List of members of the Académie française
This is a list of members of the Académie française (French Academy) by seat number. The primary professions of the academicians 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 magistrateClaude Bazin de Bezons , 1643–1684, lawyerNicolas Boileau-Despréaux , 1684–1711, poetJean d'Estrées , 1711–1718, ecclesiastic and politicianMarc-René d'Argenson , 1718–1721, politicianJean-Joseph Languet de Gergy , 1721–1753, ecclesiasticGeorges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon , 1753–1788, essayistFélix Vicq-d'Azyr , 1788–1794, medical doctorFrançois-Urbain Domergue , 1803–1810, grammarianAnge-François Fariau , 1810, poet and translatorFrançois-Auguste Parseval-Grandmaison , 1811–1834, poetNarcisse-Achille de Salvandy , 1835–1856, politician and historianÉmile Augier , 1857–1889, poet and playwrightCharles de Freycinet , 1890–1923, politician and physicistCharles Émile Picard , 1924–1941, mathematicianLouis de Broglie , 1944–1987, physicist and mathematicianMichel Debré , 1988–1996, politicianFrançois Furet , 1997, historianRené Rémond , 1998–2007, historianClaude Dagens , elected 2008, ecclesiastic
Seat 2
Valentin Conrart , 1634–1675, poet and grammarianToussaint Rose , 1675–1701, oratorLouis de Sacy , 1701–1727, lawyerCharles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu , 1728–1755, magistrate and philosopherJean-Baptiste Vivien de Châteaubrun , 1755–1775, poet and playwrightFrançois-Jean de Chastellux , 1775–1788, military officerAimar-Charles-Marie de Nicolaï , 1788–1794, magistrateNicolas François de Neufchâteau , 1803–1828, politician and philologistPierre-Antoine Lebrun , 1828–1873, politician and poetAlexandre Dumas, fils , 1874–1895, playwright and novelistAndré Theuriet , 1896–1907, novelist and poetJean Richepin , 1908–1926, poet and novelistÉmile Mâle , 1927–1954, art historianFrançois Albert-Buisson , 1955–1961, magistrate and politicianMarc Boegner , 1962–1970, ecclesiastic and theologianRené de La Croix de Castries , 1972–1986, historianAndré Frossard , 1987–1995, essayist and journalistHector Bianciotti , 1996–2012, novelistDany Laferrière , elected 2013, writer
Seat 3
Jacques de Serisay , 1634–1653, poetPaul-Philippe de Chaumont , 1654–1697, ecclesiasticLouis Cousin , 1697–1707, historian and journalistJacques-Louis de Valon, marquis de Mimeure , 1707–1719, poet and translatorNicolas Gédoyn , 1719–1744, ecclesiasticFrançois-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis , 1744–1794, ecclesiasticRoch-Ambroise Cucurron Sicard , 1803–1822, ecclesiastic and grammarianDenis-Luc Frayssinous , 1822–1841, ecclesiasticÉtienne-Denis Pasquier , 1842–1862, politicianJules Armand Dufaure , 1863–1881, politician and lawyerVictor Cherbuliez , 1881–1899, novelist and playwrightÉmile Faguet , 1900–1916, literary critic and historianGeorges Clemenceau , 1918–1929, politician and doctorAndré Chaumeix , 1930–1955, journalist and criticJérôme Carcopino , 1955–1970, historian and archaeologistRoger Caillois , 1971–1978, essayist and sociologistMarguerite Yourcenar , 1980–1987, novelist and essayistJean-Denis Bredin , 1989–2021, magistrate and essayist
Seat 4
Jean Desmarets , 1634–1676, poet and novelistJean-Jacques de Mesmes , 1676–1688, magistrateJean Testu de Mauroy , 1688–1706, ecclesiasticCamille le Tellier de Louvois , 1706–1718, ecclesiasticJean Baptiste Massillon , 1718–1742, ecclesiasticLouis Jules Mancini Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais , 1742–1798, politician and poetGabriel-Marie Legouvé , 1803–1812, poetAlexandre-Vincent Pineux Duval , 1812–1842, poet and playwrightPierre-Simon Ballanche , 1842–1847, philosopherJean Vatout , 1848, poetAlexis Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest , 1849–1851, politician and historianAntoine Pierre Berryer , 1852–1868, lawyerFrançois-Joseph de Champagny , 1869–1882, historianCharles de Mazade , 1882–1893, poet and criticJosé-Maria de Heredia , 1894–1905, poetMaurice Barrès , 1906–1923, novelist and politicianLouis Bertrand , 1925–1941, novelist and historianJean Tharaud , 1946–1952, novelistAlphonse Juin , 1952–1967, soldierPierre Emmanuel , 1968–1984, poetJean Hamburger , 1985–1992, doctor and essayistAlbert Decourtray , 1993–1994, ecclesiasticJean-Marie Lustiger , 1995–2007, ecclesiasticJean-Luc Marion , elected 2008, philosopher and academic
Seat 5
Jean Ogier de Gombauld , 1634–1666, poet and playwrightPaul Tallement le Jeune , 1666–1712, ecclesiasticAntoine Danchet , 1712–1748, playwright and poetJean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset , 1748–1777, playwrightClaude-François-Xavier Millot , 1777–1785, ecclesiasticAndré Morellet , 1785–1819, ecclesiasticPierre-Édouard Lémontey , 1819–1826, politician and lawyerJoseph Fourier , 1826–1830, mathematician and physicistVictor Cousin , 1830–1867, politician and philosopherJules Favre , 1867–1880, politician and lawyerEdmond Rousse , 1880–1906, lawyerPierre de Ségur , 1907–1916, historianRobert de Flers , 1920–1927, playwright and journalistLouis Madelin , 1927–1956, historianRobert Kemp , 1956–1959, literary and dramatic criticRené Huyghe , 1960–1997, art historian and essayistGeorges Vedel , 1998–2002, magistrateAssia Djebar , 2005–2015, authorAndreï Makine , elected 2016, author
Seat 6
François le Métel de Boisrobert , 1634–1662, ecclesiastic and poetJean Regnault de Segrais , 1662–1701, poet and novelistJean Galbert de Campistron , 1701–1723, playwrightPhilippe Néricault Destouches , 1723–1754, playwright and diplomatLouis de Boissy , 1754–1758, poetJean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye , 1758–1781, archaeologistSébastien-Roch-Nicolas (Chamfort) , 1781–1794, playwright and publisherPierre Louis Roederer , 1803–1815,[ note 1] Pierre Marc Gaston de Lévis, Duke of Lévis , 1816–1830, politicianPhilippe Paul, comte de Ségur , 1830–1873, diplomat and historianCharles de Viel-Castel , 1873–1887, diplomatEdmond Jurien de La Gravière , 1888–1892, admiralErnest Lavisse , 1892–1922, historianGeorges de Porto-Riche , 1923–1930, playwright and poetPierre Benoît , 1931–1962, novelistJean Paulhan , 1963–1968, literary and art criticEugène Ionesco , 1970–1994, playwrightMarc Fumaroli , 1995–2020, historian and essayistChristian Jambet , elected 2024, philosopher
Seat 7
Jean Chapelain , 1634–1674, royal advisorIsaac de Benserade , 1674–1691, poet and playwrightÉtienne Pavillon , 1691–1705, lawyer and poetFabio Brulart de Sillery , 1705–1714, ecclesiastic and poetHenri-Jacques Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force , 1715–1726, economistJean-Baptiste de Mirabaud , 1726–1760, translatorClaude-Henri Watelet , 1760–1786, painterMichel-Jean Sedaine , 1786–1793, poet and playwrightJean-François Collin d'Harleville , 1803–1806, playwright and poetPierre Daru , 1806–1829, politician and historianAlphonse de Lamartine , 1829–1869, politician and poetÉmile Ollivier , 1870–1913, politician and lawyerHenri Bergson , 1914–1941, philosopherÉdouard Le Roy , 1945–1954, philosopher and mathematicianHenri Petiot (Daniel-Rops) , 1955–1965, poet and novelistPierre-Henri Simon , 1966–1972, literary historian and novelistAndré Roussin , 1973–1987, playwrightJacqueline de Romilly , 1988–2010, philologist and essayistJules Hoffmann , elected 2012, biologist
Seat 8
Claude de Malleville , 1634–1647, poetJean Ballesdens , 1648–1675, lawyerGéraud de Cordemoy , 1675–1684, philosopher and historianJean-Louis Bergeret , 1684–1694, lawyerCharles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre , 1694–1743, ecclesiasticPierre Louis Maupertuis , 1743–1759, astronomerJean-Jacques Lefranc, Marquis de Pompignan , 1759–1784, magistrate and economistJean-Sifrein Maury , 1784–1793, ecclesiastic and politician Michel-Louis-Étienne Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély , 1803–1814, politician and lawyerPierre-Simon Laplace , 1816–1827, politician and mathematicianPierre Paul Royer-Collard , 1827–1845, politicianCharles de Rémusat , 1846–1875, politician and philosopherJules Simon , 1875–1896, politician and philosopherAdrien Albert Marie de Mun , 1897–1914, politician and soldierAlfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart , 1918–1942, ecclesiastic and historianOctave Aubry , 1946–1946, historian and bureaucratÉdouard Herriot , 1946–1957, politician and literary historianJean Rostand , 1959–1977, biologist and philosopherMichel Déon , 1978–2016, novelistDaniel Rondeau , elected 2019, writer and diplomat
Seat 9
Nicolas Faret , 1634–1646, poetPierre du Ryer , 1646–1658, playwrightCésar d'Estrées , 1658–1714, ecclesiastic and politicianVictor-Marie d'Estrées , 1715–1737, politician and soldierCharles Armand René de La Trémoille , 1738–1741, aristocratArmand de Rohan-Soubise , 1741–1756, ecclesiasticAntoine de Montazet , 1756–1788, ecclesiasticStanislas de Boufflers , 1788–1815, poetPierre-Marie-François Baour-Lormian , 1815–1854, poet and playwrightFrançois Ponsard , 1855–1867, playwrightJoseph Autran , 1868–1877, poetVictorien Sardou , 1877–1908, playwrightMarcel Prévost , 1909–1941, novelistÉmile Henriot , 1945–1961, novelist and literary criticJean Guéhenno , 1962–1978, essayistAlain Decaux , 1979–2016, historianPatrick Grainville , elected 2018, novelist
Seat 10
Antoine Godeau , 1634–1672, ecclesiastic and poetEsprit Fléchier , 1672–1710, ecclesiasticHenri de Nesmond , 1710–1727, ecclesiasticJean-Jacques Amelot de Chaillou , 1727–1749, politicianCharles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle , 1749–1761, politician and soldierNicolas-Charles-Joseph Trublet , 1761–1770, ecclesiasticJean François de Saint-Lambert , 1770–1793, poet and philosopherHugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano , 1803–1815, politician and diplomatJoseph Lainé , 1816–1835, politician and magistrateEmmanuel Dupaty , 1836–1851, poet and playwrightAlfred de Musset , 1852–1857, playwright and poetVictor de Laprade , 1858–1883, poetFrançois Coppée , 1884–1908, poet and novelistJean Aicard , 1909–1921, poet and novelistCamille Jullian , 1924–1933, historian and philologistLéon Bérard , 1934–1960, politician and lawyerJean Guitton , 1961–1999, theologian and philosopherFlorence Delay , elected 2000, novelist and playwright
Seat 11
Philippe Habert , 1634–1638, poetJacques Esprit , 1639–1678, politicianJacques-Nicolas Colbert , 1678–1707, ecclesiasticClaude-François Fraguier , 1707–1728, ecclesiasticCharles d'Orléans de Rothelin , 1728–1744, ecclesiasticGabriel Girard , 1744–1748, ecclesiasticMarc-Antoine-René de Voyer d'Argenson de Paulmy , 1748–1787, politicianHenri-Cardin-Jean-Baptiste d'Aguesseau , 1787–1826, politicianCharles Brifaut , 1826–1857, poet and playwrightJules Sandeau , 1858–1883, novelist and playwrightEdmond François Valentin About , 1884–1885, novelist and playwrightLéon Say , 1886–1896, politician and economistAlbert Vandal , 1896–1910, historianDenys Cochin , 1911–1922, politicianGeorges Goyau , 1922–1939, historianPaul Hazard , 1940–1944, historian and philosopherMaurice Garçon , 1946–1967, lawyer, novelist and historianPaul Morand , 1968–1976, diplomat, novelist, playwright and poetAlain Peyrefitte , 1977–1999, scholar and politicianGabriel de Broglie , elected 2001, historian
Seat 12
Germain Habert , 1634–1654, ecclesiasticCharles Cotin , 1655–1681, ecclesiasticLouis de Courcillon , 1682–1723, ecclesiastic and politicianCharles Jean-Baptiste Fleuriau , 1723–1732, politicianJean Terrasson , 1732–1750, ecclesiastic and philosopherClaude de Thiard de Bissy , 1750–1810, soldierJoseph-Alphonse Esménard , 1810–1811, politicianJean Charles Dominique de Lacretelle , 1811–1855, historianJean-Baptiste Biot , 1856–1862, scientist and mathematicianLouis de Carné , 1863–1876, historian and politicianCharles Blanc , 1876–1882, art criticÉdouard Pailleron , 1882–1899, poet and playwrightPaul Hervieu , 1900–1915, novelist and playwrightFrançois, Vicomte de Curel , 1918–1928, playwrightCharles Le Goffic , 1930–1932, novelist and historianAbel Bonnard , 1932–1945, poet, novelist and politician; expelled for his collaboration with Vichy regime Jules Romains , 1946–1972, novelist, playwright and poetJean d'Ormesson , 1973–2017, novelistChantal Thomas , elected 2021, writer and historian
Seat 13
Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac , 1634–1638, grammarian and mathematicianFrançois de La Mothe Le Vayer , 1639–1672, critic, grammarian and philosopherJean Racine , 1672–1699, playwright, mathematician, physicist and doctorJean-Baptiste-Henri de Valincour , 1699–1730, historiographer and admiralJean-François Leriget de La Faye , 1730–1731, politicianProsper Jolyot de Crébillon , 1731–1762, playwrightClaude-Henri de Fusée de Voisenon , 1762–1775, ecclesiastic, playwright and poetJean de Dieu-Raymond de Cucé de Boisgelin , 1776–1804, ecclesiasticJean-Baptiste Dureau de la Malle , 1804–1807, translatorLouis-Benoît Picard , 1807–1828, comedian, poet, novelist and playwrightAntoine-Vincent Arnault , 1829–1834, poet, fabulist and playwright Eugène Scribe , 1834–1861, playwrightOctave Feuillet , 1862–1890, novelist and playwrightPierre Loti , 1891–1923, novelist and soldierPaul-Albert Besnard , 1924–1934, painter and engraverLouis Gillet , 1935–1943, historian of art and literaturePaul Claudel , 1946–1955, poet, playwright, novelist and diplomatWladimir d'Ormesson , 1956–1973, politician, chronicler and novelistMaurice Schumann , 1974–1998, politician, essayist, journalist, novelist and historianPierre Messmer , 1999–2007, soldier and politicianSimone Veil , 2008–2017, lawyer and politicianMaurizio Serra , elected 2020, writer and diplomat
Seat 14
François Maynard , 1634–1646, magistrate and poetPierre Corneille , 1647–1684, playwright and lawyerThomas Corneille , 1684–1709, playwrightAntoine Houdar de la Motte , 1710–1731, playwrightMichel-Celse-Roger de Bussy-Rabutin , 1732–1736, ecclesiasticÉtienne Lauréault de Foncemagne , 1736–1779, ecclesiasticMichel Paul Guy de Chabanon , 1779–1792, playwrightJacques-André Naigeon , 1803–1810, encyclopaedistNépomucène Lemercier , 1810–1840, poet and playwrightVictor Hugo , 1841–1885, poet, playwright and novelistLeconte de Lisle , 1886–1894, poet and playwrightHenry Houssaye , 1894–1911, historian and novelistHubert Lyautey , 1912–1934, soldierLouis Franchet d'Espèrey , 1934–1942, politician and soldierRobert d'Harcourt , 1946–1965, literary historian and essayistJean Mistler , 1966–1988, novelist, essayist, literary historian, music critic and politicianHélène Carrère d'Encausse , 1990–2023, historian
Seat 15
Guillaume Bautru , 1634–1665, politicianJacques Testu de Belval , 1665–1706, ecclesiastic and poetFrançois-Joseph de Beaupoil de Sainte-Aulaire , 1706–1742, soldier and poetJean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan , 1743–1771, physicist and mathematicianFrançois Arnaud , 1771–1784, ecclesiasticGui-Jean-Baptiste Target , 1785–1806, magistrateJean-Sifrein Maury , 1806-excluded by ordinance 1816, ecclesiastic and politician François-Xavier-Marc-Antoine de Montesquiou-Fézensac , 1816–1832, ecclesiastic and politicianAntoine Jay , 1832–1854, politicianUstazade Silvestre de Sacy , 1854–1879, literary criticEugène Marin Labiche , 1880–1888, playwright and novelistHenri Meilhac , 1888–1897, playwrightHenri Lavedan , 1898–1940, playwright and novelistErnest Seillière , 1946–1955, historian of literature and of philosophy, and essayistAndré Chamson , 1956–1983, novelist, essayist and historianFernand Braudel , 1984–1985, historian of civilisationsJacques Laurent , 1986–2000, novelist, essayist and journalistFrédéric Vitoux , elected 2001, writer and journalist
Seat 16
Jean Sirmond , 1634–1649, historiographerJean de Montereul , 1649–1651, ecclesiasticFrançois Tallemant l'Aîné , 1651–1693, ecclesiasticSimon de la Loubère , 1693–1729, diplomat and poetClaude Sallier , 1729–1761, ecclesiastic and philologistJean-Gilles du Coëtlosquet , 1761–1784, ecclesiasticAnne-Pierre, marquis de Montesquiou-Fézensac , 1784–1793, politicianAntoine-Vincent Arnault , 1803, excluded by ordinance 1816, re-elected in 1829 to seat 13 , poet, fabulist and playwrightArmand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu , 1816–1822, politicianBon-Joseph Dacier , 1822–1833, philologistPierre François Tissot , 1833–1854, poet and historianFélix Dupanloup , 1854–1878, ecclesiasticGaston Audiffret-Pasquier , 1878–1905, politicianAlexandre Ribot , 1906–1923, politician, lawyer, magistrate and juristHenri-Robert , 1923–1936, lawyer and historianCharles Maurras , 1938, not excluded, but seat "declared vacant" for Vichy collaboration in 1945, journalist, politician, essayist and poetAntoine de Lévis Mirepoix , 1953–1981, novelist, historian and essayistLéopold Sédar Senghor , 1983–2001, head of state (Senegal ), politician, poet and essayistValéry Giscard d'Estaing , 2003–2020, former president of FranceRaphaël Gaillard , elected 2024, psychiatrist and teacher
Seat 17
François de Cauvigny de Colomby , 1634–1649, poetFrançois Tristan l'Hermite , 1649–1655, playwright and poetHippolyte-Jules Pilet de La Mesnardière , 1655–1663, critic, poet and historianFrançois de Beauvilliers, 1st duc de Saint-Aignan , 1663–1687, soldierFrançois-Timoléon de Choisy , 1687–1724, ecclesiasticAntoine Portail , 1724–1736, politicianPierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée , 1736–1754, playwrightJean-Pierre de Bougainville , 1754–1763, historianJean-François Marmontel , 1763–1793, philosopher and essayistLouis-Marcelin de Fontanes , 1803–1821, politician, poet and journalistAbel-François Villemain , 1821–1870, politician and literary criticÉmile Littré , 1871–1881, philologist and philosopherLouis Pasteur , 1881–1895, chemistGaston Paris , 1896–1903, philologist and literary historianFrédéric Masson , 1903–1923, historianGeorges Lecomte , 1924–1958, novelist, essayist, art critic and historianJean Delay , 1959–1987, psychiatrist, essayist and novelistJacques Cousteau , 1988–1997, oceanographer, film-maker and essayistÉrik Orsenna , elected 1998, politician and novelist
Seat 18
Jean Baudoin , 1634–1650, translatorFrançois Charpentier , 1650–1702, novelistJean-François de Chamillart , 1702–1714, ecclesiasticClaude Louis Hector de Villars , 1714–1734, politician and soldierHonoré Armand de Villars , 1734–1770, politicianÉtienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne , 1770–1794, ecclesiastic, politician and philosopherJean-Gérard Lacuée, count of Cessac , 1803–1841, politicianAlexis de Tocqueville , 1841–1859, politicianJean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire , 1860–1861, ecclesiasticAlbert, 4th duc de Broglie , 1862–1901, politician, diplomat and historianCharles-Jean-Melchior de Vogüé , 1901–1916, archaeologist and historianFerdinand Foch , 1918–1929, soldierPhilippe Pétain , 1929–1945, soldier (expelled from the Academy after trial; in 1945-1952 the seat was vacant)André François-Poncet , 1952–1978, politician and diplomatEdgar Faure , 1978–1988, politician and historianMichel Serres , 1990–2019, philosopherMario Vargas Llosa , elected 2021, novelist and essayist
Seat 19
François de Porchères d'Arbaud , 1634–1640, poetOlivier Patru , 1640–1681, lawyerNicolas Potier de Novion , 1681–1693, magistratePhilippe Goibaud-Dubois , 1693–1694, translatorCharles Boileau , 1694–1704, ecclesiasticGaspard Abeille , 1704–1718, ecclesiasticNicolas-Hubert de Mongault , 1718–1746, ecclesiasticCharles Pinot Duclos , 1746–1772, grammarian and historianNicolas Beauzée , 1772–1789, grammarianJean-Jacques Barthélemy , 1789–1795, ecclesiasticJoseph Chénier , 1803–1811, poet and playwrightFrançois-René de Chateaubriand , 1811–1848, politician, poet and novelistPaul, 6th duc de Noailles , 1849–1885, historianÉdouard Hervé , 1886–1899, politicianPaul Deschanel , 1899–1922, politicianAuguste Jonnart , 1923–1927, politician, senior bureaucrat and diplomatMaurice Paléologue , 1928–1944, diplomat and historianCharles de Chambrun , 1946–1952, diplomatFernand Gregh , 1953–1960, poet, literary critic and historianRené Clair , 1960–1981, film director and novelistPierre Moinot , 1982–2007, senior bureaucrat and novelistJean-Loup Dabadie , 2008–2020, journalist, lyricist and screenwriterSylviane Agacinski , elected 2023, philosopher
Seat 20
Paul Hay du Chastelet , 1634–1636, lawyerNicolas Perrot d'Ablancourt , 1637–1664, translatorRoger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy , 1665–1693, novelistJean-Paul Bignon , 1693–1743, ecclesiasticArmand-Jérôme Bignon , 1743–1772, politicianLouis-Georges de Bréquigny , 1772–1795, historianPonce Denis Écouchard Lebrun , 1803–1807, poetFrançois Juste Marie Raynouard , 1807–1836, lawyer, poet and playwrightFrançois Mignet , 1836–1884, historianVictor Duruy , 1884–1894, politician and historianJules Lemaître , 1895–1914, playwright and criticHenry Bordeaux , 1919–1963, lawyer and novelistThierry Maulnier , 1964–1988, journalist and playwrightJosé Cabanis , 1990–2000, magistrate and novelistAngelo Rinaldi , elected 2001, writer
Seat 21
Marin le Roy de Gomberville , 1634–1674, novelistPierre Daniel Huet , 1674–1721, ecclesiasticJean Boivin le Cadet , 1721–1726, professorPaul-Hippolyte de Beauvilliers, duke of Saint-Aignan , 1726–1776, politicianCharles-Pierre Colardeau , 1776, poet and playwrightJean-François de La Harpe , 1776–1793, poet, playwright and criticPierre Louis de Lacretelle , 1803–1824, lawyerJoseph Droz , 1824–1850, philosopher and historianCharles Forbes René de Montalembert , 1851–1870, philosopherHenri d'Orleans, duke of Aumale , 1871–1897, soldier, politician and historianJean-Baptiste Claude Eugène Guillaume , 1898–1905, sculptorÉtienne Lamy , 1905–1919, essayist, politician and lawyerAndré Chevrillon , 1920–1957, essayist and literary historian and criticMarcel Achard , 1959–1974, playwright and journalistFélicien Marceau , 1975–2012, playwright, novelist and essayistAlain Finkielkraut , elected 2014, philosopher and essayist
Seat 22
Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant , 1634–1661, poetJacques Cassagne , 1662–1679, ecclesiastic and poetLouis de Verjus , 1679–1709, politicianJean-Antoine de Mesmes , 1710–1723, magistratePierre-Joseph Alary , 1723–1770, ecclesiasticGabriel-Henri Gaillard , 1771–1806, ecclesiastic, historian, grammarian and journalistLouis Philippe, comte de Ségur , 1806–1830, diplomat, historian, poet and playwrightJean-Pons-Guillaume Viennet , 1830–1868, politician, poet and playwrightJoseph d'Haussonville , 1869–1884, politician and diplomatLudovic Halévy , 1884–1908, playwright, librettist and novelistEugène Brieux , 1909–1932, playwrightFrançois Mauriac , 1933–1970, writer, essayist and literary criticJulien Green , 1971–1998, novelist and playwrightRené de Obaldia , 1999–2022, playwright and poet
Seat 23
Guillaume Colletet , 1634–1659, lawyer and playwrightGilles Boileau , 1659–1669, poetJean de Montigny , 1670–1671, ecclesiastic and poetCharles Perrault , 1671–1703, poetArmand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan , 1703–1749, ecclesiastic and politicianLouis-Gui de Guérapin de Vauréal , 1749–1760, ecclesiastic and politicianCharles Marie de La Condamine , 1760–1774, explorerJacques Delille , 1774–1813, ecclesiastic and poetFrançois-Nicolas-Vincent Campenon , 1813–1843, poetMarc Girardin , 1844–1873, politician and literary criticAlfred Mézières , 1874–1915, literary historian, politician and essayistRené Boylesve , 1918–1926, novelist and poetAbel Hermant , 1927–1945, novelist, essayist and journalistÉtienne Gilson , 1946–1978, philosopherHenri Gouhier , 1979–1994, philosopher and literary criticPierre Rosenberg , elected 1995, art historian and essayist
Seat 24
Jean de Silhon , 1634–1667, politicianJean-Baptiste Colbert , 1667–1683, politicianJean de La Fontaine , 1684–1695, poetJules de Clérambault , 1695–1714, ecclesiasticGuillaume Massieu , 1714–1722, ecclesiasticClaude-François-Alexandre Houtteville , 1722–1742, ecclesiasticPierre de Marivaux , 1742–1763, playwright and novelistClaude-François Lysarde de Radonvilliers , 1763–1789, ecclesiasticConstantin-François Chassebœuf , 1803–1820, philosopherClaude-Emmanuel de Pastoret , 1820–1840, politician, lawyer and poetLouis de Beaupoil de Saint-Aulaire , 1841–1854, politicianVictor de Broglie , 1855–1870, politicianProsper Duvergier de Hauranne , 1870–1881, politicianSully Prudhomme , 1881–1907, poet and essayistHenri Poincaré , 1908–1912, mathematician, astronomer, engineer and philosopherAlfred Capus , 1914–1922, playwright, journalist and essayistÉdouard Estaunié , 1923–1942, novelist and engineerLouis-Pasteur Vallery-Radot , 1944–1970, doctorÉtienne Wolff , 1971–1996, biologistJean-François Revel , 1997–2006, historian and essayistMax Gallo , 2007–2017, journalist and novelistFrançois Sureau , elected 2020, writer
Seat 25
Claude de L'Estoile , 1634–1652, playwright and poetArmand de Camboust, duc de Coislin , 1652–1702, soldierPierre de Camboust, duc de Coislin , 1702–1710, aristocratHenri Charles du Cambout de Coislin , 1710–1732, ecclesiasticJean-Baptiste Surian , 1733–1754, ecclesiasticJean Le Rond, dit d'Alembert , 1754–1783, philosopher and mathematicianMarie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier , 1783–1793, biographerJean-Étienne-Marie Portalis , 1803–1807, politician, philosopher and lawyerPierre Laujon , 1807–1811, poet and songwriterCharles-Guillaume Étienne , 1811–1816, poet and playwright, excluded by ordinance Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier , (2nd time), 1816–1817Jean-Louis Laya , 1817–1833, poet and playwrightCharles Nodier , 1833–1844, novelist, poet and grammarianProsper Mérimée , 1844–1870, novelistLouis de Loménie , 1871–1878, essayistHippolyte Taine , 1878–1893, essayist and historianAlbert Sorel , 1894–1906, historianMaurice Donnay , 1907–1945, playwrightMarcel Pagnol , 1946–1974, playwright, film-maker and novelistJean Bernard , 1976–2006, medical doctorDominique Fernandez , elected 2007, novelist and literary critic
Seat 26
Amable de Bourzeys , 1634–1672, ecclesiastic and scholarJean Gallois , 1672–1707, ecclesiasticEdme Mongin , 1707–1746, ecclesiasticJean Ignace de La Ville , 1746–1774, ecclesiastic and diplomatJean-Baptiste-Antoine Suard , 1774–1817, essayistJean-François Roger , 1817–1842, poet and playwrightHenri Patin , 1842–1876, professorMarie-Louis-Antoine-Gaston Boissier , 1876–1908, historian and philologistRené Doumic , 1909–1937, literary historian and critic, and essayistAndré Maurois , 1938–1967, novelist, essayist, literary historian and criticMarcel Arland , 1968–1986, novelist, essayist, literary historian and criticGeorges Duby , 1987–1996, historianJean-Marie Rouart , elected 1997, novelist and essayist
Seat 27
Abel Servien , 1634–1659, politicianJean-Jacques Renouard de Villayer , 1659–1691, politicianBernard le Bovier de Fontenelle , 1691–1757, playwright and philosopherAntoine-Louis Séguier , 1757–1792, lawyerJacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre , 1803–1814, essayistÉtienne Aignan , 1814–1824, journalist and playwrightAlexandre Soumet , 1824–1845, poet and playwrightLudovic Vitet , 1845–1873, archaeologistElme Marie Caro , 1874–1887, philosopherGabriel Paul Othenin de Cléron, comte d'Haussonville , 1888–1924, politician and lawyerAuguste-Armand de la Force , 1925–1961 historianJoseph Kessel , 1962–1979, journalist and novelistMichel Droit , 1980–2001, novelistPierre Nora , elected 2001, historian
Seat 28
Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac , 1634–1654, essayistPaul Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont , 1654–1670, ecclesiastic and historianFrançois de Harlay de Champvallon , 1671–1695, ecclesiasticAndré Dacier , 1695–1722, philologist and translatorGuillaume Dubois , 1722–1723, ecclesiastic and politicianCharles-Jean-François Hénault , 1723–1770, magistrateCharles Juste de Beauvau , 1771–1793, politician and soldierPhilippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai , 1803–1815, politician and lawyer; removed by ordinanceAntoine-François-Claude Ferrand , 1816–1825, magistrate, poet, historian and playwrightCasimir Delavigne , 1825–1843, poet and playwrightCharles Augustin Sainte-Beuve , 1844–1869, essayist and poetJules Janin , 1870–1874, novelist and criticJohn Lemoinne , 1875–1892, diplomat and journalistFerdinand Brunetière , 1893–1906, literary critic, historian of literature and essayistHenri Barboux , 1907–1910, lawyerHenry Roujon , 1911–1914, senior bureaucrat, essayist and novelistLouis Barthou , 1918–1934, politician, magistrate, historian and historian of literature; assassinatedClaude Farrère , 1935–1957, novelist, essayist and historianHenri Troyat , 1959–2007, novelist, historian of literature, historianJean-Christophe Rufin , elected 2008, physician and novelist
Seat 29
Pierre Bardin , 1634–1635, philosopher and mathematicianNicolas Bourbon , 1637–1644, ecclesiasticFrançois-Henri Salomon de Virelade , 1644–1670, lawyerPhilippe Quinault , 1670–1688, poet and playwrightFrançois de Callières , 1688–1717, philologistAndré-Hercule de Fleury , 1717–1743, ecclesiastic and politicianPaul d'Albert de Luynes , 1743–1788, ecclesiasticJean-Pierre Claris de Florian , 1788–1794, playwright, novelist and poetJean-François Cailhava de L'Estandoux , 1803–1813, playwright, poet and criticJoseph Michaud , 1813–1839, journalist and historianJean Pierre Flourens , 1840–1867, physiologistClaude Bernard , 1868–1878, doctorErnest Renan , 1878–1892, philosopherPaul-Armand Challemel-Lacour , 1893–1896, politician and diplomatGabriel Hanotaux , 1897–1944, politician, diplomat and historianAndré Siegfried , 1944–1959, historian and geographerHenry de Montherlant , 1960–1972, playwright, novelist and essayistClaude Lévi-Strauss , 1973–2009, anthropologistAmin Maalouf , elected 2011, novelist
Seat 30
Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan , 1634–1670, poetFrançois-Séraphin Régnier-Desmarais , 1670–1713, ecclesiastic and grammarianBernard de la Monnoye , 1713–1728, philologist and criticMichel Poncet de La Rivière , 1728–1730, ecclesiasticJacques Hardion . 1730–1766, historianAntoine Léonard Thomas , 1766–1785, poetJacques Antoine Hippolyte, Comte de Guibert , 1785–1790, playwrightJean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès , 1803- excluded by ordinance 1816, politician; died 1824Louis Gabriel Ambroise de Bonald , 1816–1840, philosopher and publicistJacques-François Ancelot , 1841–1854, poet, novelist and playwrightErnest Legouvé , 1855–1903, poet, novelist, playwright and essayistRené Bazin , 1903–1932, novelist and essayistThéodore Gosselin , 1932–1935, historian who wrote under the pen name of G. LenotreGeorges Duhamel , 1935–1966, doctor, essayist, novelist, poet and playwrightMaurice Druon , 1966–2009, politician and novelistDanièle Sallenave , elected 2011, novelist and journalist
Seat 31
Pierre de Boissat , 1634–1662, soldierAntoine Furetière , 1662–1685, poet, fabulist and novelist; excluded but not replaced, died in 1688Jean de La Chapelle , 1688–1723, poetPierre-Joseph Thoulier d'Olivet , 1723–1768, ecclesiastic and grammarianÉtienne Bonnot de Condillac , 1768–1780, ecclesiastic and philosopherLouis-Élisabeth de La Vergne de Tressan , 1780–1783, poet and physicistJean Sylvain Bailly , 1783–1793, mathematician; guillotinedEmmanuel Joseph Sieyès , 1803–1816, ecclesiastic, essayist and diplomat; excluded by ordinance, died 1836Gérard de Lally-Tollendal , 1816–1830, politicianJean-Baptiste Sanson de Pongerville , 1830–1870, poetXavier Marmier , 1870–1892, novelist and poetHenri de Bornier , 1893–1901, playwright and poetEdmond Rostand , 1901–1918, playwright and poetJoseph Bédier , 1920–1938, philologistJérôme Tharaud , 1938–1953, novelistJean Cocteau , 1955–1963, playwright, poet, choreographer, filmmaker and painterJacques Rueff , 1964–1978, economist and high bureaucratJean Dutourd , 1978–2011, novelistMichael Edwards , elected 2013, literary scholar
Seat 32
Claude Favre de Vaugelas , 1634–1650, grammarianGeorges de Scudéry , 1650–1667, novelist, playwright and poetPhilippe de Courcillon , 1667–1720, soldier, governor and diplomatArmand de Vignerot du Plessis , 1720–1788, soldier, libertine and politicianFrançois-Henri d'Harcourt , 1788–1802, soldierLucien Bonaparte , 1803–1816, politician. Excluded by ordinance.Louis-Simon Auger , 1816–1829, journalist and playwrightCharles-Guillaume Étienne , 1829–1845, poet and playwright Alfred de Vigny , 1845–1863, poetCamille Doucet , 1865–1895, poet and playwrightCharles Costa de Beauregard , 1896–1909, historian and politicianHippolyte Langlois , 1911–1912, soldierÉmile Boutroux , 1912–1921, philosopher and historian of philosophyPierre de Nolhac , 1922–1936, historian, art historian and poetGeorges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente , 1936–1959, ecclesiastic, historian and essayistHenri Massis , 1960–1970, essayist, literary critic and literary historianGeorges Izard , 1971–1973, politician, lawyer, journalist and essayistRobert Aron , 1974–1975, historian and essayistMaurice Rheims , 1976–2003, novelist and art historianAlain Robbe-Grillet , 2004–2008, novelist and filmmakerFrançois Weyergans , 2009–2019, novelist and filmmakerPascal Ory , elected 2021, historian
Seat 33
Vincent Voiture , 1634–1648, poetFrançois Eudes de Mézeray , 1648–1683, lawyerJean Barbier d'Aucour , 1683–1694, lawyerFrançois de Clermont-Tonnerre , 1694–1701, ecclesiasticNicolas de Malézieu , 1701–1727, tutor and poetJean Bouhier , 1727–1746, magistrate and archaeologistFrançois-Marie Arouet dit Voltaire , 1746–1778, playwright, historian, philosopher and poetJean-François Ducis , 1778–1816, poet and playwrightRaymond Desèze , 1816–1828, lawyerAmable Guillaume Prosper Brugière, baron de Barante , 1828–1866, politicianAuguste Joseph Alphonse Gratry , 1867–1872, ecclesiastic and philosopherRené Taillandier , 1873–1879, politicianMaxime Du Camp , 1880–1894, essayist and novelistPaul Bourget , 1894–1935, novelist, poet and playwrightEdmond Jaloux , 1936–1949, novelist, literary critic and literary historianJean-Louis Vaudoyer , 1950–1963, novelist, poet, essayist and art historianMarcel Brion , 1964–1984, novelist, art historian and essayistMichel Mohrt , 1985–2011, editor, essayist, novelist and literary historianDominique Bona , elected 2013, novelist
Seat 34
Honorat de Porchères Laugier , 1634–1653, poetPaul Pellisson , 1653–1693, historianFrançois de Salignac de La Mothe Fénelon , 1693–1715, ecclesiastic and essayistClaude Gros de Boze , 1715–1753, erudite and numismatistLouis de Bourbon Condé de Clermont , 1753–1771, ecclesiasticPierre-Laurent Buirette de Belloy , 1771–1775, playwright and actorEmmanuel-Félicité de Durfort de Duras , 1775–1789, politician and soldierDominique Joseph Garat , 1803–1816, politician, lawyer and philosopher. Excluded by ordinance, he refused readmission in 1829, died 1833Louis-François de Bausset , 1816–1824, ecclesiastic and politicianHyacinthe-Louis de Quélen , 1824–1839, ecclesiasticLouis-Mathieu Molé , 1840–1855, politicianFrédéric Alfred Pierre, comte de Falloux , 1856–1886, politician and historianOctave Gréard , 1886–1904, high bureaucrat, literary historian and literary criticÉmile Gebhart , 1904–1908, art historian, literary historian and literary criticRaymond Poincaré , 1909–1934, head of state, politician, lawyer and essayistJacques Bainville , 1935–1936, historian and journalistJoseph de Pesquidoux , 1936–1946, novelist and essayistMaurice Genevoix , 1946–1980, novelistJacques de Bourbon-Busset , 1981–2001, politician, essayist and novelistFrançois Cheng , elected 2002, poet, translator and novelist
Seat 35
Henri Louis Habert de Montmor , 1634–1679, hotel-keeperLouis de Lavau , 1679–1694, ecclesiasticFrançois Lefebvre de Caumartin , 1694–1733, ecclesiasticFrançois-Augustin de Paradis de Moncrif , 1733–1770, poet, musician and playwrightJean-Armand de Bessuéjouls Roquelaure , 1771–1818, ecclesiasticGeorges Cuvier , 1818–1832, palaeontologistAndré Marie Jean Jacques Dupin , 1832–1865, politician and lawyerAlfred-Auguste Cuvillier-Fleury , 1866–1887, historian and literary criticJules Arsène Arnaud Claretie , 1888–1913, novelist, playwright and criticJoseph Joffre , 1918–1931, politician and soldierMaxime Weygand , 1931–1965, soldierLouis Leprince-Ringuet , 1966–2000, physicist, telecommunications engineer, historian of science and essayistYves Pouliquen , 2001–2020, medical doctorAntoine Compagnon , elected 2022, academic
Seat 36
Marin Cureau de la Chambre , 1634–1669, medical doctor and philosopherPierre Cureau de La Chambre , 1670–1693, ecclesiasticJean de La Bruyère , 1693–1696, essayist and moralistClaude Fleury , 1696–1723, ecclesiasticJacques Adam , 1723–1735, philologistJoseph Séguy , 1736–1761, ecclesiasticLouis René Édouard, cardinal de Rohan , 1761–1793, ecclesiastic, politician, philosopher and poetJean Devaines , 1803, state bureaucratÉvariste de Parny , 1803–1814, poetVictor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy , 1815–1846, journalist, critic and playwrightAdolphe-Simonis Empis , 1847–1868, poet and playwrightHenri Auguste Barbier , 1869–1882, poetAdolphe Perraud , 1882–1906, ecclesiasticFrançois-Désiré Mathieu , 1906–1908, ecclesiastic and historianLouis Duchesne , 1910–1922, ecclesiastic, historian and philologistHenri Brémond , 1923–1933, ecclesiastic, literary historian and literary criticAndré Bellessort , 1935–1942, essayist, literary critic, historian and historian of literatureRené Grousset , 1946–1952, art historianPierre Gaxotte , 1953–1982, historian and journalistJacques Soustelle , 1983–1990, Americanist, ethnologist, politician and essayistJean-François Deniau , 1990–2007, politician, essayist and novelistPhilippe Beaussant , 2007–2016, musicologist and novelistBarbara Cassin , elected 2018, philologist and philosopher
Seat 37
Daniel Hay du Chastelet de Chambon , 1635–1671, ecclesiastic and mathematicianJacques-Bénigne Bossuet , 1671–1704, ecclesiastic and historianMelchior de Polignac , 1704–1741, ecclesiastic, politician, philologist and poetOdet-Joseph Giry , 1741–1761, ecclesiasticCharles Batteux , 1761–1780, ecclesiasticAntoine-Marin Lemierre , 1780–1793, poet and playwrightFélix-Julien-Jean Bigot de Préameneu , 1803–1825, politician and lawyerMathieu de Montmorency , 1825–1826, politician and diplomatAlexandre Guiraud , 1826–1847, playwright, poet and novelistJean-Jacques Ampère , 1847–1864, historian of literatureLucien-Anatole Prévost-Paradol , 1865–1870, literary criticCamille Rousset , 1871–1892, historianPaul Thureau-Dangin , 1893–1913, historianPierre de La Gorce , 1914–1934, historian, magistrate and lawyerMaurice, 6th duc de Broglie , 1934–1960, sailor and physicistEugène Tisserant , 1961–1972, ecclesiastic and philologistJean Daniélou , 1972–1974, ecclesiastic, theologian, historian and essayistAmbroise-Marie Carré , 1975–2004, ecclesiasticRené Girard , 2005–2015, philosopher, literary criticMichel Zink , elected 2017, medievalist, philologist and novelist
Seat 38
Auger de Moléon de Granier , 1635–1636, possibly an ecclesiastic; expelled for theft; died 1650Balthazar Baro , 1636–1650, playwright and poetJean Doujat , 1650–1688, lawyerEusèbe Renaudot , 1688–1720, ecclesiasticHenri-Emmanuel de Roquette , 1720–1725, ecclesiasticPierre de Pardaillan de Gondrin , 1725–1733, ecclesiasticNicolas-François Dupré de Saint-Maur , 1733–1774, economist and statisticianGuillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes , 1775–1794, politician and magistrate; guillotinedFrançois Andrieux , 1803–1833, lawyer, poet and playwrightAdolphe Thiers , 1833–1877, politician and historianHenri Martin , 1878–1883, historianFerdinand de Lesseps , 1884–1894, diplomatAnatole France , 1896–1924, novelist and poetPaul Valéry , 1925–1945, poet, literary critic and essayistHenri Mondor , 1946–1962, surgeon, physician, historian of literature and of scienceLouis Armand , 1963–1971, mining engineer, bureaucrat and economistJean-Jacques Gautier , 1972–1986, drama critic, novelist, journalist and essayistJean-Louis Curtis , 1986–1995, novelist and essayistFrançois Jacob , 1996–2013, biologistMarc Lambron , elected 2014, literary critic and writer
Seat 39
Louis Giry , 1636–1665, lawyerClaude Boyer , 1666–1698, ecclesiastic, playwright and poetCharles-Claude Genest , 1698–1719, ecclesiasticJean-Baptiste Dubos , 1720–1742, ecclesiastic and historianJean-François Du Bellay du Resnel , 1742–1761, ecclesiasticBernard-Joseph Saurin , 1761–1781, lawyer and poetJean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet , 1782–1794, philosopher and mathematicianGabriel Villar , 1803–1826, ecclesiasticCharles-Marie de Féletz , 1826–1850, ecclesiasticDésiré Nisard , 1850–1888, essayistEugène-Melchior de Vogüé , 1888–1910, essayist, historian, literary critic and diplomatHenri de Régnier , 1911–1936, poet, novelist and essayistJacques de Lacretelle , 1936–1985, novelistBertrand Poirot-Delpech , 1986–2006, journalist, essayist and novelistJean Clair , elected 2008, essayist and art historian
Seat 40
Daniel de Priézac , 1639–1662, law professorMichel Le Clerc , 1662–1691, lawyerJacques de Tourreil , 1692–1714, translatorJean-Roland Malet , 1714–1736, economist and royal valet de chambre Jean-François Boyer , 1736–1755, ecclesiasticNicolas Thyrel de Boismont , 1755–1786, ecclesiasticClaude-Carloman de Rulhière , 1787–1791, diplomat, poet and historianPierre Jean George Cabanis , 1803–1808, medical doctor and physiologistAntoine Destutt de Tracy , 1808–1836, philosopherFrançois Guizot , 1836–1874, politician and historianJean-Baptiste Dumas , 1875–1884, politician and chemistJoseph Louis François Bertrand , 1884–1900, mathematician, historian of scienceMarcellin Berthelot , 1900–1907, politician, chemist, essayist, historian of scienceFrancis Charmes , 1908–1916, diplomat and journalistJules Cambon , 1918–1935, diplomat, lawyer, senior civil servantMarie-Jean-Lucien Lacaze , 1936–1955, admiralJacques Chastenet , 1956–1978, journalist, historian and diplomatGeorges Dumézil , 1978–1986, philologist and historian of civilisationsPierre-Jean Rémy , 1988–2010, diplomat, novelist and essayistXavier Darcos , elected 2013, politician, scholar and civil servant
Notes
^ Although Roederer lived until 1835, he was deprived of all offices and dignities on the restoration of the Bourbons to power.
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