Trending Astronomers in France this month
The 100 most-viewed astronomers this month on Wikipedia (France). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Leonardo da Vinci.
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17,601
Total Views (this month)
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Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
1,755
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2
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564–1642)
961
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3
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
801
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4
Aristotle
4th-century BCE Classical Greek philosopher and polymath
729
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views
5
René Descartes
French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650)
723
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views
6
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
684
views
views
7
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
512
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views
8
Michel Mayor
Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics
394
views
views
9
Antoine Lavoisier
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
361
views
views
10
Brian May
British musician (born 1947)
357
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views
11
Archimedes
Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – c. 212 BC)
338
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views
12
Henri Poincaré
French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)
331
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views
13
Nostradamus
French seer and astrologer (1503–1566)
307
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views
14
Jean-Pierre Petit
French astrophysicist, scientist and illustrator
304
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views
15
Averroes
Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198)
302
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16
Hypatia
Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
289
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views
17
Avicenna
Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
277
views
views
18
David Elbaz
French astrophysicist
272
views
views
19
Aurélien Barrau
French astrophysicist
259
views
views
20
Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
9th-century Persian mathematician and astronomer
243
views
views
21
Eratosthenes
Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, librarian and music theorist
231
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views
22
Giordano Bruno
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)
229
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views
23
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
French natural historian (1707-1788)
222
views
views
24
Paracelsus
Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541)
203
views
views
25
Johannes Kepler
German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)
197
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views
26
Thales
ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician
196
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views
27
Franck Marchis
American astronomer
196
views
views
28
Leonhard Euler
Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)
191
views
views
29
Ptolemy
2nd-century Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer
189
views
views
30
François Forget
researcher
182
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views
31
Cheikh Anta Diop
Senegalese politician, essayist (1923–1986)
176
views
views
32
Pierre-Simon Laplace
French mathematician and astronomer (1749–1827)
172
views
views
33
Carl Sagan
American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)
158
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views
34
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)
153
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views
35
Hubert Reeves
Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science (1932–2023)
153
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36
Moshe ben Maimon
Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135–1204)
152
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37
Yves Langevin
French astrophysicist
142
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views
38
Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle
French writer and philosopher of the enlightenment (1657–1757)
138
views
views
39
Omar Khayyám
Persian mathematician and poet (1048–1131)
129
views
views
40
Didier Queloz
Swiss astronomer
126
views
views
41
Jean Le Rond d'Alembert
French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist (1717-1783)
118
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views
42
Imhotep
Egyptian polymath, later revered as a god
118
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views
43
John Dee
16th-century English mathematician, astrologer, and alchemist
112
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views
44
Sally Ride
American astronaut and physicist (1951–2012)
105
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views
45
Christiaan Huygens
Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1629–1695)
102
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views
46
Georges Lemaître
Belgian astrophysicist and Catholic priest (1894–1966)
96
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views
47
Robert Hooke
English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (1635 — 1703)
94
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views
48
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
Mathematician and astronomer (1736–1813)
93
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49
Christophe Galfard
French physicist and writer
92
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views
50
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769-1859)
92
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views
51
Ziryab
9th-century poet and musician
90
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views
52
François Arago
French mathematician, physicist, astronomer and politician (1786-1853)
89
views
views
53
Jamshīd al-Kāshī
Persian astronomer and mathematician
83
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views
54
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American astrophysicist and science communicator
82
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views
55
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
British astrophysicist (born 1943)
81
views
views
56
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
British physicist and engineer (1824–1907)
75
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views
57
Cécile Renault
French astrophysicist (1970-2021)
73
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views
58
Alessandro Morbidelli
Italian astronomer
70
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views
59
Tycho Brahe
Danish astronomer and alchemist, 1546–1601
70
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views
60
Ibn al-Haytham
Persian physicist, mathematician and astronomer (c. 965 – c. 1040)
68
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views
61
Kip S. Thorne
American physicist (born 1940)
67
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views
62
Hasan-i Sabbah
The founder of the Ismaili state of Alamut and the Imam of the Nizari Ismailis (1081–1124)
66
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views
63
Roger Penrose
English mathematical physicist, recreational mathematician and philosopher
64
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64
Giovanni Domenico Cassini
Italian/French mathematician, astronomer, engineer, and astrologer (*1625 – †1712)
64
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65
Sylvester II
Pope of the Catholic Church from 938 to 1003
62
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views
66
Thomas Gouye
French astronomer
62
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views
67
Samantha Carter
fictional character in the Stargate universe
62
views
views
68
John Napier
Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (1550–1617)
62
views
views
69
Camille Flammarion
French astronomer and author (1842–1925)
60
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70
Robert Weryk
Canadian astronomer
57
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views
71
Silver Surfer
fictional character in Marvel Comics
56
views
views
72
Jean Sylvain Bailly
French astronomer, mathematician, freemason, and political leader (1736-1793)
56
views
views
73
Franz Anton Mesmer
German physician
56
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views
74
Vera Rubin
American astronomer and physicist (1928-2016)
56
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views
75
Pytheas
ancient Greek explorer
55
views
views
76
Siméon Denis Poisson
French mathematician, mechanician and physicist (1781–1840)
53
views
views
77
Léon Foucault
French physicist (1819–1868)
51
views
views
78
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters
51
views
views
79
Idris
prophet
51
views
views
80
Raj Koothrappali
fictional character on the television series The Big Bang Theory
51
views
views
81
Roland Lehoucq
French astrophysicist
51
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views
82
Anaximander
pre-Socratic Greek philosopher
49
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views
83
Edmond Halley
English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)
48
views
views
84
Patrick Michel
French astrophyscist and planetary scientist
47
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views
85
Edwin Hubble
American astronomer (1889–1953)
47
views
views
86
Michael Servetus
Spanish physician and theologian
46
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views
87
Pierre Gassendi
French philosopher, astronomer, mathematician, priest, and scientist (*1592 – †1655)
46
views
views
88
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)
46
views
views
89
Anaxagoras
5th-century BC Greek philosopher
45
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views
90
Nicole-Reine Lepaute
French astronomer (1723-1788)
45
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91
Farabi
10th century Persian philosopher and jurist
44
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views
92
Al-Biruni
11th-century Persian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
44
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views
93
Charles Babbage
English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871)
44
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views
94
Bernard Lyot
French astronomer (1897-1952)
44
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views
95
Anders Celsius
Swedish astronomer, physicist, and naturalist (1701-1744)
43
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views
96
Al-Kindi
Muslim Arab philosopher, mathematician and physician (c.801–873)
43
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views
97
Aristarchus of Samos
Greek astronomer and mathematician (c.310–c.230 BC)
43
views
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98
William Herschel
German-born British astronomer and composer (1738–1822)
43
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views
99
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Russian and Soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of the astronautic theory (1857-1935)
42
views
views
100
Charles Marie de La Condamine
French explorer, geographer, and mathematician (1701-1774)
42
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