- French chemist.
- French novelist.
- Joseph Louis (ʒozɛf lwi). 1754–1826, French chemist, who formulated the law of constant proportions
- Marcel (marsɛl). 1871–1922, French novelist whose long novel À la recherche du temps perdu (1913–27) deals with the relationship of the narrator to themes such as art, time, memory, and society
