WAry Abittan is a French actor and humorist.
WKev Adams or Kev' Adams is a French comedian, actor, humorist, screenwriter and film producer.
WAlphonse Allais was a French writer and humorist, who was born in Honfleur, Calvados, and who died in Paris.
WMarcel Aymé was a French novelist, children's writer, humour writer, screenwriter and theatre playwright.
WLaurent Baffie is a French author, short film director and humorist.
WStéphane Bak is a French actor and comedian. He was considered to be "The youngest comedian in France," in 2012. As an actor his most notable film roles include Christopher Barratier's Team Spirit, David Moreau's Alone, and Paul Verhoeven’s award-winning Elle. More recently, Bak has starred in André Téchiné’s Farewell to the Night and Joël Karekezi’s The Mercy of the Jungle.
WVirginie Tellenne better known by her alias Frigide Barjot, is a French humorist, columnist and political activist. A former socialite of the Parisian nightlife, who organized events defending the Catholic faith in the 2000s, Barjot rose to prominence in the early 2010s in France as a vocal campaigner against same-sex marriage and LGBT adoption.
WRamzy Habib El Haq Bedia is a French actor, screenwriter and film director of Algerian descent.
WGuy Bedos was a French screenwriter, stand-up comedian and actor. He was a French man born in Algeria, a former French colony. He is identified as a Pied-Noir, name given to the French people by the Algerians in assimilation with the French legionnaires who wore black boots. At Music-Hall, he interpreted various sketches of authors like him. He developed a regularly updated political satire. This satire affected mostly right-wing politicians, his "friends" of the left also suffer from his cutting reflections.
WMalik Bentalha is a French humorist and actor of Algerian and Moroccan descent. He does stand-up comedy and has appeared in some films.
WJean-Marie Bigard is a French comedian and actor. Known for his often controversial humour, he has performed at some of the largest entertainment facilities in France, including the Paris-Bercy Arena and Stade de France. Bigard is a close friend of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, whom he accompanied on an official visit to Pope Benedict XVI in Rome.
WDidier Bourdon is a French Algerian-born actor, screenwriter and film director.
WBernard Campan is a French actor, film director and writer. He is a member of Les Inconnus trio of humorists. He won a César Award for Best Debut for Les Trois Frères, and was nominated for best actor for his role in Se souvenir des belles choses.
WNicolas Canteloup is a French impressionist.
WAlain Chabat is a French actor, comedian, director, screenwriter, producer and television presenter. He was originally known for his work in the comedy group Les Nuls, including as the co-writer and lead actor of La Cité de la peur (1994). He has since then become a notable filmmaker of his own, typically both writing and starring in the movies he directed, which include cult comedy films such as Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra, RRRrrrr!!!, Houba! On the Trail of the Marsupilami and Santa & Cie.
WGeorges Bernier, more commonly known as Le Professeur Choron, was a French humorist and founder of Hara Kiri magazine.
WMichel Gérard Joseph Colucci, better known under his stage name Coluche, was a French stage comedian and cinema actor. He adopted Coluche as a stage name at age 26, when he began his entertainment career. He became known for his irreverent attitude towards politics and the establishment, and he incorporated this into much of his material. He was one of the first major comedians to regularly use profanities as a source of humor on French television. He also founded the charity "Les Restaurants du Coeur" which still provides free meals and other products to people in need.
WCharles Cros or Émile-Hortensius-Charles Cros was a French poet and inventor. He was born in Fabrezan, Aude, France, 35 km to the East of Carcassonne.
WAndré 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.
WJamel Debbouze is a French-Moroccan actor, comedian, screenwriter, film producer and director. Best known for his stand-up comedy sketches, he also worked with director Alain Chabat in several films and other notable French humourists such as Florence Foresti, Fred Testot and Gad Elmaleh. He has starred in a number of box-office successes, including Amélie, Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra, Hollywoo and HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami. He is the founder of the Canal+ television show Jamel Comedy Club.
WBenoît Delépine is a French comedian and film director. He is known for his satirical activities on TV channel Canal+.
WHugues Delorme was a French poet, comedian, playwright and journalist.
WDieudonné M'bala M'bala, generally known by his stage name Dieudonné, is a French comedian, actor and political activist. He has been convicted for hate speech, advocating terrorism, and slander in Belgium and in France.
WFranck Dubosc is a French actor, comedian and stand-up artist.
WAlbert Dupontel is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. Having good memory and following his dad's path, he studied medicine but eventually switched to theater, disillusionned by the hospital life. He started his career as a stand-up comedian. In February 1998, his film Bernie took the Grand Prize at the 9th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival which was attended by Dupontel.
WJérémy Ferrari is a French comedian and radio/television presenter. He is known for his black comedy. In his comedic sketches, he deals with racism, xenophobia, misogyny, and other forms of discrimination.
WNicole Ferroni is a French comedian, actress, columnist in France Inter and former biology teacher. She is known for participating in Laurent Ruquier's show On n'demande qu'à en rire.
WFlorence Foresti is a French comedian and actress.
WRémi Gaillard is a French prankster who uploads videos on YouTube. As of November 2020, his channel is the 75th most subscribed comedy channel on YouTube.
WGuy Grosso (1933–2001) was a French actor and humorist. Guy Grosso was the pseudonym of Guy Marcel Sarrazin. He was probably best known as half of Grosso and Modo.
WCyprien Iov, also known as Monsieur Dream or simply as Cyprien, is a French comedian, actor, dubber, and blogger known for his short comic YouTube videos.
WÉlie Kakou was a French actor and comedian.
WAxelle Laffont is a French actress and comedian.
WMichèle Laroque is a French actress, comedian, humorist, producer and screenwriter.
WThierry Le Luron was a French impressionist and humorist.
WBaptiste Lecaplain is a French comedian and actor. He does stand-up comedy and has appeared in some films.
WYves Lecoq is a French humorist known especially for his voice impersonations.
WJean-Luc Lemoine is a French humorist, TV chronicler and presenter.
WVirginie Lemoine is a French actress and comedian. By her marriage with actor Alexandre Bonstein, she also has Swiss nationality.
WYvick Letexier, better known as Mister V, is a French YouTuber, Internet personality, comedian, rapper, and actor.
WGuy Montagné is a French actor, comedian and radio personality.
WRoland Moreno was a French inventor, engineer, humorist and author who was the inventor of the memory card. Moreno's smart card, or la carte à puce in French, was little known internationally. However, he became a national hero in France and was awarded the Légion d'Honneur in 2009.
WPierre Palmade is a French actor and comedian.
WFlorent Peyre is a French comedian. He is known for participating in Laurent Ruquier's sketch comedy show On n'demande qu'à en rire.
WRoger Pierre was a French comedian and actor.
WDaniel Prévost is a French actor, comedian and writer.
WPaul Reboux, born André Amillet, was a French writer, humorist, literary critic and painter. He was the son of the journalist Charles "Ernest" Amillet (1829–1904) and the milliner Caroline Reboux. He later took his mother's maiden name with "Paul" as a nom de plume, and is usually known as Paul Reboux.
WFrançois Rollin is a French actor, comedian, author and screenwriter.
WAnne Roumanoff is a French comedian and actress.
WBruno Salomone is a French actor and comedian.
WPatrick Boutot, better known as Patrick Sébastien, is a French television host, producer and media personality, radio host, singer, writer, producer, director, impressionist entertainer, comedian, TV and film actor, and former president of the French rugby team CA Brive.
WÉlie Semoun is a French comedian, actor, director, writer and singer.
WSim was a French humourist, writer and comedian.
WTomer Sisley is an Israeli French actor and comedian.
WSmaïn is a French comedian, humorist, writer, actor and director of Algerian descent.
WNorman Jacky Cyril Thavaud also known as the channel name Norman fait des vidéos, is a French comedian and blogger known for his short comic YouTube videos. Several of his videos have been viewed tens of millions of times.
WArnaud Tsedri, better known by the stage name Arnaud Tsamere, is a French comedian, actor, television presenter and sports journalist. Born in Bordeaux and raised in the Yvelines, he joined the Déclic Théâtre group after quitting his sales job. There, he acted in plays and participated in improvisation events. He wrote his first one-man show, Réflexions profondes sur pas mal de trucs, in 2002 with Arnaud Joyet, and his second, Chose Promise, in 2007 with Joyet and François Rollin. His third, Confidences sur pas mal de trucs plus ou moins confidentiels, has been performed since 2014. He has attended numerous comedy festivals and is currently a member of the Ligue Majeure d'Improvisation.
WTristan Tzara was a Romanian and French avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist. Also active as a journalist, playwright, literary and art critic, composer and film director, he was known best for being one of the founders and central figures of the anti-establishment Dada movement. Under the influence of Adrian Maniu, the adolescent Tzara became interested in Symbolism and co-founded the magazine Simbolul with Ion Vinea and painter Marcel Janco. During World War I, after briefly collaborating on Vinea's Chemarea, he joined Janco in Switzerland. There, Tzara's shows at the Cabaret Voltaire and Zunfthaus zur Waag, as well as his poetry and art manifestos, became a main feature of early Dadaism. His work represented Dada's nihilistic side, in contrast with the more moderate approach favored by Hugo Ball.
WPhilippe Val is a French journalist, singer, and comedian. He was a co-founder of the second iteration of Charlie Hebdo, serving as the satirical political weekly's editor and director. After leaving Charlie Hebdo in 2009, Val was director of the public radio channel France Inter until 2014.