| Poincaré | crater | 346 km | Jules Henri; French mathematician, physicist (1854-1912). |
| Bailly | crater | 300.6 km | Jean Sylvain; French astronomer (1736-1793). |
| Vallis Bouvard | valley | 287.9 km | Alexis; French astronomer, mathematician (1767-1843). |
| Rimae Mersenius | rille | 240 km | Named for nearby crater. |
| d'Alembert | crater | 233.6 km | Jean-Le-Rond; French mathematician, physicist (1717-1783). |
| Pasteur | crater | 232.8 km | Louis; French chemist, microbiologist (1822-1895). |
| Galois | crater | 232 km | Evariste; French mathematician (1811-1832). |
| Deslandres | crater | 227 km | Henri Alexandre; French astrophysicist (1853-1948). |
| Janssen | crater | 200.7 km | Pierre Jules César; French astronomer (1824-1907). |
| Petavius | crater | 184.1 km | Petau, Denis; French chronologist, astronomer (1583-1652). |
| Rimae Herigonius | rille | 180 km | Named from nearby crater. |
| Fabry | crater | 179.4 km | Charles; French physicist (1867-1945). |
| Joliot | crater | 172.8 km | Frederic Joliot-Curie; French physicist; Nobel laureate (1900-1958). |
| Rupes Cauchy | rupes | 169.9 km | Named from nearby crater. |
| Rima Cauchy | rille | 167 km | Named from nearby crater. |
| Lippmann | crater | 160.1 km | Gabriel; French physicist; Nobel laureate (1845-1921). |
| Roche | crater | 152.7 km | Édouard Albert; French astronomer (1820-1883). |
| Lyot | crater | 150.6 km | Bernard Ferdinand; French astronomer (1897-1952). |
| Jules Verne | crater | 145.5 km | French writer (1828-1905). |
| Curie | crater | 138.9 km | Pierre; French physicist, chemist; Nobel laureate (1859-1906). |
| Antoniadi | crater | 137.9 km | Eugène Michael; Turkish-born French astronomer (1870-1944). |
| Brianchon | crater | 137.3 km | Charles-Julien; French mathematician (1783-1864). |
| Furnerius | crater | 135 km | Fournier, Georges: French mathematician (1595-1652). |
| Boussingault | crater | 127.6 km | Jean Baptiste Dieudonne; French chemist (1802-1887). |
| Carnot | crater | 126.1 km | Nicolas-Léonard Sadi; French physicist (1796-1832). |
| Le Gentil | crater | 125.4 km | Guillaume Hyazinthe; French astronomer (1725-1792). |
| Orontius | crater | 121 km | Oronce Fine (Orontius Finaeus Delphinatus); French mathematician, cartographer (1494-1555). |
| Rima Mairan | rille | 120.5 km | Named from nearby crater. |
| Rimae Janssen | rille | 120 km | Within crater. |
| Letronne | crater | 117.6 km | Jean Antoine; French archaeologist (1787-1848). |
| Goldschmidt | crater | 115.3 km | Hermann; French astronomer of German origin, discoverer of asteroid (21) Lutetia (1802-1866). |
| Lamarck | crater | 114.7 km | Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet; French natural historian (1744-1829). |
| Gassendi | crater | 111.4 km | Pierre; French astronomer, mathematician (1592-1655). |
| Rimae Petavius | rille | 110 km | Within crater. |
| Hermite | crater | 108.6 km | Charles; French mathematician (1822-1901). |
| Pascal | crater | 108.2 km | Blaise; French mathematician (1623-1662). |
| Fizeau | crater | 107.1 km | Armand-Hippolyte-Louis; French physicist (1819-1896). |
| Buffon | crater | 105.8 km | Georges Louis Leclerc; French natural historian (1707-1788). |
| Rimae Chacornac | rille | 100 km | Named from nearby crater. |
| Chrétien | crater | 98.6 km | Henri; French mathematician, astronomer (1870-1956). |
| Dorsum Cayeux | dorsum | 95.1 km | Lucien; French sedimentary petrographer (1864-1944). |
| Pontécoulant | crater | 91.4 km | Philippe Gustave Doulcet, Comte De Pontécoulant; French mathematician (1795-1874). |
| Coulomb | crater | 89.7 km | Charles-Augustin de; French physicist (1736-1806). |
| Dorsum Termier | dorsum | 89.7 km | Pierre-Marie; French geologist (1859-1930). |
| Baillaud | crater | 89.4 km | (Édouard) Benjamin; French astronomer (1848-1934). |
| Pingré | crater | 88.4 km | Alexandre Guy; French astronomer (1711-1796). |
| Vieta | crater | 87.2 km | Francois; French mathematician (1540-1603). |
| Scaliger | crater | 86.4 km | Joseph Justus; French chronologist (1540-1609). |
| Rima Louville | rille | 86 km | Jacques D'Allonville, Chevalier de Louville; French astronomer, mathematician (1671-1732). |
| Desargues | crater | 84.9 km | Gérard; French mathematician, engineer (1593-1662). |
| Mersenius | crater | 84.5 km | Mersenne, Marin; French mathematician, physicist (1588-1648). |
| Lamé | crater | 84.3 km | Gabriel; French mathematician (1795-1870). |
| Montgolfier | crater | 83.7 km | Jacques-Étienne; French inventor (1745-1799); Joseph-Michael; French inventor (1740-1810). |
| Mouchez | crater | 82.8 km | Ernest Amedee Barthelemy; French astronomer (1821-1892). |
| Rabbi Levi | crater | 82.4 km | Gershon, Levi Ben; French philosopher, mathematician, astronomer (1288-1344). |
| Oresme | crater | 82.1 km | Oresme, Nicole; French mathematician (1323(?)-1382). |
| Cabannes | crater | 81.3 km | Jean; French physicist (1885-1959). |
| La Pérouse | crater | 80.4 km | Jean Francois de Galoup, Comte De La Pérouse; French explorer (1741-1788). |
| Aliacensis | crater | 79.7 km | D'Ailly, Pierre; French geographer (1350-1420). |
| Cyrano | crater | 79.6 km | Cyrano De Bergerac Savinien; French writer (1615-1655). |
| Coriolis | crater | 78.6 km | Gaspard-Gustave de; French physicist (1792-1843). |
| Legendre | crater | 78.1 km | Adrien Marie; French mathematician (1752-1833). |
| Cuvier | crater | 77.3 km | Georges; French natural scientist, paleontologist (1769-1832). |
| Clairaut | crater | 76.9 km | Alexis Claude; French mathematician (1713-1765). |
| Esnault-Pelterie | crater | 76.8 km | Robert-Albert-Charles; French rocketry engineer (1881-1957). |
| Flammarion | crater | 76.2 km | Camille; French astronomer (1842-1925). |
| Rimae Fresnel | rille | 75 km | Named from nearby promontorium. |
| Condorcet | crater | 74.9 km | Jean de; French mathematician (1743-1794). |
| Rima Messier | rille | 74.2 km | Named from nearby crater. |
| Mineur | crater | 72.3 km | Henri; French mathematician, astronomer (1899-1954). |
| Lavoisier | crater | 71 km | Antoine Laurent; French chemist (1743-1794). |
| Mariotte | crater | 70.3 km | Edme; French physicist (1620-1684). |
| Rimae Gassendi | rille | 70 km | Within crater. |
| Rima Billy | rille | 69.8 km | Named from nearby crater. |
| Danjon | crater | 69.3 km | Andre; French astronomer (1890-1967). |
| Fernelius | crater | 68.4 km | Jean François; French doctor, astronomer (1497-1558). |
| Le Monnier | crater | 68.4 km | Pierre Charles; French astronomer, physicist (1715-1799). |
| Poncelet | crater | 67.6 km | Jean-Victor; French mathematician, engineer (1788-1867). |
| La Caille | crater | 67.2 km | Nicholas-Louis De; French astronomer (1713-1762). |
| Rima Furnerius | rille | 65.9 km | Within crater. |
| Barbier | crater | 65.4 km | Daniel; French astronomer (1907-1965). |
| Poinsot | crater | 65.1 km | Louis; French mathematician (1777-1859). |
| Pilâtre | crater | 64.4 km | Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier; French aeronaut (1756-1785). |
| Becquerel | crater | 62.9 km | Antoine-Henri; French physicist; Nobel laureate (1852-1908). |
| Teisserenc | crater | 62.3 km | de Bort, Leon-Philippe; French meteorologist (1855-1913). |
| Peirescius | crater | 61.5 km | Peiresc, Nicolas Claude Fabri De; French astronomer, archaeologist (1580-1637). |
| Buisson | crater | 61.3 km | Henri; French physicist, astronomer (1873-1944). |
| Rimae Focas | rille | 61 km | Named from nearby crater. |
| Bullialdus | crater | 60.7 km | Boulliau, Ismael; French astronomer (1605-1694). |
| Niepce | crater | 59.7 km | Joseph-Nicéphore; French physicist, photographer (1765-1833). (Spelling changed from Niépce.) |
| Bonpland | crater | 59.3 km | Aimé-Jacques-Alexandre; French botanist (1773-1858). |
| Langevin | crater | 57.8 km | Paul; French physicist (1872-1946). |
| Rima Delisle | rille | 57.6 km | Named from nearby crater. |
| Cassegrain | crater | 56.7 km | Laurent; French astronomer, doctor (1629-1693). |
| Baldet | crater | 55.8 km | Fernand; French astronomer (1885-1964). |
| Chappe | crater | 55.8 km | d'Auteroche, Jean-Baptiste; French astronomer (1728-1769). |
| Cailleux | crater | 52.9 km | Andre; French geologist (1907-1986). |
| Fourier | crater | 51.6 km | Jean-Baptiste Joseph; French mathematician (1768-1830). |
| Delambre | crater | 51.5 km | Jean-Baptiste Joseph; French astronomer (1749-1822). |
| Réaumur | crater | 51.3 km | René-Antoine Ferchault de; French physicist (1683-1757). |
| Regnault | crater | 51.3 km | Henri Victor; French chemist; physicist (1810-1878). |
| Beaumont | crater | 50.7 km | Jean-Baptiste-Armand-Louis-Léonce Élie de; French geologist (1798-1874). |
| Chacornac | crater | 50.4 km | Jean; French astronomer (1823-1873). |
| Promontorium Laplace | promontorium | 50 km | Pierre Simon; French mathematician, astronomer (1749-1827). |
| Rimae Maupertuis | rille | 50 km | Named from nearby crater. |
| Rima Flammarion | rille | 49.8 km | Named from nearby crater. |
| Champollion | crater | 49 km | Jean-François; French Egyptologist (1790-1832). |
| Descartes | crater | 47.7 km | René; French mathematician, philosopher (1596-1650). |
| Daguerre | crater | 45.8 km | Louis-Jacques-Mandé; French artist, chemist, photographer (1789-1851). |
| Billy | crater | 45.6 km | Jacques de; French mathematician (1602-1679). |
| Maupertuis | crater | 45.5 km | Pierre Louis Moreau de; French mathematician (1698-1759). |
| Borda | crater | 45.4 km | Jean Charles de; French astronomer (1733-1799). |
| Delaunay | crater | 44.6 km | Charles-Eugène; French astronomer (1816-1872). |
| Poisson | crater | 41.4 km | Simeon Denis; French mathematician (1781-1840). |
| Dorsum Guettard | dorsum | 40.5 km | Jean-Etienne; French geologist, mineralogist (1715-1786). |
| Rima Gay-Lussac | rille | 40 km | Named from nearby crater. |
| Pons | crater | 39.7 km | Jean Louis; French astronomer (1761-1831). |
| Mairan | crater | 39.5 km | Jean Jacques D'Ortous De; French geophysicist (1678-1771). |
| Faye | crater | 38 km | Hervé-Auguste-Etienne-Albans; French astronomer (1814-1902). |
| Fermat | crater | 37.8 km | Pierre De; French mathematician (1601-1665). |
| La Condamine | crater | 37.8 km | Charles-Marie de; French astronomer, physicist (1701-1774). |
| Fontenelle | crater | 37.7 km | Bernard Le Bovier De; French astronomer (1657-1757). |
| Blanchard | crater | 37.5 km | Jean-Pierre-François; French aeronaut (1753-1809). |
| Moigno | crater | 36.8 km | Francois Napoleon Marie; French mathematician, physicist (1804-1884). |
| Planté | crater | 36.8 km | Gaston; French physicist (1834-1889). |
| Damoiseau | crater | 36.7 km | Baron Marie-Charles-Theodor de; French astronomer (1768-1846). |
| Monge | crater | 36.6 km | Gaspard; French mathematician (1746-1818). |
| Dufay | crater | 36.1 km | Jean Claude Barthélemy; French astronomer (1896-1967). |
| Lacroix | crater | 36.1 km | Sylvestre Francois; French mathematician (1765-1843). |
| Louville | crater | 34.8 km | Jacques D'Allonville, Chevalier de Louville; French astronomer, mathematician (1671-1732). |
| Tisserand | crater | 34.6 km | Francois Felix; French astronomer (1845-1896). |
| Godin | crater | 34.3 km | Louis; French astronomer, mathematician (1704-1760). |
| Gaudibert | crater | 33.1 km | Casimir Marie; French astronomer (1823-1901). |
| Auzout | crater | 32.9 km | Adrien; French astronomer, physicist (1622-1691). |
| Mons Delisle | mons | 32.4 km | Named from nearby crater. |
| Delmotte | crater | 32.2 km | Gabriel; French astronomer (1876-1950). |
| Rima Réaumur | rille | 30.7 km | Named from nearby crater. |
| D'Arsonval | crater | 30.4 km | Jacques Arsène; French physicist (1851-1940). |
| Mons Ampère | mons | 30 km | André-Marie; French physicist (1775-1836). |
| Rayet | crater | 27.8 km | Georges-Antoine-Pons; French astronomer (1839-1906). |
| Arago | crater | 25.5 km | Dominique Francois Jean; French astronomer (1786-1853). |
| Gay-Lussac | crater | 25.4 km | Joseph Louis; French physicist (1778-1850). |
| Chalonge | crater | 25.1 km | Daniel; French astronomer (1895-1977). |
| Foucault | crater | 25.1 km | Leon; French physicist (1819-1868). |
| Puiseux | crater | 25 km | Pierre; French astronomer (1855-1928). |
| Delisle | crater | 24.8 km | Joseph Nicolas; French astronomer (1688-1768). |
| Gambart | crater | 24.7 km | Jean-Felix-Adolphe; French astronomer (1800-1836). |
| Lalande | crater | 23.5 km | Joseph Jérôme Le François de; French astronomer (1732-1807). |
| Loewy | crater | 22.5 km | Maurice (Moritz); French astronomer (1833-1907). |
| Moissan | crater | 22.5 km | Ferdinand Frederic Henri; French chemist; Nobel laureate (1852-1907). |
| Picard | crater | 22.4 km | Jean; French astronomer (1620-1682). |
| Bouguer | crater | 22.2 km | Pierre; French hydrographer (1698-1758). |
| Focas | crater | 22 km | Ionnas (Jean-Henri); Greek/French astronomer (1909-1969). |
| Mons La Hire | mons | 21.7 km | Philippe De; French mathematician, astronomer (1640-1718). |
| Mont Blanc | mons | 21.6 km | Named for terrestrial mountain in Alps. |
| Le Verrier | crater | 20.5 km | Urbain-Jean-Joseph; French astronomer, mathematician (1811-1877). |
| Diderot | crater | 20 km | Denis; French philosopher (1713-1784). |
| Promontorium Fresnel | promontorium | 20 km | Augustin Jean; French optician (1788-1827). |
| Black | crater | 19.5 km | Joseph; French chemist (1728-1799). |
| Couder | crater | 18.6 km | André; French astronomer (1897-1979). |
| Bellot | crater | 17.5 km | Joseph Rene; French explorer (1826-1853). |
| Lallemand | crater | 16.7 km | Andre; French astronomer (1904-1978). |
| Promontorium Deville | promontorium | 16.6 km | Sainte-Claire Charles; French geologist (1814-1876). |
| Lepaute | crater | 16.4 km | Nicole Reine De La Briere; French astronomer (1723-1788). |
| North Massif | apollo | 16.3 km | Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site. |
| Liouville | crater | 16.1 km | Joseph; French mathematician (1809-1882). |
| Carrel | crater | 15.6 km | Alexis; French doctor, physiologist; Nobel laureate (1873-1944). |
| Cartan | crater | 15.6 km | Elie-Joseph; French mathematician (1869-1951). |
| Esclangon | crater | 15.3 km | Ernest Benjamin; French astronomer (1876-1954). |
| Herigonius | crater | 14.9 km | Herigone, Pierre; French mathematician, astronomer (fl. 1634). |
| Darney | crater | 14.8 km | Maurice; French astronomer (1882-1958). |
| Daubrée | crater | 14.7 km | Gabriel-Auguste; French geologist (1814-1896). |
| Nicollet | crater | 14.7 km | Joseph Nicholas; French astronomer (1786-1843). |
| Messier | crater | 13.8 km | Charles; French astronomer (1730-1817). |
| Biot | crater | 13 km | Jean-Baptiste; French astronomer (1774-1862). |
| Grignard | crater | 13 km | Victor; French chemist, Nobel Prize winner 1912 (1871-1935). |
| Laveran | crater | 12.5 km | Charles Louis Alphonse; French physician, Nobel Prize winner 1907 (1845-1922). |
| Lamèch | crater | 12.4 km | Felix Chemla; French selenographer (1894-1962). |
| Cauchy | crater | 11.8 km | Augustin Louis; French mathematician (1789-1857). |
| Lebesgue | crater | 11.4 km | Henri Leon; French mathematician (1875-1941). |
| Mons André | mons | 10.5 km | French male name. |
| Anville | crater | 10.3 km | Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon; French cartographer (1697-1782). |
| Sabatier | crater | 9.6 km | Paul; French chemist; Nobel laureate (1854-1941). |
| Catena Pierre | catena | 9.4 km | French male name. |
| Feuillée | crater | 8.9 km | Louis; French natural scientist (1660-1732). |
| Trouvelot | crater | 8.5 km | Étienne Léopold; French astronomer (1827-1895). |
| Catena Brigitte | catena | 7.7 km | French female name. |
| Mons Latreille | mons | 6.4 km | Pierre André; French entomologist (1762-1833). |
| Bobillier | crater | 6 km | Étienne; French geometer (1798-1840). |
| Deseilligny | crater | 6 km | Jules Alfred Pierrot; French selenographer (1868-1918). |
| Petit | crater | 5 km | Alexis Therese; French physicist (1771-1820). |
| Borel | crater | 4.7 km | Félix Édouard Émile; French mathematician (1871-1956). |
| Caventou | crater | 2.8 km | Joseph-Bienaimé; French chemist, pharmacologist (1795-1877). |
| Amontons | crater | 2.5 km | Guillaume; French physicist (1663-1705). |
| Gaston | crater | 2 km | French male name. |
| Julienne | crater | 1.8 km | French female name. |
| Perey | crater | 1.6 km | Marguerite Catherine; French nuclear physicist who discovered the element francium and first woman to be elected to the French Académie des Sciences (1909-1975)). |
| Charles | crater | 1.3 km | French male name. |
| Louise | crater | 0.6 km | French female name. |