Emmanuel-Henri-Dieudonné Domenech was a French abbé, missionary and author.

Louis Emmanuel Dupaty was a French playwright, naval officer, chansonnier, journalist and administrator of the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal. His brother was the sculptor Louis Dupaty.

Emmanuel Hiel (30 May 1834 – 27 August 1899), was a Flemish-Dutch poet and prose writer.

Emmanuel Hocquard was a French poet.

Emmanuel Laroche was a French linguist and Hittitologist. An expert in the languages of ancient Anatolia, he was professor of Anatolian studies at the Collège de France (1973–1985).

Emmanuel Bernard Le Roy Ladurie is a French historian whose work is mainly focused upon Languedoc in the Ancien Régime, particularly the history of the peasantry. One of the leading historians of France, Le Roy Ladurie has been called the "standard-bearer" of the third generation of the Annales school and the "rock star of the medievalists", noted for his work in social history.

Emmanuel Levinas was a French philosopher of Lithuanian Jewish ancestry who is known for his work within Jewish philosophy, existentialism, and phenomenology, focusing on the relationship of ethics to metaphysics and ontology.

Emmanuel Mounier was a French philosopher, theologian, teacher and essayist.

Emmanuel Rhoides was a Greek writer and journalist.

Emmanuel Roblès was a French author and playwright. He was elected a member of the Académie Goncourt in 1973. He was one of many influential "pied-noir" of his time. The literary award Prix Emmanuel Roblès has been established in his honour in 1990.