Trending Geologists in France — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed geologists on Wikipedia, September 2026 (French-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Charles Darwin. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
132,005
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
10,814
views
views
2
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
9,302
views
views
3
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
6,770
views
views
4
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
French natural historian (1707-1788)
4,809
views
views
5
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
4,778
views
views
6
Herbert Hoover
president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 (1874–1964)
4,518
views
views
7
Claude Allègre
French politician and geochemist (1937–2025)
4,344
views
views
8
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
4,114
views
views
9
Haroun Tazieff
French volcanologist, geologist (1914-1998)
3,860
views
views
10
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778); developed the foundations of modern taxonomy
3,644
views
views
11
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist
3,596
views
views
12
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)
3,255
views
views
13
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
3,061
views
views
14
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)
2,515
views
views
15
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
2,489
views
views
16
Valérie Masson-Delmotte
French engineer and climatologist
2,457
views
views
17
Théodore Monod
French naturalist and explorer (1902-2000)
2,379
views
views
18
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
French naturalist (1744-1829)
2,070
views
views
19
Serge Zaka
agroclimatologist
2,018
views
views
20
Georges Cuvier
French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769–1832)
1,946
views
views
21
Bernard Palissy
French potter and engineer (1510-1590)
1,906
views
views
22
André Leroi-Gourhan
French archaeologist (1911-1986)
1,704
views
views
23
Tzvetan Todorov
Bulgarian historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist (1939-2017)
1,685
views
views
24
Philippe Charlier
French physician
1,678
views
views
25
Yves Coppens
French paleoanthropologist (1934–2022)
1,616
views
views
26
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)
1,456
views
views
27
Jean Jouzel
French climatologist and glaciologist
1,407
views
views
28
Mary Anning
British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799–1847)
1,390
views
views
29
Najla Bouden
Tunisian engineer, academic and politician
1,288
views
views
30
Laszlo Toth
Australian geologist known for vandalism (1938–2012)
1,200
views
views
31
James E. Hansen
American climatologist (1941-)
1,114
views
views
32
Ross Geller
fictional character from Friends
1,077
views
views
33
Linus Pauling
American scientist (1901–1994)
906
views
views
34
Rudolf Virchow
German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902)
804
views
views
35
Christophe Cassou
French climatologist
802
views
views
36
Athanasius Kircher
German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)
719
views
views
37
Stephen Jay Gould
American biologist and historian of science (1941–2002)
713
views
views
38
Roland Bonaparte
French geographer, astronomer and anthropologist (1858–1924)
693
views
views
39
Conrad Kilian
French geologist
675
views
views
40
Horace Bénédict de Saussure
Genevan scientist (1740–1799)
652
views
views
41
Michel Siffre
French cave explorer (1939–2024)
638
views
views
42
Violaine Sautter
French geologist
637
views
views
43
Friedrich Schleiermacher
German theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar (1768-1834)
607
views
views
44
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895)
604
views
views
45
Édouard-Alfred Martel
French cave explorer (1859–1938)
603
views
views
46
Ada Yonath
Israeli structural biologist and Nobel laureate (1939–2026)
601
views
views
47
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal
Portuguese noble and diplomat (1699–1782)
594
views
views
48
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
588
views
views
49
Eunice Newton Foote
American scientist, inventor and women's rights activist (1819–1888)
587
views
views
50
Harrison Schmitt
Astronaut, geologist, politician, 12th man to walk on the moon (Apollo 17)
575
views
views
51
William Calley
US Army officer convicted for massacre at My Lai, Vietnam (1943–2024)
565
views
views
52
Henry de Lumley
French prehistorian and paleoanthropologist
541
views
views
53
Robert Ballard
United States Navy officer, oceanographer and underwater archaeologist
531
views
views
54
Alan Grant
fictional character from Jurassic Park
513
views
views
55
Henri Breuil
French priest and academic (1877–1961)
505
views
views
56
Françoise Vimeux
French climatologist
501
views
views
57
Claude Lorius
French climatologist
498
views
views
58
Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg
Russian noble (1817-1852)
496
views
views
59
Edmond Halley
English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)
478
views
views
60
Jin Yuzhang
Heir to Chinese throne
468
views
views
61
Lazzaro Spallanzani
Italian priest, biologist and physiologist (1729-1799)
466
views
views
62
Max Eckert-Greifendorff
German geographer (1868-1938)
461
views
views
63
Stefano Borson
academic (1758 - 1832), member of the Accademia delle Scienze di Torino since 1818
459
views
views
64
Abdallah Chatila
Swiss businessperson
456
views
views
65
Marcel Loubens
French speleologist
446
views
views
66
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski
Polish explorer and writer (1878–1945)
443
views
views
67
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
Swiss traveller and writer (1784-1817)
440
views
views
68
David A. Johnston
American volcanologist (1949–1980)
435
views
views
69
Jennifer Doudna
American biochemist
422
views
views
70
Alcide d'Orbigny
French scientist (1802–1857)
419
views
views
71
Hubert Curien
French physicist
418
views
views
72
Olivier Merle
French novelist and geologist
405
views
views
73
Charles-Pierre Péguy
French climatologist and geographer (1915-2005)
400
views
views
74
Humphry Davy
British chemist
394
views
views
75
Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu
French geologist, volcanologist and mineralogist (1750-1801)
387
views
views
76
Marie Tharp
American oceanographer and cartographer (1920–2006)
374
views
views
77
Sven Hedin
Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)
370
views
views
78
Michel Brunet
French paleontologist and paleoanthropologist (1940-)
367
views
views
79
Douglas Mawson
Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)
365
views
views
80
Éric Establie
French speleologist (1964-2010)
363
views
views
81
Roger Revelle
American scientist (1909–1991)
349
views
views
82
Robert Smithson
American sculptor and conceptual artist (1938-1973)
348
views
views
83
Tommy Oliver
fictional character
347
views
views
84
Charles Francis Richter
American seismologist
347
views
views
85
William Fox
Hungarian-American film producer
342
views
views
86
Inge Lehmann
Danish seismologist who discovered the Earth's inner core (1888-1993)
339
views
views
87
Richard Owen
English biologist and paleontologist (1804–1892)
336
views
views
88
Véronique Le Guen
French speleologist (1956–1990)
327
views
views
89
Louis Agassiz
Swiss-American naturalist (1807–1873)
316
views
views
90
Milutin Milanković
Serbian mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, climatologist, and engineer (1879–1958)
314
views
views
91
Emmanuel de Martonne
French geographer (1873–1955)
313
views
views
92
René Just Haüy
French mineralogist
303
views
views
93
Paul J. Crutzen
Dutch climatologist (1933–2021)
301
views
views
94
Pierre Laffitte
French politician (1925–2021)
300
views
views
95
Norbert Casteret
French caver and writer (1897-1987)
300
views
views
96
Jean-Pascal van Ypersele
professor, scientist
299
views
views
97
Salim Eddé
Lebanese philanthropist
298
views
views
98
James Parkinson
English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist
295
views
views
99
Vladimir Vernadsky
Russian and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist, one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology
295
views
views
100
Louis Leakey
kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist
292
views
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