Philippe Desportes or Desports was a French poet.

Philippe Djian is a popular French author of Armenian descent. He won the 2012 Prix Interallié for the novel "Oh...".

Philippe Dupasquier is an author and illustrator of children's books. Bill's New Frock, which he illustrated, won the 1989 Smarties Book Prize for Ages 6-8 and was commended for the Carnegie Medal.

Philippe Forest is a French author and professor of literature. He has been awarded the First Novel Prix Femina (1997) and the Prix Décembre (2004), and his works have been translated into English, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese. He has taught at several Universities, including Cambridge, Edinburgh, and Saint-Andrews, and the University of Nantes.

Philippe Emile François Gille was a French dramatist and opera librettist, who was born and died in Paris. He wrote over twenty librettos between 1857 and 1893, the most famous of which are Massenet's Manon and Delibes' Lakmé.

Philippe Goibaut des Bois La Grugère, known to his contemporaries as Monsieur Du Bois, was a translator of St. Augustine, member of the Académie Française and director of Mademoiselle de Guise's musical ensemble. Goibaut is the preferred spelling: that is how he signed his name.

Philippe Grimbert is a French writer and psychoanalyst.

Philippe Hériat was a multi-talented French novelist, playwright and actor.

Philippe Jaccottet was a Swiss Francophone poet and translator.

Philippe Jaenada is a French writer. The author of over a dozen books, he won the Prix Femina for his 2017 novel La Serpe.