Fictional Characters
- Astérix, Obelix and Dogmatix (French: Idéfix) (René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo), Gaul warriors
- Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan (Alexandre Dumas, père), Musketeers of the King of France
- Cyrano de Bergerac (Edmond Rostand; fictionalized version of a real person)
- Lestat de Lioncourt, infamous vampire creation of Anne Rice
- Louis de Pointe du Lac, French-born vampire companion of Lestat de Lioncourt
- Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), captain of three Federation starships within one television series and four motion pictures
- Le Petit Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry), famous "little prince"
- Erik, The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux), The "Opera Ghost" who haunted the Palais Garnier
- Vicomte Raoul de Chagny (Gaston Leroux), childhood friend of Christine Daaé and brother of Comte Phillipe; competed for the affections of Christine Daaé with Erik.
- Rastignac (Honoré de Balzac), fictional character from La Comédie humaine series of novels by Honoré de Balzac
- The Man in the Iron Mask, prisoner who was held in a number of jails, including the Bastille and the Fortress of Pinerolo, during the reign of Louis XIV of France
- Corporal Louis LeBeau, POW, Stalag 13
- Inspector Jacques Clouseau, bumbling French detective, star of the Pink Panther movies
- Inspector Tarconi, bumbling French detective, star of The Transporter movies
- Amélie Poulain, shy but kind-hearted waitress, star of 2001 film Amélie.
- Jean Valjean, protagonist of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables
- Inspector Javert, antagonist of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables
- Le Peregrine – Alain Racine, Superhero in the Marvel Universe
- Tanguy et Laverdure, duet of pilots known as Les Chevaliers du ciel
- Glass Joe, boxer from Nintendo's Punch-Out!! series of boxing video games
- Aiber (Real name Thierry Morello), professional con-man in the employ of L from popular manga and anime Death Note, created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. Nationally, he is French.
- Pepé Le Pew, character from the Looney Tunes.
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