* 1930 – Félix Guattari, French philosopher and theorist ( d. 1992 )

* 1638 – Nicolas Malebranche, French philosopher ( d. 1715 )

Albert Schweitzer, OM ( 14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965 ) was a German and then French theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary.

* 1780 – Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French philosopher ( b. 1715 )

* Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade, French aristocrat, revolutionary politician, philosopher, and writer famous for his libertine sexuality and lifestyle.

* 1903 – Henry Corbin, French philosopher and iranologist ( d. 1978 )

* 1998 – Jean-François Lyotard, French philosopher and sociologist ( b. 1924 )

* 1772 – Charles Fourier, French philosopher ( d. 1837 )

* 1803 – Flora Tristan, French philosopher ( d. 1844 )

Blaise Pascal (; 19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662 ), was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Christian philosopher.

Other utilitarian-type views include the claims that the end of action is survival and growth, as in evolutionary ethics ( the 19th-century English philosopher Herbert Spencer ); the experience of power, as in despotism ( the 16th-century Italian political philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli and the 19th-century German Friedrich Nietzsche ); satisfaction and adjustment, as in pragmatism ( 20th-century American philosophers Ralph Barton Perry and John Dewey ); and freedom, as in existentialism ( the 20th-century French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre ).

The French philosopher Voltaire was also influenced by Confucius, seeing the concept of Confucian rationalism as an alternative to Christian dogma.

The work of French philosopher and social theorist, Michel Foucault has been utilized in a variety of disciplines, such as history, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and linguistics.

Candide, ou l ' Optimisme (; French: ) is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment.

Cartesian means of or relating to the French philosopher and mathematician René Descartes — from his name — Rene Des-Cartes.

The adjective Cartesian refers to the French mathematician and philosopher René Descartes ( who used the name Cartesius in Latin ).

Denis Diderot ( ; October 5, 1713 – July 31, 1784 ) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer.

Deconstruction is a form of semiotic analysis, derived mainly from French philosopher Jacques Derrida's 1967 work Of Grammatology.

The French philosopher Gilles Deleuze used ideas from Butler's book at various points in the development of his philosophy of difference.

French philosopher Henri Bergson's Matter and Memory ( 1896 ) has been cited as anticipating the development of film theory during the birth of cinema.

* 1744 – John Theophilus Desaguliers, French philosopher ( b. 1683 )

* 1612 – Antoine Arnauld, French theologian, philosopher and mathematician ( d. 1694 )

Marcel Griaule and Michel Leiris are examples of people who combined anthropology with the French avant-garde.

* 1952 – Michel Blanc, French actor

* 1930 – Michel Rocard, French politician, Prime Minister of France

* 1721 – Michel Chamillart, French statesman ( b. 1652 )

* 1603 – Michel le Tellier, French statesman ( d. 1685 )

* 1919 – Michel Déon, French writer

* 1652 – Michel Rolle, French mathematician ( d. 1719 )

* 1727 – Michel Adanson, French botanist ( d. 1806 )

* Northeast Caucasian languages, such as Chechen, are seen by the French linguist Michel Morvan as more likely candidates for a very distant connection.

The name Île de la Passion () was officially given to Clipperton in 1711 by French discoverers Martin de Chassiron and Michel Du Bocage, commanding the French ships La Princesse and La Découverte.

During World War I, in which his younger son Michel served and his friend and admirer Clemenceau led the French nation, Monet painted a series of weeping willow trees as homage to the French fallen soldiers.

His home, garden and waterlily pond were bequeathed by his son Michel, his only heir, to the French Academy of Fine Arts ( part of the Institut de France ) in 1966.

Casablanca is home to the Hassan II Mosque, designed by the French architect Michel Pinseau.

* 1657 – Michel Richard Delalande, French Baroque composer and organist ( d. 1726 )

* 1997 – Michel Bélanger, French Canadian businessman and banker ( b. 1929 )

* 1964 – Michel Courtemanche, French Canadian comedian

* 1925 – Michel Piccoli, French actor

* 1932 – Michel Legrand, French composer

* 1971 – Michel Breistroff, French hockey player ( d. 1996 )

* 1956 – Michel Houellebecq, French writer

* 1533 – Michel de Montaigne, French writer ( d. 1592 )

A dedicated contemporary hedonist philosopher and on the history of hedonistic thought is the French Michel Onfray.