Jules Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire was a French philosopher, journalist, statesman, and possible illegitimate son of Napoleon I of France.
Louis Lavelle was a French philosopher, considered one of the greatest French metaphysicians of the twentieth century. His magnum opus, La Dialectique de l'éternel présent (1922), is a systematic metaphysical work. Lavelle's other principal works include De l'Être (1928), De l'Acte (1937), Du Temps et de l'Eternité (1945), and De l'Âme Humaine (1951).
Chloé Delaume is a French writer. She is also an editor and, more occasionally, a performer, musician, and singer. Her literary work, largely autobiographical, focuses on the practice of experimental literature, feminism and the issue of autofiction.
Sandra Laugier is a French philosopher, who works on moral philosophy, political philosophy, philosophy of language, gender studies, and popular culture. She is a full professor of philosophy at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and a Senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France. She currently serves as the deputy director of the Institut des sciences juridique et philosophique de la Sorbonne. In 2014, she received the title of the Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur. In 2022, she was awarded the Grand Prix Moron by the Académie française. In 2024, she was elected to the American Philosophical Society.
Michèle Causse was a French activist, author, and self-proclaimed radical lesbian.
Raymond Ruyer was a French philosopher in the late 20th century. His work covered topics including the philosophy of biology, the philosophy of informatics, the philosophy of value and others. His most popular book is The Gnosis of Princeton in which he presents his own philosophical views under the pretence that he was representing the views of an imaginary group of American scientists. He developed an account of panpsychism which was a major influence on philosophers such as Adolf Portmann, Gilbert Simondon, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari.
Catherine Malabou is a French philosopher. She is a professor at the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy (CRMEP) at Kingston University, at the European Graduate School, and in the department of Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine, a position formerly held by Jacques Derrida.
Delphine Horvilleur is France's third female rabbi, and editorial director of the quarterly Jewish magazine Tenou’a - Atelier de pensée(s) juive(s). She leads a congregation in Paris, and is currently co-leading the Liberal Jewish Movement of France, a Jewish liberal cultural and religious association affiliated to the World Union for Progressive Judaism, which she joined in 2008. She is also an author.
Diane Lamoureux is a Canadian professor, essayist, and writer. She serves as Professor of Sociology in the Political Science Department of Laval University in Quebec. Her research focuses on the intersection of politics, sociology, and feminism.
Danièle Kergoat is a French academic and feminist sociologist. Her research focuses on gender and social relations of sex, work, social movements, the power to act.
Elsa Dorlin is a French philosopher and professor in the department of political science at University of Paris 8 Vincennes/St. Dénis.
Marie-Thérèse Eyquem was a French sportswoman, feminist, politician, and author. Under the Vichy regime, she participated in the ban against multiple women's sports including association football. In the 1960s, she became more involved in politics and joined the French Socialist Party.
Margaret Rose Maruani Rey was a Tunisian-born French sociologist and director of research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris. She was the founder and editor-in-chief of the academic journal, Travail, Genre et Sociétés and directed the international and multidisciplinary research network "Marché du travail et Genre" (MAGE–CNRS).
Delphine Gardey is a French historian and sociologist. She is a professor of contemporary history at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and director of the Institute of Gender Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences. She is currently a member of the editorial board of the journal Travail, Genre et Sociétés. She is also affiliated with "Groupement De Recherche Européen" (GDRE) and "Marché du travail et genre en Europe" (MAGE). She is a member of the "Genre, Travail, Mobilités" (GTM) Laboratory of "Centre de recherches sociologiques et politiques de Paris" (CRESPPA). Her work focuses mainly on the history of science and technology studies, feminist theories, as well as the place of women in history and society in general.
Houria Bouteldja is a French-Algerian political activist. She served as spokesperson for the Indigènes de la République until 2020.
Danièle Brun was a French academic and psychologist. She was a member of the Espace analytique.
Fabienne Brugère is a French philosopher specializing in aesthetics and philosophy of art, history of modern philosophy, moral and political philosophy, Anglo-American philosophy studies and feminist theory. She was a professor at the Bordeaux Montaigne University and vice-president for international relations at this university. She joined the Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis since September 2014, as chair of "philosophy of modern and contemporary arts". She has been president of the Paris Lumières University Group since November 2019, after having chaired the academic council of this institution.
Corine Pelluchon is a French philosopher and professor of philosophy at the University of Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée (UPEM).
La Française, subtitled Journal de progrès féminin, was a French language reformist feminist weekly newspaper published in France. It was founded in 1906 by feminist Jane Misme, who ran it until 1926, when Cécile Brunschvicg, the future under-secretary of state under the Popular Front, took over. The title was published until 1940. This weekly gave a national audience to the cause of women's suffrage. It even became the mouthpiece for the French Union for Women's Suffrage, founded by Jeanne Schmahl in 1909.
Marthe de Vogüé, Marquise de Mac Mahon was a French political activist and monarchist. She was the leader of the "Dames Royalistes" from the 1900s until her death and was a prominent figure of the Action Française movement.
