Anne-Pierre, marquis de Montesquiou-Fézensac, 1784–1793, politician #
Antoine-Vincent Arnault Antoine-Vincent, chevalier Arnault (1 January 176616 September 1834) was a French playwright. Life Arnault was born in Paris. His first play, ''Marius à Minturne'' (1791), immediately established his reputation. A year later he followed wit ...
, 1803, excluded by ordinance in 1816, re-elected in 1829 to seat 13, poet, fabulist and playwright # Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, 1816–1822, politician # Bon-Joseph Dacier, 1822–1833, philologist # Pierre François Tissot, 1833–1854, poet and historian # Félix Dupanloup, 1854–1878, ecclesiastic # Gaston Audiffret-Pasquier, 1878–1905, politician # Alexandre Ribot, 1906–1923, politician, lawyer, magistrate and jurist # Henri-Robert, 1923–1936, lawyer and historian #
Charles Maurras Charles-Marie-Photius Maurras (; ; 20 April 1868 – 16 November 1952) was a French author, politician, poet and critic. He was an organiser and principal philosopher of ''Action Française'', a political movement that was monarchist, corporatis ...
, 1938, not excluded, but seat "declared vacant" for
Vichy Vichy (, ; ) is a city in the central French department of Allier. Located on the Allier river, it is a major spa and resort town and during World War II was the capital of Vichy France. As of 2021, Vichy has a population of 25,789. Known f ...
collaboration Collaboration (from Latin ''com-'' "with" + ''laborare'' "to labor", "to work") is the process of two or more people, entities or organizations working together to complete a task or achieve a goal. Collaboration is similar to cooperation. The ...
in 1945, journalist, politician, essayist and poet # Antoine de Lévis Mirepoix, 1953–1981, novelist, historian and essayist #
Léopold Sédar Senghor Léopold Sédar Senghor ( , , ; 9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese politician, cultural theorist and poet who served as the first president of Senegal from 1960 to 1980. Ideologically an African socialist, Senghor was one ...
, 1983–2001, head of state (
Senegal Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...
), politician, poet and essayist #
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Valéry René Marie Georges Giscard d'Estaing (, ; ; 2 February 19262 December 2020), also known as simply Giscard or VGE, was a French politician who served as President of France from 1974 to 1981. After serving as Ministry of the Economy ...
, 2003–2020, former
president of France The president of France, officially the president of the French Republic (), is the executive head of state of France, and the commander-in-chief of the French Armed Forces. As the presidency is the supreme magistracy of the country, the po ...
# Raphaël Gaillard, elected 2024, psychiatrist and teacher


Seat 17

#
François de Cauvigny de Colomby François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * François Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter * François-Marie Arouet (better known as Voltaire; ...
, 1634–1649, poet # François Tristan l'Hermite, 1649–1655, playwright and poet # Hippolyte-Jules Pilet de La Mesnardière, 1655–1663, critic, poet and historian # François de Beauvilliers, 1st duc de Saint-Aignan, 1663–1687, soldier #
François-Timoléon de Choisy François-Timoléon de Choisy (; 16 August 1644 – 2 October 1724) was a French abbé, writer, and member of the Académie Française. He is known for his memoirs, historical and religious writings, and travel accounts. His posthumously publish ...
, 1687–1724, ecclesiastic # Antoine Portail, 1724–1736, politician # Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, 1736–1754, playwright # Jean-Pierre de Bougainville, 1754–1763, historian #
Jean-François Marmontel Jean-François Marmontel (; 11 July 1723 – 31 December 1799) was a French historian, writer and a member of the Encyclopédistes movement. Biography He was born of poor parents at Bort, Limousin (today in Corrèze). After studying wi ...
, 1763–1793, philosopher and essayist # Louis-Marcelin de Fontanes, 1803–1821, politician, poet and journalist # Abel-François Villemain, 1821–1870, politician and literary critic #
Émile Littré Émile Maximilien Paul Littré (; 1 February 18012 June 1881) was a French lexicographer, freemason and philosopher, best known for his , commonly called . Biography Littré was born in Paris. His father, Michel-François Littré, had been a gu ...
, 1871–1881, philologist and philosopher #
Louis Pasteur Louis Pasteur (, ; 27 December 1822 – 28 September 1895) was a French chemist, pharmacist, and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, Fermentation, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization, the la ...
, 1881–1895, chemist #
Gaston Paris Bruno Paulin Gaston Paris (; 9 August 1839 – 5 March 1903) was a French literary historian, philologist, and scholar specialized in Romance studies and medieval French literature. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1901, ...
, 1896–1903, philologist and literary historian # Frédéric Masson, 1903–1923, historian # Georges Lecomte, 1924–1958, novelist, essayist, art critic and historian #
Jean Delay Jean Delay (14 November 1907, Bayonne – 29 May 1987, Paris) was a French psychiatrist, neurologist, writer, and a member of the Académie française (Chair 17). His assistant Pierre Deniker conducted a test of chlorpromazine on the male me ...
, 1959–1987, psychiatrist, essayist and novelist #
Jacques Cousteau Jacques-Yves Cousteau, (, also , ; 11 June 191025 June 1997) was a French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author. He co-invented the first successful open-circuit self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA), called the ...
, 1988–1997, oceanographer, film-maker and essayist # Érik Orsenna, elected 1998, politician and novelist


Seat 18

# Jean Baudoin, 1634–1650, translator # François Charpentier, 1650–1702, novelist # Jean-François de Chamillart, 1702–1714, ecclesiastic #
Claude Louis Hector de Villars Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Prince of Martigues, Marquis then (1st) Duke of Villars, Viscount of Melun (, 8 May 1653 – 17 June 1734) was a French people, French military commander and an illustrious general of Louis XIV of France. He was on ...
, 1714–1734, politician and soldier # Honoré Armand de Villars, 1734–1770, politician #
Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne (; 9 October 172719 February 1794) was a French clergyman, bishop, Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal, politician and List of finance ministers of France, finance minister of King Louis XVI. Life Early care ...
, 1770–1794, ecclesiastic, politician and philosopher # Jean-Gérard Lacuée, count of Cessac, 1803–1841, politician #
Alexis de Tocqueville Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, comte de Tocqueville (29 July 180516 April 1859), was a French Aristocracy (class), aristocrat, diplomat, political philosopher, and historian. He is best known for his works ''Democracy in America'' (appearing in t ...
, 1841–1859, politician # Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, 1860–1861, ecclesiastic # Albert, 4th duc de Broglie, 1862–1901, politician, diplomat and historian # Charles-Jean-Melchior de Vogüé, 1901–1916, archaeologist and historian #
Ferdinand Foch Ferdinand Foch ( , ; 2 October 1851 – 20 March 1929) was a French general, Marshal of France and a member of the Académie Française and French Academy of Sciences, Académie des Sciences. He distinguished himself as Supreme Allied Commander ...
, 1918–1929, soldier #
Philippe Pétain Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain (; 24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), better known as Marshal Pétain (, ), was a French marshal who commanded the French Army in World War I and later became the head of the Collaboration with Nazi Ger ...
, 1929–1945, soldier (expelled from the Academy after trial; from 1945 to 1952, the seat was vacant) #
André François-Poncet André François-Poncet (13 June 1887 – 8 January 1978) was a French politician and diplomat whose post as ambassador to Germany allowed him to witness first-hand the rise to power of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, and the Nazi regime's prep ...
, 1952–1978, politician and diplomat # Edgar Faure, 1978–1988, politician and historian # Michel Serres, 1990–2019, philosopher #
Mario Vargas Llosa Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa (28 March 1936 – 13 April 2025) was a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist and politician. Vargas Llosa was one of the most significant Latin American novelists and essayists a ...
, 2021–2025, novelist and essayist


Seat 19

# François de Porchères d'Arbaud, 1634–1640, poet # Olivier Patru, 1640–1681, lawyer # Nicolas Potier de Novion, 1681–1693, magistrate # Philippe Goibaud-Dubois, 1693–1694, translator # Charles Boileau, 1694–1704, ecclesiastic # Gaspard Abeille, 1704–1718, ecclesiastic # Nicolas-Hubert de Mongault, 1718–1746, ecclesiastic #
Charles Pinot Duclos Charles Pinot (or Pineau) Duclos (12 February 1704 – 26 March 1772) was a French author and contributor to the ''Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers''. Biography Duclos was born at Dinan in Brittany ...
, 1746–1772, grammarian and historian # Nicolas Beauzée, 1772–1789, grammarian # Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, 1789–1795, ecclesiastic # Joseph Chénier, 1803–1811, poet and playwright #
François-René de Chateaubriand François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand (4 September 1768 – 4 July 1848) was a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian who influenced French literature of the nineteenth century. Descended from an old aristocratic family from Bri ...
, 1811–1848, politician, poet and novelist # Paul, 6th duc de Noailles, 1849–1885, historian # Édouard Hervé, 1886–1899, politician #
Paul Deschanel Paul Eugène Louis Deschanel (; 13 February 185528 April 1922) was a French politician who served as President of France from 18 February to 21 September 1920. Biography Paul Deschanel, the son of Émile Deschanel (1819–1904), professor at ...
, 1899–1922, politician # Auguste Jonnart, 1923–1927, politician, senior bureaucrat and diplomat # Maurice Paléologue, 1928–1944, diplomat and historian # Charles de Chambrun, 1946–1952, diplomat # Fernand Gregh, 1953–1960, poet, literary critic and historian #
René Clair René Clair (; 11 November 1898 – 15 March 1981), born René-Lucien Chomette (), was a French filmmaker and writer. He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films in which comedy was often mingled with fantasy. H ...
, 1960–1981, film director and novelist # Pierre Moinot, 1982–2007, senior bureaucrat and novelist # Jean-Loup Dabadie, 2008–2020, journalist, lyricist and screenwriter #
Sylviane Agacinski Sylviane Agacinski-Jospin (; born 4 May 1945) is a French philosopher, feminist, author, professor at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), and wife of Lionel Jospin, former Prime Minister of France. Her theoretical articul ...
, elected 2023, philosopher


Seat 20

# Paul Hay du Chastelet, 1634–1636, lawyer # Nicolas Perrot d'Ablancourt, 1637–1664, translator # Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, 1665–1693, novelist #
Jean-Paul Bignon The Abbé Jean-Paul Bignon, Oratory of Jesus, Cong.Orat. (; 19 September 1662, Paris – 14 March 1743, Île Belle) was a French ecclesiastic, statesman, writer and preacher and librarian to Louis XIV of France. His protégé, Joseph Pitton de ...
, 1693–1743, ecclesiastic # Armand-Jérôme Bignon, 1743–1772, politician # Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, 1772–1795, historian # Ponce Denis Écouchard Lebrun, 1803–1807, poet # François Juste Marie Raynouard, 1807–1836, lawyer, poet and playwright # François Mignet, 1836–1884, historian #
Victor Duruy Jean Victor Duruy (; 10 September 1811 – 25 November 1894) was a French historian and statesman. Life Duruy was born in Paris, the son of a factory worker, and at first intended for his father's trade. Having passed brilliantly through the ...
, 1884–1894, politician and historian # Jules Lemaître, 1895–1914, playwright and critic # Henry Bordeaux, 1919–1963, lawyer and novelist #
Thierry Maulnier Thierry Maulnier (born Jacques Talagrand; 1 October 1909 – 9 January 1988) was a French journalist, essayist, dramatist, and literary critic who was born in Alès and died in Marnes-la-Coquette. He was married to theatre director Marcelle ...
, 1964–1988, journalist and playwright # José Cabanis, 1990–2000, magistrate and novelist # Angelo Rinaldi, 2001–2025, writer


Seat 21

# Marin le Roy de Gomberville, 1634–1674, novelist #
Pierre Daniel Huet P. D. Huetius Pierre Daniel Huet (; ; 8 February 1630 – 26 January 1721) was a French churchman and scholar, editor of the Delphin Classics, founder of the Académie de Physique in Caen (1662–1672) and Bishop of Soissons from 1685 to 1689 ...
, 1674–1721, ecclesiastic # Jean Boivin le Cadet, 1721–1726, professor # Paul-Hippolyte de Beauvilliers, duke of Saint-Aignan, 1726–1776, politician # Charles-Pierre Colardeau, 1776, poet and playwright #
Jean-François de La Harpe Jean-François de La Harpe (20 November 1739 – 11 February 1803) was a French playwright, writer and literary critic. Life La Harpe was born in Paris of poor parents. His father, who signed himself Delharpe, was a descendant of a noble family ...
, 1776–1793, poet, playwright and critic # Pierre Louis de Lacretelle, 1803–1824, lawyer # Joseph Droz, 1824–1850, philosopher and historian #
Charles Forbes René de Montalembert Charles-Forbes-René, comte de Montalembert (; 15 April 1810 – 13 March 1870) was a French publicist, historian and Count of Montalembert, Deux-Sèvres, and a prominent representative of liberal Catholicism. Family Charles Forbes René de ...
, 1851–1870, philosopher # Henri d'Orleans, duke of Aumale, 1871–1897, soldier, politician and historian # Jean-Baptiste Claude Eugène Guillaume, 1898–1905, sculptor # Étienne Lamy, 1905–1919, essayist, politician and lawyer # André Chevrillon, 1920–1957, essayist and literary historian and critic # Marcel Achard, 1959–1974, playwright and journalist # Félicien Marceau, 1975–2012, playwright, novelist and essayist #
Alain Finkielkraut Alain Luc Finkielkraut (; ; born 30 June 1949) is a French essayist, radio producer, and public intellectual. Since 1986, he has been the host of ''Répliques'', a talk show broadcast weekly on France Culture. He was elected a Fellow of the Ac ...
, elected 2014, philosopher and essayist


Seat 22

# Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant, 1634–1661, poet # Jacques Cassagne, 1662–1679, ecclesiastic and poet #
Louis de Verjus Louis may refer to: People * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer Other uses * Louis (coin), a French coin * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also * ...
, 1679–1709, politician # Jean-Antoine de Mesmes, 1710–1723, magistrate # Pierre-Joseph Alary, 1723–1770, ecclesiastic # Gabriel-Henri Gaillard, 1771–1806, ecclesiastic, historian, grammarian and journalist # Louis Philippe, comte de Ségur, 1806–1830, diplomat, historian, poet and playwright # Jean-Pons-Guillaume Viennet, 1830–1868, politician, poet and playwright # Joseph d'Haussonville, 1869–1884, politician and diplomat #
Ludovic Halévy Ludovic Halévy (1 January 1834 – 7 May 1908) was a French people, French author and playwright, known for his collaborations with Henri Meilhac on the libretto, libretti for Georges Bizet's ''Carmen'' and comic operas by Jacques Offenbach, inc ...
, 1884–1908, playwright, librettist and novelist # Eugène Brieux, 1909–1932, playwright #
François Mauriac François Charles Mauriac (; ; 11 October 1885 – 1 September 1970) was a French novelist, dramatist, critic, poet, and journalist, a member of the'' Académie française'' (from 1933), and laureate of the 1952 Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Pr ...
, 1933–1970, writer, essayist and literary critic # Julien Green, 1971–1998, novelist and playwright # René de Obaldia, 1999–2022, playwright and poet


Seat 23

#
Guillaume Colletet Guillaume Colletet (12 March 1598 – 11 February 1659) was a French poet and a founder member of the Académie française. His son was François Colletet. Biography Colletet was born and died in Paris. He had a great reputation among his conte ...
, 1634–1659, lawyer and playwright # Gilles Boileau, 1659–1669, poet # Jean de Montigny, 1670–1671, ecclesiastic and poet #
Charles Perrault Charles Perrault ( , , ; 12 January 162816 May 1703) was a French author and member of the Académie Française. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from earlier folk tales, published in his ...
, 1671–1703, poet #
Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan Armand de Rohan (Armand Gaston Maximilien; 26 June 1674 – 19 July 1749) was a French churchman and politician. He became Bishop of Strasbourg in 1704, Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal in 1712 then Grand Almoner of France in 1713 and member ...
, 1703–1749, ecclesiastic and politician # Louis-Gui de Guérapin de Vauréal, 1749–1760, ecclesiastic and politician #
Charles Marie de La Condamine Charles Marie de La Condamine (; 28 January 1701 – 4 February 1774) was a French explorer, geographer, and mathematician. He spent ten years in territory which is now Ecuador, measuring the length of a degree of latitude at the equator and pre ...
, 1760–1774, explorer # Jacques Delille, 1774–1813, ecclesiastic and poet # François-Nicolas-Vincent Campenon, 1813–1843, poet # Marc Girardin, 1844–1873, politician and literary critic # Alfred Mézières, 1874–1915, literary historian, politician and essayist # René Boylesve, 1918–1926, novelist and poet # Abel Hermant, 1927–1945, novelist, essayist and journalist #
Étienne Gilson Étienne Henri Gilson (; 13 June 1884 – 19 September 1978) was a French philosopher and historian of philosophy. A scholar of medieval philosophy, he originally specialised in the thought of Descartes; he also philosophized in the tradition ...
, 1946–1978, philosopher # Henri Gouhier, 1979–1994, philosopher and literary critic # Pierre Rosenberg, elected 1995, art historian and essayist


Seat 24

# Jean de Silhon, 1634–1667, politician #
Jean-Baptiste Colbert Jean-Baptiste Colbert (; 29 August 1619 – 6 September 1683) was a French statesman who served as First Minister of State from 1661 until his death in 1683 under the rule of King Louis XIV. His lasting impact on the organization of the countr ...
, 1667–1683, politician #
Jean de La Fontaine Jean de La Fontaine (, ; ; 8 July 162113 April 1695) was a French Fable, fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his ''La Fontaine's Fables, Fables'', which provided a model for subs ...
, 1684–1695, poet #
Jules de Clérambault Jules is the French form of the Latin "Julius" (e.g. Jules César, the French name for Julius Caesar). In the anglosphere, it is also used for females although it is still a predominantly masculine name.One of the few notable examples of a femal ...
, 1695–1714, ecclesiastic # Guillaume Massieu, 1714–1722, ecclesiastic # Claude-François-Alexandre Houtteville, 1722–1742, ecclesiastic # Pierre de Marivaux, 1742–1763, playwright and novelist # Claude-François Lysarde de Radonvilliers, 1763–1789, ecclesiastic # Constantin-François Chassebœuf, 1803–1820, philosopher # Claude-Emmanuel de Pastoret, 1820–1840, politician, lawyer and poet # Louis de Beaupoil de Saint-Aulaire, 1841–1854, politician # Victor de Broglie, 1855–1870, politician #
Prosper Duvergier de Hauranne Prosper may refer to: __NOTOC__ Places in the United States * Prosper, Michigan, an unincorporated community * Prosper, Minnesota, an unincorporated community * Prosper, North Dakota, an unincorporated community * Prosper, Oregon, an unincorporat ...
, 1870–1881, politician # Sully Prudhomme, 1881–1907, poet and essayist #
Henri Poincaré Jules Henri Poincaré (, ; ; 29 April 185417 July 1912) was a French mathematician, Theoretical physics, theoretical physicist, engineer, and philosophy of science, philosopher of science. He is often described as a polymath, and in mathemati ...
, 1908–1912, mathematician, astronomer, engineer and philosopher # Alfred Capus, 1914–1922, playwright, journalist and essayist # Édouard Estaunié, 1923–1942, novelist and engineer # Louis-Pasteur Vallery-Radot, 1944–1970, doctor # Étienne Wolff, 1971–1996, biologist # Jean-François Revel, 1997–2006, historian and essayist # Max Gallo, 2007–2017, journalist and novelist # François Sureau, elected 2020, writer


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Claude de L'Estoile Claude de L'Estoile (1602, Paris – May 1652) was a French playwright and poet. He was a founder member of the Académie française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary e ...
, 1634–1652, playwright and poet # Armand de Camboust, duc de Coislin, 1652–1702, soldier # Pierre de Camboust, duc de Coislin, 1702–1710, aristocrat # Henri Charles du Cambout de Coislin, 1710–1732, ecclesiastic # Jean-Baptiste Surian, 1733–1754, ecclesiastic # Jean Le Rond, dit d'Alembert, 1754–1783, philosopher and mathematician # Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier, 1783–1793, biographer # Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis, 1803–1807, politician, philosopher and lawyer # Pierre Laujon, 1807–1811, poet and songwriter # Charles-Guillaume Étienne, 1811–1816, poet and playwright, excluded by ordinance # Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier, (2nd time), 1816–1817 # Jean-Louis Laya, 1817–1833, poet and playwright # Charles Nodier, 1833–1844, novelist, poet and grammarian # Prosper Mérimée, 1844–1870, novelist # Louis de Loménie, 1871–1878, essayist #
Hippolyte Taine Hippolyte Adolphe Taine (21 April 1828 – 5 March 1893) was a French historian, critic and philosopher. He was the chief theoretical influence on French naturalism, a major proponent of sociological positivism and one of the first practitione ...
, 1878–1893, essayist and historian # Albert Sorel, 1894–1906, historian # Maurice Donnay, 1907–1945, playwright #
Marcel Pagnol Marcel Paul Pagnol (, also ; ; 28 February 1895 – 18 April 1974) was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the . Pagnol is generally regarded as one of France's ...
, 1946–1974, playwright, film-maker and novelist # Jean Bernard, 1976–2006, medical doctor # Dominique Fernandez, elected 2007, novelist and literary critic


Seat 26

# Amable de Bourzeys, 1634–1672, ecclesiastic and scholar # Jean Gallois, 1672–1707, ecclesiastic # Edme Mongin, 1707–1746, ecclesiastic # Jean Ignace de La Ville, 1746–1774, ecclesiastic and diplomat # Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Suard, 1774–1817, essayist # Jean-François Roger, 1817–1842, poet and playwright # Henri Patin, 1842–1876, professor #
Marie-Louis-Antoine-Gaston Boissier Marie-Louis-Antoine-Gaston Boissier (15 August 1823 – 20 November 1908), French classical scholar, and secretary of the Académie française, was born at Nîmes. The Roman monuments of his native town very early attracted Gaston Boissier to the ...
, 1876–1908, historian and philologist #
René Doumic René Doumic (7 March 1860, in Paris – 2 December 1937), French critic and man of letters, was born in Paris, and after a distinguished career at the École Normale began to teach rhetoric at the Collège Stanislas de Paris. Life Doumic attend ...
, 1909–1937, literary historian and critic, and essayist # André Maurois, 1938–1967, novelist, essayist, literary historian and critic # Marcel Arland, 1968–1986, novelist, essayist, literary historian and critic # Georges Duby, 1987–1996, historian # Jean-Marie Rouart, elected 1997, novelist and essayist


Seat 27

# Abel Servien, 1634–1659, politician # Jean-Jacques Renouard de Villayer, 1659–1691, politician #
Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (; ; 11 February 1657 – 9 January 1757), also called Bernard Le Bouyer de Fontenelle, was a French author and an influential member of three of the academies of the Institut de France, noted especially for his ...
, 1691–1757, playwright and philosopher # Antoine-Louis Séguier, 1757–1792, lawyer # Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, 1803–1814, essayist # Étienne Aignan, 1814–1824, journalist and playwright # Alexandre Soumet, 1824–1845, poet and playwright # Ludovic Vitet, 1845–1873, archaeologist # Elme Marie Caro, 1874–1887, philosopher # Gabriel Paul Othenin de Cléron, comte d'Haussonville, 1888–1924, politician and lawyer # Auguste-Armand de la Force, 1925–1961 historian # Joseph Kessel, 1962–1979, journalist and novelist # Michel Droit, 1980–2001, novelist # Pierre Nora, 2001–2025, historian


Seat 28

# Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, 1634–1654, essayist # Paul Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont, 1654–1670, ecclesiastic and historian # François de Harlay de Champvallon, 1671–1695, ecclesiastic # André Dacier, 1695–1722, philologist and translator #
Guillaume Dubois Guillaume Dubois (; 6 September 1656 – 10 August 1723) was a French cardinal and statesman. Life and government Early years Dubois, the third of the four great Cardinal-Ministers ( Richelieu, Mazarin, Dubois, and Fleury), was born in Brive-l ...
, 1722–1723, ecclesiastic and politician # Charles-Jean-François Hénault, 1723–1770, magistrate # Charles Juste de Beauvau, 1771–1793, politician and soldier #
Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai Philippe-Antoine Merlin, known as Merlin de Douai (, 30 October 1754 – 26 December 1838), was a French politician and lawyer. Early life Merlin de Douai was born at Arleux, Nord, and was called to the Flemish bar association in 1775. He coll ...
, 1803–1815, politician and lawyer; removed by ordinance # Antoine-François-Claude Ferrand, 1816–1825, magistrate, poet, historian and playwright # Casimir Delavigne, 1825–1843, poet and playwright #
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (; 23 December 1804 – 13 October 1869) was a French literary critic. Early life He was born in Boulogne, educated there, and studied medicine at the Collège Charlemagne in Paris (1824–27). In 1828, he se ...
, 1844–1869, essayist and poet # Jules Janin, 1870–1874, novelist and critic # John Lemoinne, 1875–1892, diplomat and journalist # Ferdinand Brunetière, 1893–1906, literary critic, historian of literature and essayist # Henri Barboux, 1907–1910, lawyer # Henry Roujon, 1911–1914, senior bureaucrat, essayist and novelist #
Louis Barthou Jean Louis Barthou (; 25 August 1862 – 9 October 1934) was a French politician of the French Third Republic, Third Republic who served as Prime Minister of France for eight months in 1913. In social policy, his time as prime minister saw the ...
, 1918–1934, politician, magistrate, historian and historian of literature; assassinated # Claude Farrère, 1935–1957, novelist, essayist and historian #
Henri Troyat Henri Troyat (born Lev Aslanovich Tarasov; – 2 March 2007) was a Russian-French writer, biographer, historian, and novelist. Early life Lev Aslanovich Tarasov (, ''Lev Aslanovich Tarasov'') was born in Moscow to parents of Armenian heritage. ...
, 1959–2007, novelist, historian of literature, historian # Jean-Christophe Rufin, elected 2008, physician and novelist


Seat 29

# Pierre Bardin, 1634–1635, philosopher and mathematician # Nicolas Bourbon, 1637–1644, ecclesiastic # François-Henri Salomon de Virelade, 1644–1670, lawyer # Philippe Quinault, 1670–1688, poet and playwright # François de Callières, 1688–1717, philologist #
André-Hercule de Fleury André-Hercule de Fleury (22 June or 26 June 165329 January 1743) was a Catholic Church in France, French Catholic prelate who served as Roman Catholic Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon, Bishop of Fréjus and as the chief minister of Louis XV. He was cre ...
, 1717–1743, ecclesiastic and politician # Paul d'Albert de Luynes, 1743–1788, ecclesiastic #
Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (6 March 1755, near Sauve, Gard, France – 13 September 1794, Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine, Sceaux, France) was a French poet, novelist and fabulist. Life Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian was born on 6 March 1755 in t ...
, 1788–1794, playwright, novelist and poet # Jean-François Cailhava de L'Estandoux, 1803–1813, playwright, poet and critic # Joseph Michaud, 1813–1839, journalist and historian # Jean Pierre Flourens, 1840–1867, physiologist #
Claude Bernard Claude Bernard (; 12 July 1813 – 10 February 1878) was a French physiologist. I. Bernard Cohen of Harvard University called Bernard "one of the greatest of all men of science". He originated the term ''milieu intérieur'' and the associated c ...
, 1868–1878, doctor #
Ernest Renan Joseph Ernest Renan (; ; 27 February 18232 October 1892) was a French Orientalist and Semitic scholar, writing on Semitic languages and civilizations, historian of religion, philologist, philosopher, biblical scholar, and critic. He wrote wo ...
, 1878–1892, philosopher # Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, 1893–1896, politician and diplomat # Gabriel Hanotaux, 1897–1944, politician, diplomat and historian # André Siegfried, 1944–1959, historian and geographer # Henry de Montherlant, 1960–1972, playwright, novelist and essayist #
Claude Lévi-Strauss Claude Lévi-Strauss ( ; ; 28 November 1908 – 30 October 2009) was a Belgian-born French anthropologist and ethnologist whose work was key in the development of the theories of structuralism and structural anthropology. He held the chair o ...
, 1973–2009, anthropologist #
Amin Maalouf Amin Maalouf (; ; born 25 February 1949) is a Lebanese people in France, Lebanese-born French"A ...
, elected 2011, novelist


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Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan, 1634–1670, poet # François-Séraphin Régnier-Desmarais, 1670–1713, ecclesiastic and grammarian #
Bernard de la Monnoye Bernard de La Monnoye (15 June 1641, in Dijon – 15 October 1728) was a French people, French lawyer, poet, philology, philologue and critic, known chiefly for his Christmas carol, carol ''Noei borguignon'' (''Bourgogne, Borguignon Christmas''). ...
, 1713–1728, philologist and critic # Michel Poncet de La Rivière, 1728–1730, ecclesiastic # Jacques Hardion. 1730–1766, historian # Antoine Léonard Thomas, 1766–1785, poet # Jacques Antoine Hippolyte, Comte de Guibert, 1785–1790, playwright # Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, 1803- excluded by ordinance 1816, politician; died 1824 # Louis Gabriel Ambroise de Bonald, 1816–1840, philosopher and publicist #
Jacques-François Ancelot Jacques-Arsène-Polycarpe-François Ancelot (9 January 1794 – 7 September 1854) was a French dramatist and litterateur. Biography Born in Le Havre, Ancelot became a clerk in the admiralty, and retained his position until the July Revolu ...
, 1841–1854, poet, novelist and playwright #
Ernest Legouvé Gabriel Jean Baptiste Ernest Wilfrid Legouvé (; 14 February 180714 March 1903) was a French dramatist. Biography Son of the poet Gabriel-Marie Legouvé (1764–1812), he was born in Paris. His mother died in 1810, and almost immediately aft ...
, 1855–1903, poet, novelist, playwright and essayist # René Bazin, 1903–1932, novelist and essayist # Théodore Gosselin, 1932–1935, historian who wrote under the pen name of G. Lenotre # Georges Duhamel, 1935–1966, doctor, essayist, novelist, poet and playwright #
Maurice Druon Maurice Druon (; 23 April 1918 – 14 April 2009) was a French novelist and a member of the Académie Française, of which he served as "Perpetual Secretary" (chairman) between 1985 and 1999. Life and career Born in Paris, France, Druon was the ...
, 1966–2009, politician and novelist # Danièle Sallenave, elected 2011, novelist and journalist


Seat 31

# Pierre de Boissat, 1634–1662, soldier #
Antoine Furetière Antoine Furetière (28 December 161914 May 1688) was a French scholar, writer, and lexicographer, known best for his satirical novel ''Scarron's City Romance'', and also his famous Dictionnaire universel . He was expelled from the Académie F ...
, 1662–1685, poet, fabulist and novelist; excluded but not replaced, died in 1688 #
Jean de La Chapelle Jean de La Chapelle (; 24 October 1651 – 29 May 1723) was a French writer and dramatist. He was born at Bourges, France, was elected to the Académie française in 1688, and died in Paris. Biography Born into minor nobility, nephew of Nicol ...
, 1688–1723, poet # Pierre-Joseph Thoulier d'Olivet, 1723–1768, ecclesiastic and grammarian #
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac Étienne Bonnot de Condillac ( ; ; 30 September 1714 – 2 August or 3 August 1780) was a French philosopher, epistemologist, and Catholic priest, who studied in such areas as psychology and the philosophy of the mind. Biography He was born a ...
, 1768–1780, ecclesiastic and philosopher # Louis-Élisabeth de La Vergne de Tressan, 1780–1783, poet and physicist #
Jean Sylvain Bailly Jean Sylvain Bailly (; 15 September 1736 – 12 November 1793) was a French astronomer, mathematician, freemason, and political leader of the early part of the French Revolution. He presided over the Tennis Court Oath, served as the mayor of ...
, 1783–1793, mathematician; guillotined #
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès (3 May 174820 June 1836), usually known as the Abbé Sieyès (; ), was a French Catholic priest, ''abbé'', and political writer who was a leading political theorist of the French Revolution (1789–1799); he also held off ...
, 1803–1816, ecclesiastic, essayist and diplomat; excluded by ordinance, died 1836 # Gérard de Lally-Tollendal, 1816–1830, politician #
Jean-Baptiste Sanson de Pongerville Jean-Baptiste () is a male French name, originating with Saint John the Baptist, and sometimes shortened to Baptiste. The name may refer to any of the following: Persons * Charles XIV John of Sweden, born Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, was K ...
, 1830–1870, poet # Xavier Marmier, 1870–1892, novelist and poet # Henri de Bornier, 1893–1901, playwright and poet # Edmond Rostand, 1901–1918, playwright and poet # Joseph Bédier, 1920–1938, philologist # Jérôme Tharaud, 1938–1953, novelist #
Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau ( , ; ; 5 July 1889 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost avant-garde artists of the 20th-c ...
, 1955–1963, playwright, poet, choreographer, filmmaker and painter #
Jacques Rueff Jacques Léon Rueff (23 August 1896 – 23 April 1978) was a French economist and adviser to the French government. Life An influential French conservative and free market thinker, Rueff was born the son of a well known Parisian physician and ...
, 1964–1978, economist and high bureaucrat # Jean Dutourd, 1978–2011, novelist # Michael Edwards, elected 2013, literary scholar


Seat 32

# Claude Favre de Vaugelas, 1634–1650, grammarian # Georges de Scudéry, 1650–1667, novelist, playwright and poet # Philippe de Courcillon, 1667–1720, soldier, governor and diplomat # Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 1720–1788, soldier, libertine and politician # François-Henri d'Harcourt, 1788–1802, soldier # Lucien Bonaparte, 1803–1816, politician. Excluded by ordinance. # Louis-Simon Auger, 1816–1829, journalist and playwright # Charles-Guillaume Étienne, 1829–1845, poet and playwright #
Alfred de Vigny Alfred Victor, Comte de Vigny (; 27 March 1797 – 17 September 1863) was a French poet and early French Romanticism, Romanticist. He also produced novels, plays, and translations of Shakespeare. Biography Vigny was born in Loches (a town to wh ...
, 1845–1863, poet # Camille Doucet, 1865–1895, poet and playwright # Charles Costa de Beauregard, 1896–1909, historian and politician # Hippolyte Langlois, 1911–1912, soldier #
Émile Boutroux Étienne Émile Marie Boutroux (; ; 28 July 1845 – 22 November 1921) was a French philosopher of science and religion, and a historian of philosophy. He was a firm opponent of materialism in science. He was a spiritual philosopher who defended t ...
, 1912–1921, philosopher and historian of philosophy #
Pierre de Nolhac Pierre Girault de Nolhac (15 December 1859, Ambert – 31 January 1936, Paris), known as Pierre de Nolhac, was a French historian, art historian and poet. Biography After studying at Le Puy-en-Velay, in Rodez and Clermont-Ferrand, Pierre ...
, 1922–1936, historian, art historian and poet # Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente, 1936–1959, ecclesiastic, historian and essayist # Henri Massis, 1960–1970, essayist, literary critic and literary historian # Georges Izard, 1971–1973, politician, lawyer, journalist and essayist #
Robert Aron Robert Aron (; ; 25 May 1898 – 19 April 1975) was a French historian and writer who wrote several books on politics and European history. Early life and career Robert Aron was born in Le Vésinet on 25 May 1898 to an upper-class Jewish family f ...
, 1974–1975, historian and essayist # Maurice Rheims, 1976–2003, novelist and art historian #
Alain Robbe-Grillet Alain Robbe-Grillet (; 18 August 1922 – 18 February 2008) was a French writer and filmmaker. He was one of the figures most associated with the ''Nouveau Roman'' () trend of the 1960s, along with Nathalie Sarraute, Michel Butor and Claude Simo ...
, 2004–2008, novelist and filmmaker # François Weyergans, 2009–2019, novelist and filmmaker # Pascal Ory, elected 2021, historian


Seat 33

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Vincent Voiture Vincent Voiture (; 24 February 1597 – 26 May 1648), French Mannerist and Baroque '' Précieuses'' poet and writer of prose, was the son of a rich wine merchant of Amiens. He was introduced by a schoolfellow, the count Claude d'Avaux, to Gast ...
, 1634–1648, poet #
François Eudes de Mézeray François Eudes de Mézeray (1610 – 10 July 1683) was a French historian. Mézeray was born at Ri, Orne, Ri near Argentan, France, Argentan, where his father was a surgeon. He had two brothers, one of whom, Jean-Eudes de Mézeray, Jean-Eudes ...
, 1648–1683, lawyer #
Jean Barbier d'Aucour Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * J ...
, 1683–1694, lawyer # François de Clermont-Tonnerre, 1694–1701, ecclesiastic # Nicolas de Malézieu, 1701–1727, tutor and poet # Jean Bouhier, 1727–1746, magistrate and archaeologist # François-Marie Arouet dit Voltaire, 1746–1778, playwright, historian, philosopher and poet #
Jean-François Ducis Jean-François Ducis (; 22 August 173331 March 1816) was a French dramatist and adapter of Shakespeare. Biography Ducis was born in Versailles, one of ten children. His father, Pierre Ducis, originally from Savoy, was a linen draper at Versai ...
, 1778–1816, poet and playwright # Raymond Desèze, 1816–1828, lawyer # Amable Guillaume Prosper Brugière, baron de Barante, 1828–1866, politician # Auguste Joseph Alphonse Gratry, 1867–1872, ecclesiastic and philosopher # René Taillandier, 1873–1879, politician #
Maxime Du Camp Maxime Du Camp (8 February 1822 – 9 February 1894) was a French writer and photographer. Biography Born in Paris, Du Camp was the son of a successful surgeon. After finishing college, he indulged in his strong desire for travel, thanks to ...
, 1880–1894, essayist and novelist # Paul Bourget, 1894–1935, novelist, poet and playwright # Edmond Jaloux, 1936–1949, novelist, literary critic and literary historian # Jean-Louis Vaudoyer, 1950–1963, novelist, poet, essayist and art historian # Marcel Brion, 1964–1984, novelist, art historian and essayist # Michel Mohrt, 1985–2011, editor, essayist, novelist and literary historian # Dominique Bona, elected 2013, novelist


Seat 34

# Honorat de Porchères Laugier, 1634–1653, poet #
Paul Pellisson Paul Pellisson (30 October 1624 – 7 February 1693) was a French author, associated with the Baroque '' Précieuses'' movement. Pellisson was born in Béziers, of a distinguished Calvinist family. He studied law at Toulouse, and practised at ...
, 1653–1693, historian # François de Salignac de La Mothe Fénelon, 1693–1715, ecclesiastic and essayist # Claude Gros de Boze, 1715–1753, erudite and numismatist # Louis de Bourbon Condé de Clermont, 1753–1771, ecclesiastic # Pierre-Laurent Buirette de Belloy, 1771–1775, playwright and actor # Emmanuel-Félicité de Durfort de Duras, 1775–1789, politician and soldier # Dominique Joseph Garat, 1803–1816, politician, lawyer and philosopher. Excluded by ordinance, he refused readmission in 1829, died in 1833 #
Louis-François de Bausset Louis-François de Bausset (14 December 1748 – 21 June 1824) was a French cardinal, writer and member of the Académie française. He was Vicar-General of the Diocese of Aix and Digne before being nominated a bishop. He was nominated Bi ...
, 1816–1824, ecclesiastic and politician # Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen, 1824–1839, ecclesiastic #
Louis-Mathieu Molé Louis-Mathieu, comte Molé (; 24 January 1781 – 23 November 1855) was a French statesman and a close friend and associate of Louis Philippe I, King of the French during the July Monarchy (1830–1848). Biography Molé was born in Paris. ...
, 1840–1855, politician #
Frédéric Alfred Pierre, comte de Falloux Frédéric and Frédérick are the French versions of the common male given name Frederick. They may refer to: In artistry: * Frédéric Back, Canadian award-winning animator * Frédéric Bartholdi, French sculptor * Frédéric Bazille, Impr ...
, 1856–1886, politician and historian # Octave Gréard, 1886–1904, high bureaucrat, literary historian and literary critic # Émile Gebhart, 1904–1908, art historian, literary historian and literary critic #
Raymond Poincaré Raymond Nicolas Landry Poincaré (; 20 August 1860 – 15 October 1934) was a French statesman who served as President of France from 1913 to 1920, and three times as Prime Minister of France. He was a conservative leader, primarily committed to ...
, 1909–1934, head of state, politician, lawyer and essayist # Jacques Bainville, 1935–1936, historian and journalist # Joseph de Pesquidoux, 1936–1946, novelist and essayist # Maurice Genevoix, 1946–1980, novelist # Jacques de Bourbon-Busset, 1981–2001, politician, essayist and novelist # François Cheng, elected 2002, poet, translator and novelist


Seat 35

# Henri Louis Habert de Montmor, 1634–1679, hotel-keeper # Louis de Lavau, 1679–1694, ecclesiastic #
François Lefebvre de Caumartin François Lefebvre de Caumartin or Jean François Paul Lefèvre de Caumartin (16 December 1668 in Châlons-en-Champagne – 30 August 1733 in Blois) was a French bishop. He was elected member of the Académie Française in 1694 and member of th ...
, 1694–1733, ecclesiastic # François-Augustin de Paradis de Moncrif, 1733–1770, poet, musician and playwright # Jean-Armand de Bessuéjouls Roquelaure, 1771–1818, ecclesiastic #
Georges Cuvier Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, baron Cuvier (23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier (; ), was a French natural history, naturalist and zoology, zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuv ...
, 1818–1832, palaeontologist # André Marie Jean Jacques Dupin, 1832–1865, politician and lawyer # Alfred-Auguste Cuvillier-Fleury, 1866–1887, historian and literary critic # Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie, 1888–1913, novelist, playwright and critic #
Joseph Joffre Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre , (; 12 January 1852 – 3 January 1931) was a French general who served as Commander-in-Chief of French forces on the Western Front (World War I), Western Front from the start of World War I until the end of 19 ...
, 1918–1931, politician and soldier #
Maxime Weygand Maxime Weygand (; 21 January 1867 – 28 January 1965) was a French military commander in World War I and World War II, as well as a high ranking member of the Vichy France, Vichy regime. Born in Belgium, Weygand was raised in France and educate ...
, 1931–1965, soldier # Louis Leprince-Ringuet, 1966–2000, physicist, telecommunications engineer, historian of science and essayist # Yves Pouliquen, 2001–2020, medical doctor # Antoine Compagnon, elected 2022, academic


Seat 36

# Marin Cureau de la Chambre, 1634–1669, medical doctor and philosopher #
Pierre Cureau de La Chambre Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French language, French form of the name Peter (given name), Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via ...
, 1670–1693, ecclesiastic # Jean de La Bruyère, 1693–1696, essayist and moralist # Claude Fleury, 1696–1723, ecclesiastic # Jacques Adam, 1723–1735, philologist # Joseph Séguy, 1736–1761, ecclesiastic # Louis René Édouard, cardinal de Rohan, 1761–1793, ecclesiastic, politician, philosopher and poet # Jean Devaines, 1803, state bureaucrat # Évariste de Parny, 1803–1814, poet # Victor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy, 1815–1846, journalist, critic and playwright # Adolphe-Simonis Empis, 1847–1868, poet and playwright # Henri Auguste Barbier, 1869–1882, poet # Adolphe Perraud, 1882–1906, ecclesiastic # François-Désiré Mathieu, 1906–1908, ecclesiastic and historian # Louis Duchesne, 1910–1922, ecclesiastic, historian and philologist # Henri Brémond, 1923–1933, ecclesiastic, literary historian and literary critic # André Bellessort, 1935–1942, essayist, literary critic, historian and historian of literature # René Grousset, 1946–1952, art historian # Pierre Gaxotte, 1953–1982, historian and journalist # Jacques Soustelle, 1983–1990, Americanist, ethnologist, politician and essayist # Jean-François Deniau, 1990–2007, politician, essayist and novelist # Philippe Beaussant, 2007–2016, musicologist and novelist # Barbara Cassin, elected 2018, philologist and philosopher


Seat 37

# Daniel Hay du Chastelet de Chambon, 1635–1671, ecclesiastic and mathematician # Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, 1671–1704, ecclesiastic and historian # Melchior de Polignac, 1704–1741, ecclesiastic, politician, philologist and poet # Odet-Joseph Giry, 1741–1761, ecclesiastic # Charles Batteux, 1761–1780, ecclesiastic # Antoine-Marin Lemierre, 1780–1793, poet and playwright # Félix-Julien-Jean Bigot de Préameneu, 1803–1825, politician and lawyer # Mathieu de Montmorency, 1825–1826, politician and diplomat # Alexandre Guiraud, 1826–1847, playwright, poet and novelist # Jean-Jacques Ampère, 1847–1864, historian of literature # Lucien-Anatole Prévost-Paradol, 1865–1870, literary critic # Camille Rousset, 1871–1892, historian # Paul Thureau-Dangin, 1893–1913, historian # Pierre de La Gorce, 1914–1934, historian, magistrate and lawyer # Maurice, 6th duc de Broglie, 1934–1960, sailor and physicist # Eugène Tisserant, 1961–1972, ecclesiastic and philologist # Jean Daniélou, 1972–1974, ecclesiastic, theologian, historian and essayist # Ambroise-Marie Carré, 1975–2004, ecclesiastic # René Girard, 2005–2015, philosopher, literary critic # Michel Zink, elected 2017, medievalist, philologist and novelist


Seat 38

# Auger de Moléon de Granier, 1635–1636, possibly an ecclesiastic; expelled for theft; died 1650 # Balthazar Baro, 1636–1650, playwright and poet # Jean Doujat, 1650–1688, lawyer # Eusèbe Renaudot, 1688–1720, ecclesiastic # Henri-Emmanuel de Roquette, 1720–1725, ecclesiastic # Pierre de Pardaillan de Gondrin, 1725–1733, ecclesiastic # Nicolas-François Dupré de Saint-Maur, 1733–1774, economist and statistician # Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, 1775–1794, politician and magistrate; guillotined # François Andrieux, 1803–1833, lawyer, poet and playwright # Adolphe Thiers, 1833–1877, politician and historian # Henri Martin (historian), Henri Martin, 1878–1883, historian # Ferdinand de Lesseps, 1884–1894, diplomat and engineer # Anatole France, 1896–1924, novelist and poet # Paul Valéry, 1925–1945, poet, literary critic and essayist # Henri Mondor, 1946–1962, surgeon, physician, historian of literature and of science # Louis Armand, 1963–1971, mining engineer, bureaucrat and economist # Jean-Jacques Gautier, 1972–1986, drama critic, novelist, journalist and essayist # Jean-Louis Curtis, 1986–1995, novelist and essayist # François Jacob, 1996–2013, biologist # Marc Lambron, elected 2014, literary critic and writer


Seat 39

# Louis Giry, 1636–1665, lawyer # Claude Boyer, 1666–1698, ecclesiastic, playwright and poet # Charles-Claude Genest, 1698–1719, ecclesiastic # Jean-Baptiste Dubos, 1720–1742, ecclesiastic and historian # Jean-François Du Bellay du Resnel, 1742–1761, ecclesiastic # Bernard-Joseph Saurin, 1761–1781, lawyer and poet # Marquis de Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet, 1782–1794, philosopher and mathematician # Gabriel Villar, 1803–1826, ecclesiastic # Charles-Marie de Féletz, 1826–1850, ecclesiastic # Désiré Nisard, 1850–1888, essayist # Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé, 1888–1910, essayist, historian, literary critic and diplomat # Henri de Régnier, 1911–1936, poet, novelist and essayist # Jacques de Lacretelle, 1936–1985, novelist # Bertrand Poirot-Delpech, 1986–2006, journalist, essayist and novelist # Jean Clair, elected 2008, essayist and art historian


Seat 40

# Daniel de Priézac, 1639–1662, law professor # Michel Le Clerc, 1662–1691, lawyer # Jacques de Tourreil, 1692–1714, translator # Jean-Roland Malet, 1714–1736, economist and royal valet de chambre # Jean-François Boyer, 1736–1755, ecclesiastic # Nicolas Thyrel de Boismont, 1755–1786, ecclesiastic # Claude-Carloman de Rulhière, 1787–1791, diplomat, poet and historian # Pierre Jean George Cabanis, 1803–1808, medical doctor and physiologist # Antoine Destutt de Tracy, 1808–1836, philosopher # François Guizot, 1836–1874, politician and historian # Jean-Baptiste Dumas, 1875–1884, politician and chemist # Joseph Louis François Bertrand, 1884–1900, mathematician, historian of science # Marcellin Berthelot, 1900–1907, politician, chemist, essayist, historian of science # Francis Charmes, 1908–1916, diplomat and journalist # Jules Cambon, 1918–1935, diplomat, lawyer, senior civil servant # Marie-Jean-Lucien Lacaze, 1936–1955, admiral # Jacques Chastenet, 1956–1978, journalist, historian and diplomat # Georges Dumézil, 1978–1986, philologist and historian of civilisations # Pierre-Jean Rémy, 1988–2010, diplomat, novelist and essayist # Xavier Darcos, elected 2013, politician, scholar and civil servant


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Académie française: Les immortels
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