WCaroline de Barrau (1828–88) was a wealthy French educationalist, feminist, author and philanthropist. She became interested in the education of girls, created a school in Paris where her daughter was taught, and encouraged her daughter and other young women to successfully apply for admission to the University of Paris, previously a male-only institution. She belonged to international feminist associations, investigated the conditions of working women in Paris, was a leader in the campaign to eliminate state-regulated prostitution, helped prostitutes reenter society after being released from prison and provided aid to abandoned infants. She was the author of several books on women's issues.
WPierre Bernard was a French graphic artist and designer. He was a member and then the manager for the L’Atelier Création Graphique in Paris, an organization he founded along with Dirk Behage and Fokke Draaijer. He was the recipient of the 2006 Erasmus Prize.
WClaude Buffier, French philosopher, historian and teacher, was born in Poland of French parents, who returned to France and settled in Rouen soon after his birth.
WEdmond Demolins (1852–1907) was a French pedagogue.
WStanislas du Lac was a French Jesuit, an educationist and social worker, also an enigmatic figure in the background to the Dreyfus Affair.
WMgr. Félix Antoine Philibert Dupanloup was a French ecclesiastic. He was among the leaders of Liberal Catholicism in France.
WPeter Fourier was a French canon regular who is honored as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. Foregoing offers of high office, he served for many years as an exemplary pastor in the village of Mattaincourt in the Vosges. He was a strong proponent of free education and also helped to found a religious congregation of canonesses regular dedicated to the care of poor children, developing a new pedagogy for this.
WNicolas Gédoyn was a French clergyman, translator, pioneer educationalist and literary critic. He was the fifth member elected to occupy seat 3 of the Académie française in 1719, and the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in 1722
WJoseph Marie, baron de Gérando, born Joseph Marie Degérando, was a French jurist, philanthropist and philosopher of Italian descent.
WJoseph Jacotot was a French teacher and educational philosopher, creator of the method of "intellectual emancipation."
WNicolas Janny was an 18th–19th-century French priest, pedagogue and grammarian. He was first principal of the college of Remiremont.
WPauline Kergomard was a French educator. She is known as the founder of the nursery school in France.
WÉlisa Lemonnier was a French educationist who is considered the founder of vocational education for women in France.
WThe Abbé Charles-Michel de l'Épée was a philanthropic educator of 18th-century France who has become known as the "Father of the Deaf".
WJules Payot was a French educationist.
WCharles Porée was a French priest, Jesuit, educator, orator, poet and homme de lettres. All his life, Voltaire, who was his pupil, kept a profound reverence for him.
WLouis Riboulet was a French pedagogue, writer and professor of philosophy in Notre-Dame de Valbenoîte, author of several works about teaching methods.
WÉdouard Séguin was a French physician and educationist born in Clamecy, Nièvre. He is remembered for his work with children having cognitive impairments in France and the United States.