The Corneille brothers, Pierre and Thomas, born in Rouen, were great figures of French classical literature.
Med pomembnimi pisatelji v francoščini so še Jean Marot, Remy Belleau, Guy de Maupassant, Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, Gustave Flaubert, Octave Mirbeau in Remy de Gourmont in Alexis de Tocqueville.