Trending Chemists in France this month
The 100 most-viewed chemists this month on Wikipedia (France). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Marie Curie.
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19,970
Total Views (this month)
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Marie Curie
Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
3,063
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2
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
1,755
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3
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
1,316
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4
Paul Langevin
French physicist, philosopher of science and pedagogue (1872-1946)
815
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5
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642-1727)
801
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6
Irène Joliot-Curie
French scientist (1897–1956)
658
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views
7
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
651
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8
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)
628
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9
Angela Merkel
chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 (born 1954)
583
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10
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
506
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11
Dolph Lundgren
Swedish actor and martial artist
446
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12
Pierre Curie
French physicist (1859–1906)
441
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13
Antoine Lavoisier
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
361
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14
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
326
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15
Avicenna
Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
277
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16
Primo Levi
Italian chemist, partisan, Holocaust survivor, and writer (1919–1987)
265
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17
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
French scientist (1900-1958)
240
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18
Valery Legasov
Soviet nuclear chemist, chief of the commission investigating the Chernobyl disaster (1936-1988)
230
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19
Vincent Reynouard
French Holocaust denier
228
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20
Paracelsus
Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541)
203
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21
Jessie Inchauspé
French biochemist and author
199
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22
Alessandro Volta
Italian physicist, chemist, and pioneer of electricity and power (1745-1827)
182
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23
Cheikh Anta Diop
Senegalese politician, essayist (1923–1986)
176
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24
James Watt
British engineer (1736–1819)
174
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25
Alfred Nobel
Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)
171
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26
Eugène Schueller
French chemist and businessman (1881–1957)
158
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27
The Joker
fictional character throughout the DC Universe
152
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28
Alexander Fleming
Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)
133
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29
Walter White
fictional character in the television drama series Breaking Bad
132
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30
Lise Meitner
Austrian-Swedish physicist
131
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31
André-Marie Ampère
French physicist and mathematician (1775–1836)
124
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32
Niels Bohr
Danish physicist (1885–1962)
123
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33
Claude Allègre
French politician and geochemist (1937–2025)
122
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34
Pierre Joliot
French biochemist
121
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35
Dmitri Mendeleev
Russian chemist (1834–1907)
116
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36
Elio Di Rupo
Belgian politician (born 1951)
107
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37
Henri Becquerel
French physicist (1852–1908)
107
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38
Jacques Monod
French biologist and biochemist, Nobel laureate (1910-1976)
102
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39
Lex Luthor
fictional character in DC Comics
101
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views
40
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
French naturalist (1744-1829)
99
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41
Henri Laborit
French physician, writer and philosopher (1914-1995)
98
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42
Jean Perrin
French physicist (1870–1942)
96
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43
Michael Faraday
British scientist (1791–1867)
94
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44
Paul-Gilbert Langevin
French musicologist
93
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45
Emmanuelle Charpentier
French microbiologist and biochemist (born 1968)
92
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46
Gaspard Monge
French mathematician, inventor of descriptive geometry and father of differential geometry (1746-1818)
90
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47
Éliane Montel
French physicist and chemist
84
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48
Bernard Palissy
French potter and engineer
83
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49
Louis Lumière
French inventor (1864–1948)
82
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50
Fritz Haber
German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize (1868–1934)
80
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51
Robert Mond
British chemist and archaeologist (1867–1938)
78
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views
52
Marcellin Berthelot
French chemist and politician (1827-1907)
75
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53
Jean-François Pilatre de Rozier
French balloonist
69
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54
James Watson
American molecular biologist, geneticist, zoologist and Nobel Laureate (1928–2025)
69
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55
Michel Eugène Chevreul
French chemist (1786-1889)
68
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56
Helen Sharman
British chemist who became the first Briton in space
68
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57
Albert Wesker
fictional character from Resident Evil
64
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58
Lionel Dahmer
American chemist and writer; father of Jeffrey Dahmer
63
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59
Ivan Pavlov
Russian physiologist (1849-1936)
62
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60
Louis Daguerre
French scientist, artist and photographer (1787–1851)
62
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61
Linus Pauling
American scientist (1901–1994)
61
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62
Robert Ley
German Nazi politician; indicted by the International Military Tribunal for war crimes (1890-1945)
59
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63
Henri Nestlé
businessman (1814-1890)
58
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64
Frédérique Vidal
French biochemist and politician
56
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65
François-Vincent Raspail
French chemist, naturalist, physician, physiologist, attorney, and socialist politician (1794-1878)
55
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66
Alain Mérieux
French businessman
55
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67
Albertus Magnus
German-Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200–1280)
55
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68
Rita Levi-Montalcini
Italian neurologist (1909–2012)
54
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69
Armando Bukele Kattán
Salvadorean chemist (1944-2015)
54
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70
Jacques Bergier
French writer and scientist (1912–1978)
54
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71
Albert Hofmann
Swiss chemist (1906–2008)
52
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72
Tu Youyou
Chinese medical scientist
51
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73
Ludwig Boltzmann
Austrian physicist and philosopher (1844–1906)
51
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74
Ernest Rutherford
New Zealand physicist (1871–1937)
51
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75
Bane
fictional character in the DC Comics universe, a supervillain
48
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76
Elias Canetti
Bulgarian-born Swiss and British Jewish modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer (1905–1994)
48
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77
Otto Hahn
German chemist and physicist (1879-1968)
47
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views
78
Ernest Solvay
Belgian chemist, industrialist, philanthropist (1838-1922)
46
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79
Ilya Prigogine
Russian-Belgian physical chemist (1917–2003)
46
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80
Francis Crick
British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA
46
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81
François Jacob
French biologist and geneticist, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1965
45
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82
Al-Biruni
11th-century Persian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
44
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83
Søren Peter Lauritz Sørensen
Danish chemist
44
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views
84
Alexander Borodin
Russian composer, doctor and chemist (1833–1887)
44
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85
Mary-Anne Paulze Lavoisier
French chemist and painter (1758-1836)
43
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86
Anders Celsius
Swedish astronomer, physicist, and naturalist (1701-1744)
43
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87
Chaim Weizmann
Israeli statesman and British chemist (1874–1952)
43
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views
88
Otto Heinrich Warburg
German physiologist, medical doctor and Nobel laureate (1883–1970)
42
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89
Robert Koch
German physician, bacteriologist (1843–1910)
42
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90
Alice Augusta Ball
African American chemist (1892–1916)
42
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91
Justus von Liebig
German chemist (1803-1873)
41
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92
Paul Héroult
French inventor (1863–1914)
41
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93
Sophie Berthelot
French chemist (1837-1907)
40
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94
Jerzy Buzek
Prime Minister of Poland (r. 1997–2001); President of the European Parliament (r. 2009–2012)
40
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95
Abu Bakr al-Razi
Persian polymath, physician, chemist and philosopher (854-925)
40
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96
Jerry Buss
American businessman and real estate investor (1933–2013)
40
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97
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
German-Polish physicist and engineer (1686-1736)
39
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98
Louis Slotin
Canadian physicist and chemist (1910-1946)
39
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99
Brigitte Boisselier
French chemist
39
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100
Éleuthère Irénée du Pont
French-American chemist
39
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