Antoine Godeau was a French bishop, Baroque Précieuses poet and exegete. He is now known for his work of criticism Discours de la poésie chrétienne from 1633.

Antoine Gustave Droz, author, French man of letters and son of the sculptor Jules-Antoine Droz (1807–1872), was born in Paris.

Anthony Hamilton PC (Ire), also known as Antoine and comte d'Hamilton, was soldier and writer. As a Catholic of Irish and Scottish ancestry, his parents brought him to France as a child when Cromwell overran Ireland.

Antoine Houdar de la Motte was a French author.

Antoine Jay was a French writer, journalist, historian and politician.

Antoine Laurain is a French writer born in Paris in 1972.

Antoine Ó Raifteirí was an Irish language poet who is often called the last of the wandering bards.

Antoine Pagi was a French ecclesiastical historian.

Antoine Marie François Prost is a French historian who served as Professor Emeritus of History, University of Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne. He specialises in 20th-century French history, in particular the First World War.

Antoine Touron was a French Dominican biographer and historian.