49 French chansonniers

Agénor Altaroche was a 19th-century French journalist, chansonnier and man of letters, Commissioner of the Provisional Government for the Puy-de-Dôme in 1848, representative of that department to the 1848 Constituent Assembly.

Paul Avenel was a 19th-century French writer, poet, goguettier, playwright, chansonnier and journalist. He was the elder brother of historian Georges Avenel.

Pierre-Jean de Béranger was a prolific French poet and chansonnier (songwriter), who enjoyed great popularity and influence in France during his lifetime, but faded into obscurity in the decades following his death. He has been described as "the most popular French songwriter of all time" and "the first superstar of French popular music".

Léon de Bercy, called Léon Drouin de Bercy or Léon Hiks was a French chansonnier.

Eugène Bizeau was a French anarchist poet and chansonnier. He contributed to many periodicals and libertarian newspapers of his time, including le Libertaire. He belonged to the "Muse Rouge" group with Gaston Couté and Aristide Bruant.

Henri Marie Gabriel Blondeau was a French playwright, librettist and chansonnier, famous for his song Frou-frou.

Maxime Boucheron, real name René Maximilien, was a French playwright and chansonnier.

Lucien Boyer, (1876-1942) was a French music hall singer. He first won popularity singing to soldiers at the front during World War I.

Nicolas Brazier was a French chansonnier and vaudevillist.

René de Buxeuil, pseudonym for Jean-Baptiste Chevrier, was a 20th-century French composer and chansonnier.

Charles Antoine Cabot was a 19th-century French playwright, chansonnier and writer.

Pierre Adolphe Capelle was a 19th-century French chansonnier, goguettier and writer.

Pierre-Joseph Charrin was a 19th-century French poet, chansonnier, playwright and goguettier.

Louis-François-Marie Nicolaïe, better known as Clairville, was a 19th-century French comedian, poet, chansonnier, goguettier and playwright.

Gaston Couté was a French poet and singer, known for his pacifist and anarchist texts.

André Isaac, better known as Pierre Dac, was a French humorist. During World War II, Pierre Dac was one of the speakers of the BBC's Radio Londres service to occupied France. He produced a series of satirical songs which were broadcast on the station. After the war, he participated in a comic duet with the humorist Francis Blanche.

Paul Émile Debraux, commonly known simply as Émile Debraux, was a French writer, goguettier, poet and singer. He was born in Ancerville, Meuse and died 1831 in Paris.

Charles Dufresny, Sieur de la Rivière was a French playwright.

Louis Emmanuel Dupaty was a French playwright, naval officer, chansonnier, journalist and administrator of the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal. His brother was the sculptor Louis Dupaty.

Louis-Xavier Eyma was a 19th-century French journalist and writer, author, among others, of novels, travel books and theater plays.

Henry Joseph Fené called Henri Fénée was a 19th-century French poet, chansonnier and goguettier.

Nilda Fernandez was a French singer of Spanish descent.

Henri Fursy or Furcy was a French cabaret singer, director and lyricist.

Armand Gouffé was a 19th-century French poet, chansonnier, goguettier and vaudevillist.

Eugène Grangé was a French playwright, librettist, chansonnier and goguettier.

Eugène Alphonse Monet de Maubois, called Imbert, known in the world of the song in his time under the pseudonym Eugène Imbert, was a 19th-century French poet, chansonnier, goguettier and historiographer of the goguettes and songs.

Amédée de Jallais was a 19th-century French playwright, operetta librettist and chansonnier.

Eric John Kaiser is a French Singer Songwriter based in Portland, Oregon. He began recording music professionally in 2005 with his first EP, Paris Acte I, Scène 1. He plays a style of music that has been described as a Parisian Americana with influences from Blues, rock and Folk all wrapped in both English and French lyrics.

Pierre Casimir Hyppolyte Lachambeaudie was a 19th-century French fabulist, poet, goguettier and chansonnier, as well as a follower of Saint-Simonianism.

Pierre Laujon was a French playwright and chansonnier. He was uncle to the playwright Pierre-Yves Barré.

Théodore-Éloi Lebreton was a 19th-century autodidact French poet, chansonnier and bibliographer.

Emmanuel Lepeintre, real name Emmanuel Augustin Lepeintre called Lepeintre jeune or Lepeintre Cadet, was a French stage actor, chansonnier and playwright.

Jean Louis Edmond Saint-Edme De Manne, known under the name Edmond-Denis De Manne, was a 19th-century French playwright and journalist.

Hector Monréal was a French illustrator, chansonnier and playwright, mostly known for his song Frou-frou.

Charles-François-Jean-Baptiste Moreau de Commagny was a French playwright, librettist, poet and chansonnier.

Charles-François Panard, or Pannard, was an 18th-century French poet, chansonnier, playwright and goguettier

Louis Jean Péricaud was a 19th-century French stage actor, chansonnier, playwright, theatre historian and theatre director.

Antoine Paul Taravel, known as Xavier Privas was a French singer, poet, goguettier and composer.

Claudius Billiet better known under the pseudonym Antony Rénal was a French writer, poet, songwriter and playwright.

Bernard-Joseph Saurin was a lawyer, poet, and playwright.

Joseph Alexandre Pierre, vicomte de Ségur was a French poet, songwriter, and playwright.

Roger Toziny was a 20th-century French chansonnier, lyricist and actor.

Pierre Trimouillat was a French songwriter, comedian and singer who was active in the cabarets of Paris in the 1890s.

Auguste-Ignace Tuaillon, called Boffy, was a French dwarf chansonnier.

François Julien called Jules or Julien) Turgan was a 19th-century French chansonnier, physician and journalist.

Jean-Joseph Vadé was a French chansonnier and playwright of the 18th century.

Louis Edmé Jean Baptiste Vinçard, called Vinçard aîné or Jules Vinçard, born 12 thermidor an IV in Paris, died after 1878, was an artisan manufacturer of linear measurements, chansonnier, goguettier, follower and propagandist of Saint-Simonianism. He was editor of the newspaper La Ruche populaire. He lived in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (Seine) for some time.

Charles Hubert Vincent was a 19th-century French playwright, chansonnier, goguettier, novelist, journalist and publisher.

Léon Alfred Fourneau was a French humourist, music-hall artist, playwright and songwriter. Originally trained as a lawyer he invented the stage- and penname Xanrof by inversion of the Latin fornax of his French surname fourneau ("furnace"), before finally legally changing his name to Léon Xanrof. Yvette Guilbert experienced early success singing Xanrof's songs at Rodolphe Salis' cabaret Le Chat Noir.