Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède or La Cépède was a French naturalist and an active freemason. He is known for his contribution to the Comte de Buffon's great work, the Histoire Naturelle.
Louis Lartet was a French geologist and paleontologist. He discovered the original Cro-Magnon skeletons.
Jules Pierre François Stanislaus Desnoyers was a French geologist and archaeologist.
Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc was a French botanist, invertebrate zoologist, and entomologist.
François Auguste Péron was a French naturalist and explorer.
Gérard Paul Deshayes was a French geologist and conchologist.
The Gallery of Mineralogy and Geology is a part of the French National Museum of Natural History. It is situated in the Jardin des plantes in Paris near the gare d'Austerlitz train station. The gallery displays a collection of crystals, gemstones and minerals parmi les plus anciennes et les plus prestigieuses du monde.
Gustave Émile Haug was a French geologist and paleontologist known for his contribution to the geosyncline theory.
Julien Noël Costantin was a French botanist and mycologist who was a native of Paris.
Pierre Louis Antoine Cordier was a French geologist and mineralogist, and a founder of the French Geological Society. He was professor of geology at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris from 1819 to 1861, and was responsible for the development of the geological gallery in the museum.
Léon Bertin was a French zoologist. He was born in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, and died in the Loir-et-Cher Department of France, in a car accident.
Paul Lemoine was a French geologist born in Paris. He was the son of chemist Georges Lemoine (1841-1922) and husband of phycologist Marie Lemoine (1887–1984).
The Friends of the Natural History Museum is a French non-profit organisation, created in 1907 and recognized as a charity in 1926. Its purpose is to give practical and financial support to the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris, France, enrich its collections, zoo, laboratories, greenhouses, gardens and libraries, and to promote scientific research and education related to it.
Bernard Renault was a French paleobotanist. He was a specialist in regard to the anatomy of Carboniferous and Permian plants.
Victor Joseph de l'Isle Thiollière was a French civil engineer, geologist and paleoichthyologist.
Jean-Gabriel Prêtre was a Swiss-French natural history painter who illustrated birds, mammals and reptiles in a large number of books. Several species of animal were named after him.
Alphonse Péron was a French soldier and amateur naturalist. He used his spare time to pursue his interest in paleontology, and authored or coauthored several important works on the geology and paleontology of France and Algeria.
Nicolas Théobald, born in Montenach (Moselle) on August 31, 1903 and died in Obernai (Bas-Rhin) on May 10, 1981, was a lorrain and French geologist, paleontologist and professor of geology at university of Besançon.
Robert-Philippe Dollfus was a French zoologist and parasitologist.
Gabriel Delafosse was a French mineralogist who worked at the Natural History Museum in Paris and for sometime at the University of Paris. He contributed to development of the idea of unit cells in crystallography. The mineral Delafossite is named after him. He was one of the founding members of the Société Geologique de France.
