- CHOPIN, Frédéric (French/Polish composer, 1810-49)
- LISZT, Franz (Hungarian composer, 1811-86)
- LAMARTINE, Alphonse de (French poet, 1790-1869)
- CHATEAUBRIAND, François-René, Vicomte de (French writer & statesman, 1768-1848)
- BALZAC, Honoré de (French novelist, 1799-1850)
- HUGO, Victor (French poet, novelist & playwright, 1802-85)
- VIGNY, Alfred de (French poet, 1797-1863)
- Molé, Mathieu Louis (French judge & statesman, 1781-1855)
- FONTANES, Louis, Marquis de (French man of letters & statesman, 1757-1821)
- VITROLLES, Eugene Francois Augusto d'Arnaud, Baron (French politician, 1774-1854)
- BERSOT, Ernest (French philosopher & journalist, 1816-80)
- PASQUIER, Etienne Denis, Duc de (French statesman & author, 1767-1862),
- LEBRUN, Pierre-Antoine (French poet, 1785-1873)
- SALVANDY, Comte de (French writer & politician, 1795-1856)
- DARU, Pierre-Bruno, comte (French politician & writer, 1767-1829)
- STENDHAL [Henri Beyle] (French novelist, 1783-1842)
- MÉRIMÉE, Prosper (French novelist, 1803-70)
- SAINTE-BEUVE, Charles-Augustin (French writer, 1804-69); information on Sainte-Beuve's ideas about literary criticism and Proust's response to them (Contre Sainte-Beuve)
Dennis Abrams, over at The Cork-Lined Room, notes why it is important to pay attention to Proust's -- and his characters' -- name-dropping.
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