France
- Serge Haroche, born in the French Protectorate of Morocco, Physics, 2012
- Jules A. Hoffmann, born in Luxembourg, Physiology or Medicine, 2011
- J. M. G. Le Clézio, Literature, 2008
- Luc Montagnier, Physiology or Medicine, 2008
- Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Physiology or Medicine, 2008
- Albert Fert, Physics, 2007
- Yves Chauvin, Chemistry, 2005
- Gao Xingjian, born in China, Literature, 2000
- Médecins Sans Frontières, Peace, 1999
- Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Physics, 1997
- Georges Charpak, Physics, 1992
- Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Physics, 1991
- Maurice Allais, Economics, 1988
- Jean-Marie Lehn, Chemistry, 1987
- Claude Simon, Literature, 1985
- Gérard Debreu, Economics, 1983
- Jean Dausset, Physiology or Medicine, 1980
- Roger Guillemin*, Physiology or Medicine, 1977
- Seán MacBride*, Peace, 1974
- Louis Néel, Physics, 1970
- Luis Federico Leloir*, Chemistry, 1970
- René Cassin, Peace, 1968
- Alfred Kastler, Physics, 1966
- François Jacob, Physiology or Medicine, 1965
- Jacques Monod, Physiology or Medicine, 1965
- André Lwoff, Physiology or Medicine, 1965
- Jean-Paul Sartre, (declined the prize), Literature, 1964
- Saint-John Perse, Literature, 1960
- Albert Camus, Literature, 1957
- André Frédéric Cournand, Physiology or Medicine, 1956
- François Mauriac, Literature, 1952
- Albert Schweitzer, Peace, 1952
- Léon Jouhaux, Peace, 1951
- André Gide, Literature, 1947
- Roger Martin du Gard, Literature, 1937
- Frédéric Joliot, Chemistry, 1935
- Irène Joliot-Curie, Chemistry, 1935
- Ivan Bunin, born in Russia, Literature, 1933
- Louis de Broglie, Physics, 1929
- Charles Nicolle, Physiology or Medicine, 1928
- Henri Bergson, Literature, 1927
- Ferdinand Buisson, Peace, 1927
- Aristide Briand, Peace, 1926
- Jean-Baptiste Perrin, Physics, 1926
- Anatole France, Literature, 1921
- Léon Bourgeois, Peace, 1920
- Romain Rolland, Literature, 1915
- Alfred Werner*, Chemistry, 1913
- Charles Richet, Physiology or Medicine, 1913
- Alexis Carrel, Medicine, 1912
- Paul Sabatier, Chemistry, 1912
- Victor Grignard, Chemistry, 1912
- Marie Curie, born in then Russian Empire, now Poland, Chemistry, 1911
- Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, Peace, 1909
- Gabriel Lippmann, born in Luxembourg, Physics, 1908
- Alphonse Laveran, Physiology or Medicine, 1907
- Louis Renault, Peace, 1907
- Henri Moissan, Chemistry, 1906
- Frédéric Mistral, Literature, 1904
- Antoine Henri Becquerel, Physics, 1903
- Pierre Curie, Physics, 1903
- Marie Curie, born in then Russian Empire, now Poland, Physics, 1903
- Henry Dunant, Peace, 1901
- Frédéric Passy, Peace, 1901
- Sully Prudhomme, Literature, 1901
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