Charles Collé was a French dramatist and songwriter.
Claude-Henri de Fusée, abbé de Voisenon was a French playwright and writer.
Antoine-Vincent Arnault was a French playwright.
Jean-Nicolas Bouilly was a French playwright, librettist, children's writer, and politician of the French Revolution. He is best known for writing a libretto, supposedly based on a true story, about a woman who disguises herself as a man to rescue her husband from prison, which formed the basis of Beethoven's opera Fidelio as well as a number of other operas.
Joseph Méry was a French writer, journalist, novelist, poet, playwright and librettist.
Charles-Guillaume Étienne was a 19th-century French playwright.
Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges was a French playwright, who was born and died in Paris. He was one of the most prolific librettists of the 19th century, often working in collaboration with others.
Louis Abel Beffroy de Reigny was a French dramatist and man of letters.
Théophile Marion Dumersan was a French writer of plays, vaudevilles, poetry, novels, chanson collections, librettos, and novels, as well as a numismatist and curator attached to the Cabinet des médailles et antiques of the Bibliothèque royale.
Émile Cottenet was a 19th-century French actor, chansonnier and playwright. He arrived in Paris around 1815 and became an actor for the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin before he worked for the troupe of the Théâtre du Gymnase. His plays have been performed on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century : Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre de la Gaîté, etc.
Charles Désiré Dupeuty, was a 19th-century French librettist and playwright.
Nicolas Gersin was a French playwright and librettist.
Armand d'Artois was a 19th-century French playwright and librettist, and also Achille d'Artois's brother.
Michel-Joseph Gentil de Chavagnac, full name Adolphe Michel Joseph Gentil de Chavagnac, was a 19th-century French chansonnier and playwright.
Antoine Simonnin, full name Antoine-Jean-Baptiste Simonnin, was a 19th-century French writer and dramatist.
Louis Lurine was a 19th-century French homme de lettres, journalist, playwright, novelist and historian.
René de Chazet, full name René André Polydore Balthazar Alissan de Chazet, was a French playwright, poet and novelist.
Pierre Antoine Jean-Baptiste Villiers became a French playwright, journalist and poet. Already a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur, he was made chevalier of the Order of Saint Louis on 18 August 1822
Jean-Baptiste Auguste Imbert was a 19th-century French playwright, bookseller, publisher, historian, chansonnier and journalist.
Nicolas Boindin was an 18th-century French writer and playwright.
