List of members of the Académie française

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 magistrate
Claude Bazin de Bezons, 1643–1684, lawyer
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, 1684–1711, poet
Jean d'Estrées, 1711–1718, ecclesiastic and politician
Marc-René d'Argenson, 1718–1721, politician
Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy, 1721–1753, ecclesiastic
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, 1753–1788, essayist
Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, 1788–1794, medical doctor
François-Urbain Domergue, 1803–1810, grammarian
Ange-François Fariau, 1810, poet and translator
François-Auguste Parseval-Grandmaison, 1811–1834, poet
Narcisse-Achille de Salvandy, 1835–1856, politician and historian
Émile Augier, 1857–1889, poet and playwright
Charles de Freycinet, 1890–1923, politician and physicist
Charles Émile Picard, 1924–1941, mathematician
Louis de Broglie, 1944–1987, physicist and mathematician
Michel Debré, 1988–1996, politician
François Furet, 1997, historian
René Rémond, 1998–2007, historian
Claude Dagens, elected 2008, ecclesiastic
Seat 2
Valentin Conrart, 1634–1675, poet and grammarian
Toussaint Rose, 1675–1701, orator
Louis de Sacy, 1701–1727, lawyer
Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu, 1728–1755, magistrate and philosopher
Jean-Baptiste Vivien de Châteaubrun, 1755–1775, poet and playwright
François-Jean de Chastellux, 1775–1788, military officer
Aimar-Charles-Marie de Nicolaï, 1788–1794, magistrate
François de Neufchâteau, 1803–1828, politician and philologist
Pierre-Antoine Lebrun, 1828–1873, politician and poet
Alexandre Dumas, fils, 1874–1895, playwright and novelist
André Theuriet, 1896–1907, novelist and poet
Jean Richepin, 1908–1926, poet and novelist
Émile Mâle, 1927–1954, art historian
François Albert-Buisson, 1955–1961, magistrate and politician
Marc Boegner, 1962–1970, ecclesiastic and theologian
René de La Croix de Castries, 1972–1986, historian
André Frossard, 1987–1995, essayist and journalist
Hector Bianciotti, 1996–2012, novelist
Dany Laferrière, elected 2013, writer
Seat 3
Jacques de Serisay, 1634–1653, poet
Paul-Philippe de Chaumont, 1654–1697, ecclesiastic
Louis Cousin, 1697–1707, historian and journalist
Jacques-Louis de Valon, marquis de Mimeure, 1707–1719, poet and translator
Nicolas Gédoyn, 1719–1744, ecclesiastic
François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, 1744–1794, ecclesiastic
Roch-Ambroise Cucurron Sicard, 1803–1822, ecclesiastic and grammarian
Denis-Luc Frayssinous, 1822–1841, ecclesiastic
Étienne-Denis Pasquier, 1842–1862, politician
Jules Armand Dufaure, 1863–1881, politician and lawyer
Victor Cherbuliez, 1881–1899, novelist and playwright
Émile Faguet, 1900–1916, literary critic and historian
Georges Clemenceau, 1918–1929, politician and doctor
André Chaumeix, 1930–1955, journalist and critic
Jérôme Carcopino, 1955–1970, historian and archaeologist
Roger Caillois, 1971–1978, essayist and sociologist
Marguerite Yourcenar, 1980–1987, novelist and essayist
Jean-Denis Bredin, 1989–2021, magistrate and essayist
Seat 4
Jean Desmarets, 1634–1676, poet and novelist
Jean-Jacques de Mesmes, 1676–1688, magistrate
Jean Testu de Mauroy, 1688–1706, ecclesiastic
Camille le Tellier de Louvois, 1706–1718, ecclesiastic
Jean Baptiste Massillon, 1718–1742, ecclesiastic
Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, 1742–1798, politician and poet
Gabriel-Marie Legouvé, 1803–1812, poet
Alexandre-Vincent Pineux Duval, 1812–1842, poet and playwright
Pierre-Simon Ballanche, 1842–1847, philosopher
Jean Vatout, 1848, poet
Alexis Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest, 1849–1851, politician and historian
Antoine Pierre Berryer, 1852–1868, lawyer
François-Joseph de Champagny, 1869–1882, historian
Charles de Mazade, 1882–1893, poet and critic
José-Maria de Heredia, 1894–1905, poet
Maurice Barrès, 1906–1923, novelist and politician
Louis Bertrand, 1925–1941, novelist and historian
Jean Tharaud, 1946–1952, novelist
Alphonse Juin, 1952–1967, soldier
Pierre Emmanuel, 1968–1984, poet
Jean Hamburger, 1985–1992, doctor and essayist
Albert Decourtray, 1993–1994, ecclesiastic
Jean-Marie Lustiger, 1995–2007, ecclesiastic
Jean-Luc Marion, elected 2008, philosopher and academic
Seat 5
Jean Ogier de Gombauld, 1634–1666, poet and playwright
Paul Tallement le Jeune, 1666–1712, ecclesiastic
Antoine Danchet, 1712–1748, playwright and poet
Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, 1748–1777, playwright
Claude-François-Xavier Millot, 1777–1785, ecclesiastic
André Morellet, 1785–1819, ecclesiastic
Pierre-Édouard Lémontey, 1819–1826, politician and lawyer
Joseph Fourier, 1826–1830, mathematician and physicist
Victor Cousin, 1830–1867, politician and philosopher
Jules Favre, 1867–1880, politician and lawyer
Edmond Rousse, 1880–1906, lawyer
Pierre de Ségur, 1907–1916, historian
Robert de Flers, 1920–1927, playwright and journalist
Louis Madelin, 1927–1956, historian
Robert Kemp, 1956–1959, literary and dramatic critic
René Huyghe, 1960–1997, art historian and essayist
Georges Vedel, 1998–2002, magistrate
Assia Djebar, 2005–2015, author
Andreï Makine, elected 2016, author
Seat 6
François le Métel de Boisrobert, 1634–1662, ecclesiastic and poet
Jean Regnault de Segrais, 1662–1701, poet and novelist
Jean Galbert de Campistron, 1701–1723, playwright
Philippe Néricault Destouches, 1723–1754, playwright and diplomat
Louis de Boissy, 1754–1758, poet
Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye, 1758–1781, archaeologist
Sébastien-Roch-Nicolas (Chamfort), 1781–1794, playwright and publisher
Pierre Louis Roederer, 1803–1815, politician and lawyer
Pierre Marc Gaston de Lévis, Duke of Lévis, 1816–1830, politician
Philippe Paul, comte de Ségur, 1830–1873, diplomat and historian
Charles de Viel-Castel, 1873–1887, diplomat
Edmond Jurien de La Gravière, 1888–1892, admiral
Ernest Lavisse, 1892–1922, historian
Georges de Porto-Riche, 1923–1930, playwright and poet
Pierre Benoît, 1931–1962, novelist
Jean Paulhan, 1963–1968, literary and art critic
Eugène Ionesco, 1970–1994, playwright
Marc Fumaroli, 1995–2020, historian and essayist
Seat 7
Jean Chapelain, 1634–1674, royal advisor
Isaac de Benserade, 1674–1691, poet and playwright
Étienne Pavillon, 1691–1705, lawyer and poet
Fabio Brulart de Sillery, 1705–1714, ecclesiastic and poet
Henri-Jacques Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force, 1715–1726, economist
Jean-Baptiste de Mirabaud, 1726–1760, translator
Claude-Henri Watelet, 1760–1786, painter
Michel-Jean Sedaine, 1786–1793, poet and playwright
Jean-François Collin d'Harleville, 1803–1806, playwright and poet
Pierre Daru, 1806–1829, politician and historian
Alphonse de Lamartine, 1829–1869, politician and poet
Émile Ollivier, 1870–1913, politician and lawyer
Henri Bergson, 1914–1941, philosopher
Édouard Le Roy, 1945–1954, philosopher and mathematician
Henri Petiot (Daniel-Rops), 1955–1965, poet and novelist
Pierre-Henri Simon, 1966–1972, literary historian and novelist
André Roussin, 1973–1987, playwright
Jacqueline de Romilly, 1988–2010, philologist and essayist
Jules Hoffmann, elected 2012, biologist
Seat 8
Claude de Malleville, 1634–1647, poet
Jean Ballesdens, 1648–1675, lawyer
Géraud de Cordemoy, 1675–1684, philosopher and historian
Jean-Louis Bergeret, 1684–1694, lawyer
Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, 1694–1743, ecclesiastic
Pierre Louis Maupertuis, 1743–1759, astronomer
Jean-Jacques Lefranc, Marquis de Pompignan, 1759–1784, magistrate and economist
Jean-Sifrein Maury, 1784–1793, ecclesiastic and politician
Michel-Louis-Étienne Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély, 1803–1814, politician and lawyer
Pierre-Simon Laplace, 1816–1827, politician and mathematician
Pierre Paul Royer-Collard, 1827–1845, politician
Charles de Rémusat, 1846–1875, politician and philosopher
Jules Simon, 1875–1896, politician and philosopher
Adrien Albert Marie de Mun, 1897–1914, politician and soldier
Alfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart, 1918–1942, ecclesiastic and historian
Octave Aubry, 1946–1946, historian and bureaucrat
Édouard Herriot, 1946–1957, politician and literary historian
Jean Rostand, 1959–1977, biologist and philosopher
Michel Déon, 1978–2016, novelist
Daniel Rondeau, elected 2019, writer and diplomat
Seat 9
Nicolas Faret, 1634–1646, poet
Pierre du Ryer, 1646–1658, playwright
César d'Estrées, 1658–1714, ecclesiastic and politician
Victor-Marie d'Estrées, 1715–1737, politician and soldier
Charles Armand René de La Trémoille, 1738–1741, aristocrat
Armand de Rohan-Soubise, 1741–1756, ecclesiastic
Antoine de Montazet, 1756–1788, ecclesiastic
Stanislas de Boufflers, 1788–1815, poet
Pierre-Marie-François Baour-Lormian, 1815–1854, poet and playwright
François Ponsard, 1855–1867, playwright
Joseph Autran, 1868–1877, poet
Victorien Sardou, 1877–1908, playwright
Marcel Prévost, 1909–1941, novelist
Émile Henriot, 1945–1961, novelist and literary critic
Jean Guéhenno, 1962–1978, essayist
Alain Decaux, 1979–2016, historian
Patrick Grainville, elected 2018, novelist
Seat 10
Antoine Godeau, 1634–1672, ecclesiastic and poet
Esprit Fléchier, 1672–1710, ecclesiastic
Henri de Nesmond, 1710–1727, ecclesiastic
Jean-Jacques Amelot de Chaillou, 1727–1749, politician
Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, 1749–1761, politician and soldier
Nicolas-Charles-Joseph Trublet, 1761–1770, ecclesiastic
Jean François de Saint-Lambert, 1770–1793, poet and philosopher
Hugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano, 1803–1815, politician and diplomat
Joseph Lainé, 1816–1835, politician and magistrate
Emmanuel Dupaty, 1836–1851, poet and playwright
Alfred de Musset, 1852–1857, playwright and poet
Victor de Laprade, 1858–1883, poet
François Coppée, 1884–1908, poet and novelist
Jean Aicard, 1909–1921, poet and novelist
Camille Jullian, 1924–1933, historian and philologist
Léon Bérard, 1934–1960, politician and lawyer
Jean Guitton, 1961–1999, theologian and philosopher
Florence Delay, elected 2000, novelist and playwright
Seat 11
Philippe Habert, 1634–1638, poet
Jacques Esprit, 1639–1678, politician
Jacques-Nicolas Colbert, 1678–1707, ecclesiastic
Claude-François Fraguier, 1707–1728, ecclesiastic
Charles d'Orléans de Rothelin, 1728–1744, ecclesiastic
Gabriel Girard, 1744–1748, ecclesiastic
Marc-Antoine-René de Voyer d'Argenson de Paulmy, 1748–1787, politician
Henri-Cardin-Jean-Baptiste d'Aguesseau, 1787–1826, politician
Charles Brifaut, 1826–1857, poet and playwright
Jules Sandeau, 1858–1883, novelist and playwright
Edmond François Valentin About, 1884–1885, novelist and playwright
Léon Say, 1886–1896, politician and economist
Albert Vandal, 1896–1910, historian
Denys Cochin, 1911–1922, politician
Georges Goyau, 1922–1939, historian
Paul Hazard, 1940–1944, historian and philosopher
Maurice Garçon, 1946–1967, lawyer, novelist and historian
Paul Morand, 1968–1976, diplomat, novelist, playwright and poet
Alain Peyrefitte, 1977–1999, scholar and politician
Gabriel de Broglie, elected 2001, historian
Seat 12
Germain Habert, 1634–1654, ecclesiastic
Charles Cotin, 1655–1681, ecclesiastic
Louis de Courcillon, 1682–1723, ecclesiastic and politician
Charles Jean-Baptiste Fleuriau, 1723–1732, politician
Jean Terrasson, 1732–1750, ecclesiastic and philosopher
Claude de Thiard de Bissy, 1750–1810, soldier
Joseph-Alphonse Esménard, 1810–1811, politician
Jean Charles Dominique de Lacretelle, 1811–1855, historian
Jean-Baptiste Biot, 1856–1862, scientist and mathematician
Louis de Carné, 1863–1876, historian and politician
Charles Blanc, 1876–1882, art critic
Édouard Pailleron, 1882–1899, poet and playwright
Paul Hervieu, 1900–1915, novelist and playwright
François, Vicomte de Curel, 1918–1928, playwright
Charles Le Goffic, 1930–1932, novelist and historian
Abel Bonnard, 1932–1945, poet, novelist and politician; expelled for his collaboration with Vichy regime
Jules Romains, 1946–1972, novelist, playwright and poet
Jean d'Ormesson, 1973–2017, novelist
Chantal Thomas, elected 2021, writer and historian
Seat 13
Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, 1634–1638, grammarian and mathematician
François de La Mothe Le Vayer, 1639–1672, critic, grammarian and philosopher
Jean Racine, 1672–1699, playwright, mathematician, physicist and doctor
Jean-Baptiste-Henri de Valincour, 1699–1730, historiographer and admiral
Jean-François Leriget de La Faye, 1730–1731, politician
Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, 1731–1762, playwright
Claude-Henri de Fusée de Voisenon, 1762–1775, ecclesiastic, playwright and poet
Jean de Dieu-Raymond de Cucé de Boisgelin, 1776–1804, ecclesiastic
Jean-Baptiste Dureau de la Malle, 1804–1807, translator
Louis-Benoît Picard, 1807–1828, comedian, poet, novelist and playwright
Antoine-Vincent Arnault, 1829–1834, poet, fabulist and playwright
Eugène Scribe, 1834–1861, playwright
Octave Feuillet, 1862–1890, novelist and playwright
Pierre Loti, 1891–1923, novelist and soldier
Paul-Albert Besnard, 1924–1934, painter and engraver
Louis Gillet, 1935–1943, historian of art and literature
Paul Claudel, 1946–1955, poet, playwright, novelist and diplomat
Wladimir d'Ormesson, 1956–1973, politician, chronicler and novelist
Maurice Schumann, 1974–1998, politician, essayist, journalist, novelist and historian
Pierre Messmer, 1999–2007, soldier and politician
Simone Veil, 2008–2017, lawyer and politician
Maurizio Serra, elected 2020, writer and diplomat
Seat 14
François Maynard, 1634–1646, magistrate and poet
Pierre Corneille, 1647–1684, playwright and lawyer
Thomas Corneille, 1684–1709, playwright
Antoine Houdar de la Motte, 1710–1731, playwright
Michel-Celse-Roger de Bussy-Rabutin, 1732–1736, ecclesiastic
Étienne Lauréault de Foncemagne, 1736–1779, ecclesiastic
Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon, 1779–1792, playwright
Jacques-André Naigeon, 1803–1810, encyclopaedist
Népomucène Lemercier, 1810–1840, poet and playwright
Victor Hugo, 1841–1885, poet, playwright and novelist
Leconte de Lisle, 1886–1894, poet and playwright
Henry Houssaye, 1894–1911, historian and novelist
Hubert Lyautey, 1912–1934, soldier
Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, 1934–1942, politician and soldier
Robert d'Harcourt, 1946–1965, literary historian and essayist
Jean Mistler, 1966–1988, novelist, essayist, literary historian, music critic and politician
Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, 1990–2023, historian
Seat 15
Guillaume Bautru, 1634–1665, politician
Jacques Testu de Belval, 1665–1706, ecclesiastic and poet
François-Joseph de Beaupoil de Sainte-Aulaire, 1706–1742, soldier and poet
Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, 1743–1771, physicist and mathematician
François Arnaud, 1771–1784, ecclesiastic
Gui-Jean-Baptiste Target, 1785–1806, magistrate
Jean-Sifrein Maury, 1806-excluded by ordinance 1816, ecclesiastic and politician
François-Xavier-Marc-Antoine de Montesquiou-Fézensac, 1816–1832, ecclesiastic and politician
Antoine Jay, 1832–1854, politician
Ustazade Silvestre de Sacy, 1854–1879, literary critic
Eugène Marin Labiche, 1880–1888, playwright and novelist
Henri Meilhac, 1888–1897, playwright
Henri Lavedan, 1898–1940, playwright and novelist
Ernest Seillière, 1946–1955, historian of literature and of philosophy, and essayist
André Chamson, 1956–1983, novelist, essayist and historian
Fernand Braudel, 1984–1985, historian of civilisations
Jacques Laurent, 1986–2000, novelist, essayist and journalist
Frédéric Vitoux, elected 2001, writer and journalist
Seat 16
Jean Sirmond, 1634–1649, historiographer
Jean de Montereul, 1649–1651, ecclesiastic
François Tallemant l'Aîné, 1651–1693, ecclesiastic
Simon de la Loubère, 1693–1729, diplomat and poet
Claude Sallier, 1729–1761, ecclesiastic and philologist
Jean-Gilles du Coëtlosquet, 1761–1784, ecclesiastic
Anne-Pierre, marquis de Montesquiou-Fézensac, 1784–1793, politician
Antoine-Vincent Arnault, 1803, excluded by ordinance 1816, re-elected in 1829 to seat 13, poet, fabulist and playwright
Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, 1816–1822, politician
Bon-Joseph Dacier, 1822–1833, philologist
Pierre François Tissot, 1833–1854, poet and historian
Félix Dupanloup, 1854–1878, ecclesiastic
Gaston Audiffret-Pasquier, 1878–1905, politician
Alexandre Ribot, 1906–1923, politician, lawyer, magistrate and jurist
Henri-Robert, 1923–1936, lawyer and historian
Charles Maurras, 1938, not excluded, but seat "declared vacant" for Vichy collaboration in 1945, journalist, politician, essayist and poet
Antoine de Lévis Mirepoix, 1953–1981, novelist, historian and essayist
Léopold Sédar Senghor, 1983–2001, head of state (Senegal), politician, poet and essayist
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, 2003–2020, former president of France
Seat 17
François de Cauvigny de Colomby, 1634–1649, poet
François Tristan l'Hermite, 1649–1655, playwright and poet
Hippolyte-Jules Pilet de La Mesnardière, 1655–1663, critic, poet and historian
François de Beauvilliers, 1st duc de Saint-Aignan, 1663–1687, soldier
François-Timoléon de Choisy, 1687–1724, ecclesiastic
Antoine Portail, 1724–1736, politician
Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, 1736–1754, playwright
Jean-Pierre de Bougainville, 1754–1763, historian
Jean-François Marmontel, 1763–1793, philosopher and essayist
Louis-Marcelin de Fontanes, 1803–1821, politician, poet and journalist
Abel-François Villemain, 1821–1870, politician and literary critic
Émile Littré, 1871–1881, philologist and philosopher
Louis Pasteur, 1881–1895, chemist
Gaston Paris, 1896–1903, philologist and literary historian
Frédéric Masson, 1903–1923, historian
Georges Lecomte, 1924–1958, novelist, essayist, art critic and historian
Jean Delay, 1959–1987, psychiatrist, essayist and novelist
Jacques Cousteau, 1988–1997, oceanographer, film-maker and essayist
Érik Orsenna, elected 1998, politician and novelist
Seat 18
Jean Baudoin, 1634–1650, translator
François Charpentier, 1650–1702, novelist
Jean-François de Chamillart, 1702–1714, ecclesiastic
Claude Louis Hector de Villars, 1714–1734, politician and soldier
Honoré Armand de Villars, 1734–1770, politician
Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne, 1770–1794, ecclesiastic, politician and philosopher
Jean-Gérard Lacuée, count of Cessac, 1803–1841, politician
Alexis de Tocqueville, 1841–1859, politician
Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, 1860–1861, ecclesiastic
Albert, 4th duc de Broglie, 1862–1901, politician, diplomat and historian
Charles-Jean-Melchior de Vogüé, 1901–1916, archaeologist and historian
Ferdinand Foch, 1918–1929, soldier
Philippe Pétain, 1929–1945, soldier (expelled from the Academy after trial; in 1945-1952 the seat was vacant)
André François-Poncet, 1952–1978, politician and diplomat
Edgar Faure, 1978–1988, politician and historian
Michel Serres, 1990–2019, philosopher
Mario Vargas Llosa, elected 2021, novelist and essayist
Seat 19
François de Porchères d'Arbaud, 1634–1640, poet
Olivier Patru, 1640–1681, lawyer
Nicolas Potier de Novion, 1681–1693, magistrate
Philippe Goibaud-Dubois, 1693–1694, translator
Charles Boileau, 1694–1704, ecclesiastic
Gaspard Abeille, 1704–1718, ecclesiastic
Nicolas-Hubert de Mongault, 1718–1746, ecclesiastic
Charles Pinot Duclos, 1746–1772, grammarian and historian
Nicolas Beauzée, 1772–1789, grammarian
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, 1789–1795, ecclesiastic
Joseph Chénier, 1803–1811, poet and playwright
François-René de Chateaubriand, 1811–1848, politician, poet and novelist
Paul, 6th duc de Noailles, 1849–1885, historian
Édouard Hervé, 1886–1899, politician
Paul Deschanel, 1899–1922, politician
Auguste Jonnart, 1923–1927, politician, senior bureaucrat and diplomat
Maurice Paléologue, 1928–1944, diplomat and historian
Charles de Chambrun, 1946–1952, diplomat
Fernand Gregh, 1953–1960, poet, literary critic and historian
René Clair, 1960–1981, film director and novelist
Pierre Moinot, 1982–2007, senior bureaucrat and novelist
Jean-Loup Dabadie, 2008–2020, journalist, lyricist and screenwriter
Sylviane Agacinski, elected 2023, philosopher
Seat 20
Paul Hay du Chastelet, 1634–1636, lawyer
Nicolas Perrot d'Ablancourt, 1637–1664, translator
Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, 1665–1693, novelist
Jean-Paul Bignon, 1693–1743, ecclesiastic
Armand-Jérôme Bignon, 1743–1772, politician
Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, 1772–1795, historian
Ponce Denis Écouchard Lebrun, 1803–1807, poet
François Juste Marie Raynouard, 1807–1836, lawyer, poet and playwright
François Mignet, 1836–1884, historian
Victor Duruy, 1884–1894, politician and historian
Jules Lemaître, 1895–1914, playwright and critic
Henry Bordeaux, 1919–1963, lawyer and novelist
Thierry Maulnier, 1964–1988, journalist and playwright
José Cabanis, 1990–2000, magistrate and novelist
Angelo Rinaldi, elected 2001, writer
Seat 21
Marin le Roy de Gomberville, 1634–1674, novelist
Pierre Daniel Huet, 1674–1721, ecclesiastic
Jean Boivin le Cadet, 1721–1726, professor
Paul-Hippolyte de Beauvilliers, duke of Saint-Aignan, 1726–1776, politician
Charles-Pierre Colardeau, 1776, poet and playwright
Jean-François de La Harpe, 1776–1793, poet, playwright and critic
Pierre Louis de Lacretelle, 1803–1824, lawyer
Joseph Droz, 1824–1850, philosopher and historian
Charles Forbes René de Montalembert, 1851–1870, philosopher
Henri d'Orleans, duke of Aumale, 1871–1897, soldier, politician and historian
Jean-Baptiste Claude Eugène Guillaume, 1898–1905, sculptor
Étienne Lamy, 1905–1919, essayist, politician and lawyer
André Chevrillon, 1920–1957, essayist and literary historian and critic
Marcel Achard, 1959–1974, playwright and journalist
Félicien Marceau, 1975–2012, playwright, novelist and essayist
Alain Finkielkraut, elected 2014, philosopher and essayist
Seat 22
Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant, 1634–1661, poet
Jacques Cassagne, 1662–1679, ecclesiastic and poet
Louis de Verjus, 1679–1709, politician
Jean-Antoine de Mesmes, 1710–1723, magistrate
Pierre-Joseph Alary, 1723–1770, ecclesiastic
Gabriel-Henri Gaillard, 1771–1806, ecclesiastic, historian, grammarian and journalist
Louis Philippe, comte de Ségur, 1806–1830, diplomat, historian, poet and playwright
Jean-Pons-Guillaume Viennet, 1830–1868, politician, poet and playwright
Joseph d'Haussonville, 1869–1884, politician and diplomat
Ludovic Halévy, 1884–1908, playwright, librettist and novelist
Eugène Brieux, 1909–1932, playwright
François Mauriac, 1933–1970, writer, essayist and literary critic
Julien Green, 1971–1998, novelist and playwright
René de Obaldia, 1999–2022, playwright and poet
Seat 23
Guillaume Colletet, 1634–1659, lawyer and playwright
Gilles Boileau, 1659–1669, poet
Jean de Montigny, 1670–1671, ecclesiastic and poet
Charles Perrault, 1671–1703, poet
Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan, 1703–1749, ecclesiastic and politician
Louis-Gui de Guérapin de Vauréal, 1749–1760, ecclesiastic and politician
Charles Marie de La Condamine, 1760–1774, explorer
Jacques Delille, 1774–1813, ecclesiastic and poet
François-Nicolas-Vincent Campenon, 1813–1843, poet
Marc Girardin, 1844–1873, politician and literary critic
Alfred Mézières, 1874–1915, literary historian, politician and essayist
René Boylesve, 1918–1926, novelist and poet
Abel Hermant, 1927–1945, novelist, essayist and journalist
Étienne Gilson, 1946–1978, philosopher
Henri Gouhier, 1979–1994, philosopher and literary critic
Pierre Rosenberg, elected 1995, art historian and essayist
Seat 24
Jean de Silhon, 1634–1667, politician
Jean-Baptiste Colbert, 1667–1683, politician
Jean de La Fontaine, 1684–1695, poet
Jules de Clérambault, 1695–1714, ecclesiastic
Guillaume Massieu, 1714–1722, ecclesiastic
Claude-François-Alexandre Houtteville, 1722–1742, ecclesiastic
Pierre de Marivaux, 1742–1763, playwright and novelist
Claude-François Lysarde de Radonvilliers, 1763–1789, ecclesiastic
Constantin-François Chassebœuf, 1803–1820, philosopher
Claude-Emmanuel de Pastoret, 1820–1840, politician, lawyer and poet
Louis de Beaupoil de Saint-Aulaire, 1841–1854, politician
Victor de Broglie, 1855–1870, politician
Prosper Duvergier de Hauranne, 1870–1881, politician
Sully Prudhomme, 1881–1907, poet and essayist
Henri Poincaré, 1908–1912, mathematician, astronomer, engineer and philosopher
Alfred Capus, 1914–1922, playwright, journalist and essayist
Édouard Estaunié, 1923–1942, novelist and engineer
Louis-Pasteur Vallery-Radot, 1944–1970, doctor
Étienne Wolff, 1971–1996, biologist
Jean-François Revel, 1997–2006, historian and essayist
Max Gallo, 2007–2017, journalist and novelist
François Sureau, elected 2020, writer
Seat 25
Claude de L'Estoile, 1634–1652, playwright and poet
Armand de Camboust, duc de Coislin, 1652–1702, soldier
Pierre de Camboust, duc de Coislin, 1702–1710, aristocrat
Henri Charles du Cambout de Coislin, 1710–1732, ecclesiastic
Jean-Baptiste Surian, 1733–1754, ecclesiastic
Jean Le Rond, dit d'Alembert, 1754–1783, philosopher and mathematician
Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier, 1783–1793, biographer
Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis, 1803–1807, politician, philosopher and lawyer
Pierre Laujon, 1807–1811, poet and songwriter
Charles-Guillaume Étienne, 1811–1816, poet and playwright, excluded by ordinance
Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier, (2nd time), 1816–1817
Jean-Louis Laya, 1817–1833, poet and playwright
Charles Nodier, 1833–1844, novelist, poet and grammarian
Prosper Mérimée, 1844–1870, novelist
Louis de Loménie, 1871–1878, essayist
Hippolyte Taine, 1878–1893, essayist and historian
Albert Sorel, 1894–1906, historian
Maurice Donnay, 1907–1945, playwright
Marcel Pagnol, 1946–1974, playwright, film-maker and novelist
Jean Bernard, 1976–2006, medical doctor
Dominique Fernandez, elected 2007, novelist and literary critic
Seat 26
Amable de Bourzeys, 1634–1672, ecclesiastic and scholar
Jean Gallois, 1672–1707, ecclesiastic
Edme Mongin, 1707–1746, ecclesiastic
Jean Ignace de La Ville, 1746–1774, ecclesiastic and diplomat
Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Suard, 1774–1817, essayist
Jean-François Roger, 1817–1842, poet and playwright
Henri Patin, 1842–1876, professor
Marie-Louis-Antoine-Gaston Boissier, 1876–1908, historian and philologist
René Doumic, 1909–1937, literary historian and critic, and essayist
André Maurois, 1938–1967, novelist, essayist, literary historian and critic
Marcel Arland, 1968–1986, novelist, essayist, literary historian and critic
Georges Duby, 1987–1996, historian
Jean-Marie Rouart, elected 1997, novelist and essayist
Seat 27
Abel Servien, 1634–1659, politician
Jean-Jacques Renouard de Villayer, 1659–1691, politician
Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, 1691–1757, playwright and philosopher
Antoine-Louis Séguier, 1757–1792, lawyer
Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, 1803–1814, essayist
Étienne Aignan, 1814–1824, journalist and playwright
Alexandre Soumet, 1824–1845, poet and playwright
Ludovic Vitet, 1845–1873, archaeologist
Elme Marie Caro, 1874–1887, philosopher
Gabriel Paul Othenin de Cléron, comte d'Haussonville, 1888–1924, politician and lawyer
Auguste-Armand de la Force, 1925–1961 historian
Joseph Kessel, 1962–1979, journalist and novelist
Michel Droit, 1980–2001, novelist
Pierre Nora, elected 2001, historian
Seat 28
Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, 1634–1654, essayist
Paul Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont, 1654–1670, ecclesiastic and historian
François de Harlay de Champvallon, 1671–1695, ecclesiastic
André Dacier, 1695–1722, philologist and translator
Guillaume Dubois, 1722–1723, ecclesiastic and politician
Charles-Jean-François Hénault, 1723–1770, magistrate
Charles Juste de Beauvau, 1771–1793, politician and soldier
Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai, 1803–1815, politician and lawyer; removed by ordinance
Antoine-François-Claude Ferrand, 1816–1825, magistrate, poet, historian and playwright
Casimir Delavigne, 1825–1843, poet and playwright
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, 1844–1869, essayist and poet
Jules Janin, 1870–1874, novelist and critic
John Lemoinne, 1875–1892, diplomat and journalist
Ferdinand Brunetière, 1893–1906, literary critic, historian of literature and essayist
Henri Barboux, 1907–1910, lawyer
Henry Roujon, 1911–1914, senior bureaucrat, essayist and novelist
Louis Barthou, 1918–1934, politician, magistrate, historian and historian of literature; assassinated
Claude Farrère, 1935–1957, novelist, essayist and historian
Henri Troyat, 1959–2007, novelist, historian of literature, historian
Jean-Christophe Rufin, elected 2008, physician and novelist
Seat 29
Pierre Bardin, 1634–1635, philosopher and mathematician
Nicolas Bourbon, 1637–1644, ecclesiastic
François-Henri Salomon de Virelade, 1644–1670, lawyer
Philippe Quinault, 1670–1688, poet and playwright
François de Callières, 1688–1717, philologist
André-Hercule de Fleury, 1717–1743, ecclesiastic and politician
Paul d'Albert de Luynes, 1743–1788, ecclesiastic
Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, 1788–1794, playwright, novelist and poet
Jean-François Cailhava de L'Estandoux, 1803–1813, playwright, poet and critic
Joseph Michaud, 1813–1839, journalist and historian
Jean Pierre Flourens, 1840–1867, physiologist
Claude Bernard, 1868–1878, doctor
Ernest Renan, 1878–1892, philosopher
Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, 1893–1896, politician and diplomat
Gabriel Hanotaux, 1897–1944, politician, diplomat and historian
André Siegfried, 1944–1959, historian and geographer
Henry de Montherlant, 1960–1972, playwright, novelist and essayist
Claude Lévi-Strauss, 1973–2009, anthropologist
Amin Maalouf, elected 2011, novelist
Seat 30
Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan, 1634–1670, poet
François-Séraphin Régnier-Desmarais, 1670–1713, ecclesiastic and grammarian
Bernard de la Monnoye, 1713–1728, philologist and critic
Michel Poncet de La Rivière, 1728–1730, ecclesiastic
Jacques Hardion. 1730–1766, historian
Antoine Léonard Thomas, 1766–1785, poet
Jacques Antoine Hippolyte, Comte de Guibert, 1785–1790, playwright
Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, 1803- excluded by ordinance 1816, politician; died 1824
Louis Gabriel Ambroise de Bonald, 1816–1840, philosopher and publicist
Jacques-François Ancelot, 1841–1854, poet, novelist and playwright
Ernest Legouvé, 1855–1903, poet, novelist, playwright and essayist
René Bazin, 1903–1932, novelist and essayist
Théodore Gosselin, 1932–1935, historian who wrote under the pen name of G. Lenotre
Georges Duhamel, 1935–1966, doctor, essayist, novelist, poet and playwright
Maurice Druon, 1966–2009, politician and novelist
Danièle Sallenave, elected 2011, novelist and journalist
Seat 31
Pierre de Boissat, 1634–1662, soldier
Antoine Furetière, 1662–1685, poet, fabulist and novelist; excluded but not replaced, died in 1688
Jean de La Chapelle, 1688–1723, poet
Pierre-Joseph Thoulier d'Olivet, 1723–1768, ecclesiastic and grammarian
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, 1768–1780, ecclesiastic and philosopher
Louis-Élisabeth de La Vergne de Tressan, 1780–1783, poet and physicist
Jean Sylvain Bailly, 1783–1793, mathematician; guillotined
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, 1803–1816, ecclesiastic, essayist and diplomat; excluded by ordinance, died 1836
Gérard de Lally-Tollendal, 1816–1830, politician
Jean-Baptiste Sanson de Pongerville, 1830–1870, poet
Xavier Marmier, 1870–1892, novelist and poet
Henri de Bornier, 1893–1901, playwright and poet
Edmond Rostand, 1901–1918, playwright and poet
Joseph Bédier, 1920–1938, philologist
Jérôme Tharaud, 1938–1953, novelist
Jean Cocteau, 1955–1963, playwright, poet, choreographer, filmmaker and painter
Jacques Rueff, 1964–1978, economist and high bureaucrat
Jean Dutourd, 1978–2011, novelist
Michael Edwards, elected 2013, literary scholar
Seat 32
Claude Favre de Vaugelas, 1634–1650, grammarian
Georges de Scudéry, 1650–1667, novelist, playwright and poet
Philippe de Courcillon, 1667–1720, soldier, governor and diplomat
Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 1720–1788, soldier, libertine and politician
François-Henri d'Harcourt, 1788–1802, soldier
Lucien Bonaparte, 1803–1816, politician. Excluded by ordinance.
Louis-Simon Auger, 1816–1829, journalist and playwright
Charles-Guillaume Étienne, 1829–1845, poet and playwright
Alfred de Vigny, 1845–1863, poet
Camille Doucet, 1865–1895, poet and playwright
Charles Costa de Beauregard, 1896–1909, historian and politician
Hippolyte Langlois, 1911–1912, soldier
Émile Boutroux, 1912–1921, philosopher and historian of philosophy
Pierre de Nolhac, 1922–1936, historian, art historian and poet
Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente, 1936–1959, ecclesiastic, historian and essayist
Henri Massis, 1960–1970, essayist, literary critic and literary historian
Georges Izard, 1971–1973, politician, lawyer, journalist and essayist
Robert Aron, 1974–1975, historian and essayist
Maurice Rheims, 1976–2003, novelist and art historian
Alain Robbe-Grillet, 2004–2008, novelist and filmmaker
François Weyergans, 2009–2019, novelist and filmmaker
Pascal Ory, elected 2021, historian
Seat 33
Vincent Voiture, 1634–1648, poet
François Eudes de Mézeray, 1648–1683, lawyer
Jean Barbier d'Aucour, 1683–1694, lawyer
François de Clermont-Tonnerre, 1694–1701, ecclesiastic
Nicolas de Malézieu, 1701–1727, tutor and poet
Jean Bouhier, 1727–1746, magistrate and archaeologist
François-Marie Arouet dit Voltaire, 1746–1778, playwright, historian, philosopher and poet
Jean-François Ducis, 1778–1816, poet and playwright
Raymond Desèze, 1816–1828, lawyer
Amable Guillaume Prosper Brugière, baron de Barante, 1828–1866, politician
Auguste Joseph Alphonse Gratry, 1867–1872, ecclesiastic and philosopher
René Taillandier, 1873–1879, politician
Maxime Du Camp, 1880–1894, essayist and novelist
Paul Bourget, 1894–1935, novelist, poet and playwright
Edmond Jaloux, 1936–1949, novelist, literary critic and literary historian
Jean-Louis Vaudoyer, 1950–1963, novelist, poet, essayist and art historian
Marcel Brion, 1964–1984, novelist, art historian and essayist
Michel Mohrt, 1985–2011, editor, essayist, novelist and literary historian
Dominique Bona, elected 2013, novelist
Seat 34
Honorat de Porchères Laugier, 1634–1653, poet
Paul Pellisson, 1653–1693, historian
François de Salignac de La Mothe Fénelon, 1693–1715, ecclesiastic and essayist
Claude Gros de Boze, 1715–1753, erudite and numismatist
Louis de Bourbon Condé de Clermont, 1753–1771, ecclesiastic
Pierre-Laurent Buirette de Belloy, 1771–1775, playwright and actor
Emmanuel-Félicité de Durfort de Duras, 1775–1789, politician and soldier
Dominique Joseph Garat, 1803–1816, politician, lawyer and philosopher. Excluded by ordinance, he refused readmission in 1829, died 1833
Louis-François de Bausset, 1816–1824, ecclesiastic and politician
Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen, 1824–1839, ecclesiastic
Louis-Mathieu Molé, 1840–1855, politician
Frédéric Alfred Pierre, comte de Falloux, 1856–1886, politician and historian
Octave Gréard, 1886–1904, high bureaucrat, literary historian and literary critic
Émile Gebhart, 1904–1908, art historian, literary historian and literary critic
Raymond Poincaré, 1909–1934, head of state, politician, lawyer and essayist
Jacques Bainville, 1935–1936, historian and journalist
Joseph de Pesquidoux, 1936–1946, novelist and essayist
Maurice Genevoix, 1946–1980, novelist
Jacques de Bourbon-Busset, 1981–2001, politician, essayist and novelist
François Cheng, elected 2002, poet, translator and novelist
Seat 35
Henri Louis Habert de Montmor, 1634–1679, hotel-keeper
Louis de Lavau, 1679–1694, ecclesiastic
François Lefebvre de Caumartin, 1694–1733, ecclesiastic
François-Augustin de Paradis de Moncrif, 1733–1770, poet, musician and playwright
Jean-Armand de Bessuéjouls Roquelaure, 1771–1818, ecclesiastic
Georges Cuvier, 1818–1832, palaeontologist
André Marie Jean Jacques Dupin, 1832–1865, politician and lawyer
Alfred-Auguste Cuvillier-Fleury, 1866–1887, historian and literary critic
Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie, 1888–1913, novelist, playwright and critic
Joseph Joffre, 1918–1931, politician and soldier
Maxime Weygand, 1931–1965, soldier
Louis Leprince-Ringuet, 1966–2000, physicist, telecommunications engineer, historian of science and essayist
Yves Pouliquen, 2001–2020, medical doctor
Antoine Compagnon, elected 2022, academic
Seat 36
Marin Cureau de la Chambre, 1634–1669, medical doctor and philosopher
Pierre Cureau de La Chambre, 1670–1693, ecclesiastic
Jean de La Bruyère, 1693–1696, essayist and moralist
Claude Fleury, 1696–1723, ecclesiastic
Jacques Adam, 1723–1735, philologist
Joseph Séguy, 1736–1761, ecclesiastic
Louis René Édouard, cardinal de Rohan, 1761–1793, ecclesiastic, politician, philosopher and poet
Jean Devaines, 1803, state bureaucrat
Évariste de Parny, 1803–1814, poet
Victor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy, 1815–1846, journalist, critic and playwright
Adolphe-Simonis Empis, 1847–1868, poet and playwright
Henri Auguste Barbier, 1869–1882, poet
Adolphe Perraud, 1882–1906, ecclesiastic
François-Désiré Mathieu, 1906–1908, ecclesiastic and historian
Louis Duchesne, 1910–1922, ecclesiastic, historian and philologist
Henri Brémond, 1923–1933, ecclesiastic, literary historian and literary critic
André Bellessort, 1935–1942, essayist, literary critic, historian and historian of literature
René Grousset, 1946–1952, art historian
Pierre Gaxotte, 1953–1982, historian and journalist
Jacques Soustelle, 1983–1990, Americanist, ethnologist, politician and essayist
Jean-François Deniau, 1990–2007, politician, essayist and novelist
Philippe Beaussant, 2007–2016, musicologist and novelist
Barbara Cassin, 2018–present, philologist and philosopher
Seat 37
Daniel Hay du Chastelet de Chambon, 1635–1671, ecclesiastic and mathematician
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, 1671–1704, ecclesiastic and historian
Melchior de Polignac, 1704–1741, ecclesiastic, politician, philologist and poet
Odet-Joseph Giry, 1741–1761, ecclesiastic
Charles Batteux, 1761–1780, ecclesiastic
Antoine-Marin Lemierre, 1780–1793, poet and playwright
Félix-Julien-Jean Bigot de Préameneu, 1803–1825, politician and lawyer
Mathieu de Montmorency, 1825–1826, politician and diplomat
Alexandre Guiraud, 1826–1847, playwright, poet and novelist
Jean-Jacques Ampère, 1847–1864, historian of literature
Lucien-Anatole Prévost-Paradol, 1865–1870, literary critic
Camille Rousset, 1871–1892, historian
Paul Thureau-Dangin, 1893–1913, historian
Pierre de La Gorce, 1914–1934, historian, magistrate and lawyer
Maurice, 6th duc de Broglie, 1934–1960, sailor and physicist
Eugène Tisserant, 1961–1972, ecclesiastic and philologist
Jean Daniélou, 1972–1974, ecclesiastic, theologian, historian and essayist
Ambroise-Marie Carré, 1975–2004, ecclesiastic
René Girard, 2005–2015, philosopher, literary critic
Michel Zink, elected 2017, medievalist, philologist and novelist
Seat 38
Auger de Moléon de Granier, 1635–1636, possibly an ecclesiastic; expelled for theft; died 1650
Balthazar Baro, 1636–1650, playwright and poet
Jean Doujat, 1650–1688, lawyer
Eusèbe Renaudot, 1688–1720, ecclesiastic
Henri-Emmanuel de Roquette, 1720–1725, ecclesiastic
Pierre de Pardaillan de Gondrin, 1725–1733, ecclesiastic
Nicolas-François Dupré de Saint-Maur, 1733–1774, economist and statistician
Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, 1775–1794, politician and magistrate; guillotined
François Andrieux, 1803–1833, lawyer, poet and playwright
Adolphe Thiers, 1833–1877, politician and historian
Henri Martin, 1878–1883, historian
Ferdinand de Lesseps, 1884–1894, diplomat
Anatole France, 1896–1924, novelist and poet
Paul Valéry, 1925–1945, poet, literary critic and essayist
Henri Mondor, 1946–1962, surgeon, physician, historian of literature and of science
Louis Armand, 1963–1971, mining engineer, bureaucrat and economist
Jean-Jacques Gautier, 1972–1986, drama critic, novelist, journalist and essayist
Jean-Louis Curtis, 1986–1995, novelist and essayist
François Jacob, 1996–2013, biologist
Marc Lambron, elected 2014, literary critic and writer
Seat 39
Louis Giry, 1636–1665, lawyer
Claude Boyer, 1666–1698, ecclesiastic, playwright and poet
Charles-Claude Genest, 1698–1719, ecclesiastic
Jean-Baptiste Dubos, 1720–1742, ecclesiastic and historian
Jean-François Du Bellay du Resnel, 1742–1761, ecclesiastic
Bernard-Joseph Saurin, 1761–1781, lawyer and poet
Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet, 1782–1794, philosopher and mathematician
Gabriel Villar, 1803–1826, ecclesiastic
Charles-Marie de Féletz, 1826–1850, ecclesiastic
Désiré Nisard, 1850–1888, essayist
Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé, 1888–1910, essayist, historian, literary critic and diplomat
Henri de Régnier, 1911–1936, poet, novelist and essayist
Jacques de Lacretelle, 1936–1985, novelist
Bertrand Poirot-Delpech, 1986–2006, journalist, essayist and novelist
Jean Clair, elected 2008, essayist and art historian
Seat 40
Daniel de Priézac, 1639–1662, law professor
Michel Le Clerc, 1662–1691, lawyer
Jacques de Tourreil, 1692–1714, translator
Jean-Roland Malet, 1714–1736, economist and royal valet de chambre
Jean-François Boyer, 1736–1755, ecclesiastic
Nicolas Thyrel de Boismont, 1755–1786, ecclesiastic
Claude-Carloman de Rulhière, 1787–1791, diplomat, poet and historian
Pierre Jean George Cabanis, 1803–1808, medical doctor and physiologist
Antoine Destutt de Tracy, 1808–1836, philosopher
François Guizot, 1836–1874, politician and historian
Jean-Baptiste Dumas, 1875–1884, politician and chemist
Joseph Louis François Bertrand, 1884–1900, mathematician, historian of science
Marcellin Berthelot, 1900–1907, politician, chemist, essayist, historian of science
Francis Charmes, 1908–1916, diplomat and journalist
Jules Cambon, 1918–1935, diplomat, lawyer, senior civil servant
Marie-Jean-Lucien Lacaze, 1936–1955, admiral
Jacques Chastenet, 1956–1978, journalist, historian and diplomat
Georges Dumézil, 1978–1986, philologist and historian of civilisations
Pierre-Jean Rémy, 1988–2010, diplomat, novelist and essayist
Xavier Darcos, elected 2013, politician, scholar and civil servant
Notes
References
Académie française: Les immortels Official database of Members of the Académie française.
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