Notable Individuals
See also Category:French anarchists.
- Pierre Joseph Proudhon (1809–1865)
- Joseph Déjacque (1821–1864)
- Anselme Bellegarrigue
- Louise Michel (1830–1905)
- Elisée Reclus (1830–1905)
- Peter Kropotkin (1842–1921; he spent a long time in France)
- Georges Sorel (1847–1922)
- Nestor Makhno (died in Paris in 1934, 500 persons at his funeral at the Père Lachaise cemetery)
- Jean Grave (1854–1939)
- Sébastien Faure (1858–1942)
- Zo d'Axa (1864–1930)
- Émile Armand (1872–1963)
- Albert Libertad (1875–1908)
- Han Ryner (1861–1938)
- Jules Bonnot (1876–1912)
- Marius Jacob (1879–1954)
- Daniel Guérin (1904–1988)
- Maurice Joyeux (1910–1991)
- Jean Maitron (1910–1987), French historian, specialized in the labour movement
- Jacques Ellul (1912–1994), French philosopher, Law professor, Sociologist, Theologian, and Christian anarchist
- Charles-Auguste Bontemps (1893–1981)
- Albert Camus (1913–1960)
- Georges Fontenis (1920)
- Alexander Grothendieck (1928-?)
- Michel Onfray (1959)
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