François Hilsum (26 January 1929 – 16 March 2020) was a French political activist and journalist.
His father, René Hilsum, was a bookseller, and his mother, Marcelle Grandjux, was a painter.
[2][3] His brother, Gérard, was part of Undersecretary of State for Coal Auguste Lecœur's cabinet.
[4] His grandmother was a revolutionary activist and his great-uncle served as Vice-President of the Second International.
[6] Hilsum became a member of the national office of the Union of French Republican Youth in 1953.