Trending Geologists in France — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed geologists on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (French-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Charles Darwin. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
141,791
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
11,726
views
views
2
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
9,786
views
views
3
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
7,325
views
views
4
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
French natural historian (1707-1788)
5,145
views
views
5
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
5,106
views
views
6
Herbert Hoover
president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 (1874–1964)
4,775
views
views
7
Claude Allègre
French politician and geochemist (1937–2025)
4,541
views
views
8
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
4,528
views
views
9
Haroun Tazieff
French volcanologist, geologist (1914-1998)
4,139
views
views
10
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778); developed the foundations of modern taxonomy
3,940
views
views
11
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist
3,863
views
views
12
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)
3,556
views
views
13
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
3,185
views
views
14
Serge Zaka
agroclimatologist
2,904
views
views
15
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
2,632
views
views
16
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)
2,582
views
views
17
Théodore Monod
French naturalist and explorer (1902-2000)
2,543
views
views
18
Valérie Masson-Delmotte
French engineer and climatologist
2,519
views
views
19
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
French naturalist (1744-1829)
2,211
views
views
20
Georges Cuvier
French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769–1832)
2,061
views
views
21
Bernard Palissy
French potter and engineer (1510-1590)
2,040
views
views
22
Tzvetan Todorov
Bulgarian historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist (1939-2017)
1,779
views
views
23
Philippe Charlier
French physician
1,779
views
views
24
André Leroi-Gourhan
French archaeologist (1911-1986)
1,757
views
views
25
Yves Coppens
French paleoanthropologist (1934–2022)
1,714
views
views
26
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)
1,609
views
views
27
Laszlo Toth
Australian geologist known for vandalism (1938–2012)
1,597
views
views
28
Mary Anning
British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799–1847)
1,485
views
views
29
Jean Jouzel
French climatologist and glaciologist
1,464
views
views
30
Najla Bouden
Tunisian engineer, academic and politician
1,316
views
views
31
Ross Geller
fictional character from Friends
1,123
views
views
32
James E. Hansen
American climatologist (1941-)
1,122
views
views
33
Linus Pauling
American scientist (1901–1994)
986
views
views
34
Rudolf Virchow
German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902)
831
views
views
35
Christophe Cassou
French climatologist
813
views
views
36
Harrison Schmitt
Astronaut, geologist, politician, 12th man to walk on the moon (Apollo 17)
788
views
views
37
Athanasius Kircher
German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)
759
views
views
38
Roland Bonaparte
French geographer, astronomer and anthropologist (1858–1924)
737
views
views
39
Stephen Jay Gould
American biologist and historian of science (1941–2002)
736
views
views
40
Conrad Kilian
French geologist
700
views
views
41
Horace Bénédict de Saussure
Genevan scientist (1740–1799)
687
views
views
42
Michel Siffre
French cave explorer (1939–2024)
681
views
views
43
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895)
643
views
views
44
Violaine Sautter
French geologist
639
views
views
45
Édouard-Alfred Martel
French cave explorer (1859–1938)
630
views
views
46
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal
Portuguese noble and diplomat (1699–1782)
629
views
views
47
Friedrich Schleiermacher
German theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar (1768-1834)
627
views
views
48
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
625
views
views
49
William Calley
US Army officer convicted for massacre at My Lai, Vietnam (1943–2024)
624
views
views
50
Ada Yonath
Israeli structural biologist and Nobel laureate (1939–2026)
608
views
views
51
Eunice Newton Foote
American scientist, inventor and women's rights activist (1819–1888)
596
views
views
52
Robert Ballard
United States Navy officer, oceanographer and underwater archaeologist
581
views
views
53
Henry de Lumley
French prehistorian and paleoanthropologist
571
views
views
54
Alan Grant
fictional character from Jurassic Park
545
views
views
55
Edmond Halley
English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)
544
views
views
56
Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg
Russian noble (1817-1852)
532
views
views
57
Henri Breuil
French priest and academic (1877–1961)
529
views
views
58
Abdallah Chatila
Swiss businessperson
517
views
views
59
Claude Lorius
French climatologist
515
views
views
60
David A. Johnston
American volcanologist (1949–1980)
514
views
views
61
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
Swiss traveller and writer (1784-1817)
504
views
views
62
Françoise Vimeux
French climatologist
503
views
views
63
Jin Yuzhang
Heir to Chinese throne
502
views
views
64
Lazzaro Spallanzani
Italian priest, biologist and physiologist (1729-1799)
491
views
views
65
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski
Polish explorer and writer (1878–1945)
467
views
views
66
Véronique Le Guen
French speleologist (1956–1990)
464
views
views
67
Max Eckert-Greifendorff
German geographer (1868-1938)
461
views
views
68
Marcel Loubens
French speleologist
461
views
views
69
Stefano Borson
academic (1758 - 1832), member of the Accademia delle Scienze di Torino since 1818
460
views
views
70
Olivier Merle
French novelist and geologist
458
views
views
71
Jennifer Doudna
American biochemist
454
views
views
72
Hubert Curien
French physicist
442
views
views
73
Alcide d'Orbigny
French scientist (1802–1857)
433
views
views
74
Charles-Pierre Péguy
French climatologist and geographer (1915-2005)
425
views
views
75
Humphry Davy
British chemist
419
views
views
76
Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu
French geologist, volcanologist and mineralogist (1750-1801)
407
views
views
77
Michel Brunet
French paleontologist and paleoanthropologist (1940-)
397
views
views
78
Marie Tharp
American oceanographer and cartographer (1920–2006)
391
views
views
79
Tommy Oliver
fictional character
384
views
views
80
Robert Smithson
American sculptor and conceptual artist (1938-1973)
380
views
views
81
Douglas Mawson
Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)
376
views
views
82
Richard Owen
English biologist and paleontologist (1804–1892)
375
views
views
83
Sven Hedin
Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)
374
views
views
84
Éric Establie
French speleologist (1964-2010)
371
views
views
85
Charles Francis Richter
American seismologist
362
views
views
86
William Fox
Hungarian-American film producer
359
views
views
87
Louis Agassiz
Swiss-American naturalist (1807–1873)
350
views
views
88
Roger Revelle
American scientist (1909–1991)
349
views
views
89
Inge Lehmann
Danish seismologist who discovered the Earth's inner core (1888-1993)
346
views
views
90
Milutin Milanković
Serbian mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, climatologist, and engineer (1879–1958)
340
views
views
91
René Just Haüy
French mineralogist
334
views
views
92
Emmanuel de Martonne
French geographer (1873–1955)
334
views
views
93
Louis Leakey
kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist
331
views
views
94
Wen Jiabao
6th Premier of the People's Republic of China from 2003 to 2013 (born 1942)
326
views
views
95
Norbert Casteret
French caver and writer (1897-1987)
325
views
views
96
Salim Eddé
Lebanese philanthropist
325
views
views
97
Paul J. Crutzen
Dutch climatologist (1933–2021)
320
views
views
98
Pierre Laffitte
French politician (1925–2021)
320
views
views
99
James Parkinson
English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist
317
views
views
100
Vladimir Vernadsky
Russian and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist, one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology
315
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