Trending Geologists in France this month
The 100 most-viewed geologists this month on Wikipedia (France). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Charles Darwin.
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6,064
Total Views (this month)
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1
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809β1882)
629
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2
Laszlo Toth
Australian geologist known for vandalism (1938β2012)
339
views
views
3
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743β1826)
336
views
views
4
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920β1958)
326
views
views
5
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749β1832)
313
views
views
6
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
French natural historian (1707-1788)
222
views
views
7
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646β1716)
221
views
views
8
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707β1778)
206
views
views
9
Herbert Hoover
president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 (1874β1964)
163
views
views
10
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist
158
views
views
11
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician and physicist (1777β1855)
153
views
views
12
Haroun Tazieff
French volcanologist, geologist (1914-1998)
138
views
views
13
VΓ©ronique Le Guen
French speleologist (1956β1990)
130
views
views
14
Claude Allègre
French politician and geochemist (1937β2025)
122
views
views
15
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838β1914)
118
views
views
16
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
French naturalist (1744-1829)
99
views
views
17
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769-1859)
92
views
views
18
Bernard Palissy
French potter and engineer
83
views
views
19
David A. Johnston
American volcanologist (1949β1980)
77
views
views
20
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
72
views
views
21
Georges Cuvier
French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769β1832)
70
views
views
22
Mary Anning
British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799β1847)
63
views
views
23
Philippe Charlier
French physician
62
views
views
24
Linus Pauling
American scientist (1901β1994)
61
views
views
25
Yves Coppens
French paleoanthropologist (1934β2022)
61
views
views
26
Tzvetan Todorov
Bulgarian historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist (1939-2017)
60
views
views
27
Serge Zaka
agroclimatologist
59
views
views
28
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
Swiss traveller and writer (1784-1817)
59
views
views
29
ValΓ©rie Masson-Delmotte
French engineer and climatologist
53
views
views
30
Edmond Halley
English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656β1742)
48
views
views
31
Olivier Merle
French geologist
47
views
views
32
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880β1930)
46
views
views
33
Jean Jouzel
French climatologist and glaciologist
45
views
views
34
Abdallah Chatila
Swiss businessperson
44
views
views
35
Michel Siffre
French cave explorer (1939β2024)
40
views
views
36
AndrΓ© Leroi-Gourhan
French archaeologist (1911-1986)
38
views
views
37
William Calley
US Army officer convicted for massacre at My Lai, Vietnam (1943β2024)
37
views
views
38
Jacques Curie
French physicist
33
views
views
39
Harrison Schmitt
Astronaut, geologist, politician, 12th man to walk on the moon (Apollo 17)
32
views
views
40
Marylène Patou-Mathis
French prehistorian
30
views
views
41
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
28
views
views
42
Tommy Oliver
fictional character
28
views
views
43
Athanasius Kircher
German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)
27
views
views
44
Jin Yuzhang
Heir to Chinese throne
26
views
views
45
Nicolas Steno
Pioneer in anatomy and geology, bishop (1638β1686)
26
views
views
46
Robert Smithson
American sculptor and conceptual artist (1938-1973)
26
views
views
47
Carl Vogt
German-Swiss scientist and politician (1817β1895)
25
views
views
48
Robert Ballard
United States Navy officer, oceanographer and underwater archaeologist
25
views
views
49
Katia Krafft
French volcanologist (1942β1991)
24
views
views
50
Louis Agassiz
Swiss-American naturalist (1807β1873)
24
views
views
51
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825β1895)
24
views
views
52
Rudolf Virchow
German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902)
24
views
views
53
Michel Brunet
French paleontologist and paleoanthropologist (1940-)
24
views
views
54
Roland Bonaparte
French geographer, astronomer and anthropologist (1858β1924)
23
views
views
55
Jean Coulomb
French mathematician and geophysicist (1904β1999)
23
views
views
56
Wen Jiabao
6th Premier of the People's Republic of China from 2004 to 2013
23
views
views
57
Ross Geller
fictional character from Friends
23
views
views
58
Pete Ross
fictional character(s) in the DC universe
22
views
views
59
Jennifer Doudna
American biochemist
22
views
views
60
Maurice Wilkins
New Zealand-born English physicist and biologist
21
views
views
61
Harry Glicken
American geologist (1958-1991)
21
views
views
62
SebastiΓ£o JosΓ© de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal
Portuguese noble and diplomat (1699β1782)
20
views
views
63
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski
Polish explorer and writer (1878β1945)
19
views
views
64
Alberto Angela
Italian paleontologist, science communicator, writer and journalist (born 1962)
19
views
views
65
Milutin MilankoviΔ
Serbian mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, climatologist, and engineer (1879β1958)
19
views
views
66
Norbert Casteret
French caver and writer (1897-1987)
18
views
views
67
Max von Laue
German physicist, Nobel laureate and anti-Nazi (1879β1960)
18
views
views
68
Horace BΓ©nΓ©dict de Saussure
Genevan scientist (1740-1799)
18
views
views
69
Mykola Azarov
Ukrainian politician (born 1947)
17
views
views
70
Louis Leakey
kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist
17
views
views
71
Γdouard-Alfred Martel
French cave explorer (1859β1938)
17
views
views
72
Paul Josef Crutzen
Dutch climatologist (1933β2021)
16
views
views
73
Clair Cameron Patterson
American chemist and geochemist (1922β1995)
16
views
views
74
Arcisse de Caumont
French historian and archaeologist (1801β1873)
15
views
views
75
Emmanuel de Martonne
French geographer (1873β1955)
15
views
views
76
Maurice Taieb
French geologist and anthropologist (1935-2021)
15
views
views
77
Humphry Davy
British chemist
14
views
views
78
Henry Darcy
French engineer (1803β1858)
14
views
views
79
Hakima El Haite
Moroccan politician
14
views
views
80
Hubert Curien
French physicist
14
views
views
81
Jacques de Morgan
French mining engineer, geologist, and archaeologist (1857β1924)
14
views
views
82
Stephen Jay Gould
American biologist and historian of science (1941β2002)
14
views
views
83
Lassina Zerbo
former Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, geophysicist, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)
14
views
views
84
Claude Lorius
French climatologist
14
views
views
85
Alexandre Brongniart
French chemist, mineralogist, and zoologist (1770β1847)
13
views
views
86
Jessica Watkins
US astronaut
13
views
views
87
Abderrazak El Albani
Moroccan sedimentologist and professor
13
views
views
88
Robert M. Schoch
American geologist
13
views
views
89
Ellie Sattler
Jurassic Park character
13
views
views
90
Marie Tharp
American oceanographer and cartographer (1920β2006)
13
views
views
91
Georges Fabre
(1844-1911) French geologist
13
views
views
92
Vladimir Vernadsky
Russian and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist, one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology
12
views
views
93
LoΓ―c Le Ribault
geologist (1947β2007)
12
views
views
94
Eugene Merle Shoemaker
American geologist and astronomer
12
views
views
95
Henri Breuil
French priest and academic (1877β1961)
12
views
views
96
Charles Francis Richter
American seismologist
12
views
views
97
Alan Grant
fictional character from Jurassic Park
12
views
views
98
Emil Constantinescu
President of Romania from 1996 to 2000
12
views
views
99
Γdouard Lartet
French geologist and paleontologist (1801β1871)
12
views
views
100
Charles-Pierre PΓ©guy
French climatologist and geographer (1915-2005)
12
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