Trending Chemists in France this week
The 100 most-viewed chemists this week on Wikipedia (France). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Marie Curie.
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Marie Curie
Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
145
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2
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
89
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3
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
52
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4
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642-1727)
35
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5
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)
35
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6
Irène Joliot-Curie
French scientist (1897–1956)
31
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7
Dolph Lundgren
Swedish actor and martial artist
28
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8
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
26
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9
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
25
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10
Angela Merkel
chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 (born 1954)
20
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11
Antoine Lavoisier
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
20
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12
Pierre Curie
French physicist (1859–1906)
19
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13
Paul Langevin
French physicist, philosopher of science and pedagogue (1872-1946)
19
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14
Bas Eickhout
Dutch politician
16
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15
Vincent Reynouard
French Holocaust denier
16
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16
Valery Legasov
Soviet nuclear chemist, chief of the commission investigating the Chernobyl disaster (1936-1988)
14
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17
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
12
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18
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
French scientist (1900-1958)
12
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19
Alexander Fleming
Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)
11
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20
Eugène Schueller
French chemist and businessman (1881–1957)
11
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21
Paracelsus
Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541)
10
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22
Jessie Inchauspé
French biochemist and author
10
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23
Jacques Monod
French biologist and biochemist, Nobel laureate (1910-1976)
10
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24
Otto Hahn
German chemist and physicist (1879-1968)
9
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25
Primo Levi
Italian chemist, partisan, Holocaust survivor, and writer (1919–1987)
9
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26
Alfred Nobel
Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)
8
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27
Claude Allègre
French politician and geochemist (1937–2025)
8
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28
Avicenna
Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
8
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29
James Watt
British engineer (1736–1819)
8
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30
Walter White
fictional character in the television drama series Breaking Bad
8
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31
Alice Augusta Ball
African American chemist (1892–1916)
7
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32
Henri Laborit
French physician, writer and philosopher (1914-1995)
7
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33
Henri Becquerel
French physicist (1852–1908)
7
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34
Alessandro Volta
Italian physicist, chemist, and pioneer of electricity and power (1745-1827)
7
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35
Niels Bohr
Danish physicist (1885–1962)
6
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36
Helen Sharman
British chemist who became the first Briton in space
6
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37
James Watson
American molecular biologist, geneticist, zoologist and Nobel Laureate (1928–2025)
6
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38
The Joker
fictional character throughout the DC Universe
6
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39
Cheikh Anta Diop
Senegalese politician, essayist (1923–1986)
6
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40
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
French naturalist (1744-1829)
6
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41
Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde
French mathematician
6
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42
Michel Eugène Chevreul
French chemist (1786-1889)
6
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43
Fritz Haber
German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize (1868–1934)
5
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44
Dmitri Mendeleev
Russian chemist (1834–1907)
5
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45
Elio Di Rupo
Belgian politician (born 1951)
5
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46
Joachim Sauer
German chemist and former Second Gentleman of Germany
5
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47
Raphaël Rodriguez
French chemist
5
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48
Henri Nestlé
businessman (1814-1890)
5
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49
Jean-François Pilatre de Rozier
French balloonist
5
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50
Baron d'Holbach
German-born French philosopher (1723–1789)
5
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51
Robert Boyle
Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor
4
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52
Jean Piccard
chemist, engineer, professor and high-altitude balloonist (1884-1963)
4
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53
Albert Hofmann
Swiss chemist (1906–2008)
4
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54
Louis Slotin
Canadian physicist and chemist (1910-1946)
4
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55
Pierre Joliot
French biochemist
4
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56
Lise Meitner
Austrian-Swedish physicist
4
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57
Chaim Weizmann
Israeli statesman and British chemist (1874–1952)
4
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58
Armando Bukele Kattán
Salvadorean chemist (1944-2015)
4
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59
Bernard Palissy
French potter and engineer
4
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60
Ludwig Boltzmann
Austrian physicist and philosopher (1844–1906)
4
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61
Morbius
fictional character in Marvel Comics
4
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62
Robert Ley
German Nazi politician; indicted by the International Military Tribunal for war crimes (1890-1945)
4
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63
Frédérique Vidal
French biochemist and politician
3
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64
Gaspard Monge
French mathematician, inventor of descriptive geometry and father of differential geometry (1746-1818)
3
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65
Mr. Freeze
fictional character throughout the DC Universe
3
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66
Wolfgang Pauli
physicist, Nobel prize winner (1900–1958)
3
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67
Louis Daguerre
French scientist, artist and photographer (1787–1851)
3
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68
Alain Mérieux
French businessman
3
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69
Jean Perrin
French physicist (1870–1942)
3
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70
Robert Koch
German physician, bacteriologist (1843–1910)
3
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71
Yeshayahu Leibowitz
Israeli intellectual (1903-1994)
3
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72
Alexander Borodin
Russian composer, doctor and chemist (1833–1887)
3
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73
François-Vincent Raspail
French chemist, naturalist, physician, physiologist, attorney, and socialist politician (1794-1878)
3
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74
Louis Nicolas Vauquelin
French professor of chemistry (1763-1829)
3
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75
Mary-Anne Paulze Lavoisier
French chemist and painter (1758-1836)
2
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76
Ernest Solvay
Belgian chemist, industrialist, philanthropist (1838-1922)
2
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77
Julia Serano
American writer and activist
2
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78
Brigitte Boisselier
French chemist
2
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79
Bane
fictional character in the DC Comics universe, a supervillain
2
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80
Marc Fontecave
French bioinorganic chemist and university teacher (born 1956)
2
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81
Anne Marie Staub
French biochemist and chemist (1914–2012)
2
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82
Michael Faraday
British scientist (1791–1867)
2
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83
Hubert Curien
French physicist
2
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84
Jean-Luc Fugit
French politician
2
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85
Ibn al-Baitar
Andalusian Arab pharmacist, botanist, physician and scientist (1197–1248)
2
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86
Jerzy Buzek
Prime Minister of Poland (r. 1997–2001); President of the European Parliament (r. 2009–2012)
2
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87
Oswald Avery
Canadian-born American physician and medical researcher
2
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88
Rita Levi-Montalcini
Italian neurologist (1909–2012)
2
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89
Paul-Gilbert Langevin
French musicologist
2
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90
François Jacob
French biologist and geneticist, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1965
2
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91
Henry Pym
fictional character in Marvel Comics
2
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92
Wang Chuanfu
Chinese chemist and manager
2
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93
Edouard Herzen
Belgian chemist (1877-1936)
2
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94
Henry Louis Le Châtelier
French chemist (1850–1936)
2
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95
Denis Gratias
French scientist
2
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96
Ilya Prigogine
Russian-Belgian physical chemist (1917–2003)
2
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97
David Perrin
French biologist
2
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98
Félix Worms de Romilly
French chemist and physicist
2
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99
Francis Perrin
French physicist
2
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100
André-Marie Ampère
French physicist and mathematician (1775–1836)
2
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