Nostradamus (Michel de Nostredame, 1503–1566) was a French Renaissance astrologer and prophet, author of the "Centuries" prophecies. His quatrains continue to be interpreted worldwide.

Madame de Thèbes (Anne Victorine Savigny, 1845–1916) was a French clairvoyant and palm reader, one of the most famous fortune-tellers of belle-époque Paris. From 1903 she published an annual almanac of prophecies and is credited with foreshadowing events leading to World War I.

Marie Anne Lenormand (1772–1843) was the most famous French cartomancer and fortune-teller of the Napoleonic era, known as "Napoleon's fortune-teller." She advised Empress Joséphine and leading figures of the French Revolution; the still-popular "Petit Lenormand" card deck is named after her.