Trending Geologists in France this year
The 100 most-viewed geologists this year on Wikipedia (France). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Charles Darwin.
100
Ranked
10,020
Total Views (this year)
Country
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1
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809β1882)
912
views
views
2
Serge Zaka
agroclimatologist
886
views
views
3
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743β1826)
555
views
views
4
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749β1832)
484
views
views
5
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920β1958)
414
views
views
6
Laszlo Toth
Australian geologist known for vandalism (1938β2012)
397
views
views
7
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
French natural historian (1707-1788)
336
views
views
8
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646β1716)
328
views
views
9
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician and physicist (1777β1855)
301
views
views
10
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707β1778)
296
views
views
11
Haroun Tazieff
French volcanologist, geologist (1914-1998)
279
views
views
12
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist
267
views
views
13
Herbert Hoover
president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 (1874β1964)
257
views
views
14
Harrison Schmitt
Astronaut, geologist, politician, 12th man to walk on the moon (Apollo 17)
213
views
views
15
Claude Allègre
French politician and geochemist (1937β2025)
197
views
views
16
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838β1914)
153
views
views
17
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
143
views
views
18
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
French naturalist (1744-1829)
141
views
views
19
VΓ©ronique Le Guen
French speleologist (1956β1990)
137
views
views
20
Bernard Palissy
French potter and engineer
134
views
views
21
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769-1859)
124
views
views
22
Georges Cuvier
French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769β1832)
115
views
views
23
Philippe Charlier
French physician
101
views
views
24
Yves Coppens
French paleoanthropologist (1934β2022)
98
views
views
25
Mary Anning
British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799β1847)
95
views
views
26
Tzvetan Todorov
Bulgarian historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist (1939-2017)
94
views
views
27
Linus Pauling
American scientist (1901β1994)
80
views
views
28
David A. Johnston
American volcanologist (1949β1980)
79
views
views
29
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880β1930)
67
views
views
30
Edmond Halley
English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656β1742)
66
views
views
31
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
Swiss traveller and writer (1784-1817)
64
views
views
32
ValΓ©rie Masson-Delmotte
French engineer and climatologist
62
views
views
33
Abdallah Chatila
Swiss businessperson
61
views
views
34
Eugene Merle Shoemaker
American geologist and astronomer
60
views
views
35
William Calley
US Army officer convicted for massacre at My Lai, Vietnam (1943β2024)
59
views
views
36
Jean Jouzel
French climatologist and glaciologist
57
views
views
37
AndrΓ© Leroi-Gourhan
French archaeologist (1911-1986)
53
views
views
38
Olivier Merle
French geologist
53
views
views
39
Robert Ballard
United States Navy officer, oceanographer and underwater archaeologist
50
views
views
40
Ross Geller
fictional character from Friends
46
views
views
41
Bruno David
French naturalist
44
views
views
42
Roland Bonaparte
French geographer, astronomer and anthropologist (1858β1924)
44
views
views
43
Michel Siffre
French cave explorer (1939β2024)
43
views
views
44
Jacques Curie
French physicist
41
views
views
45
Athanasius Kircher
German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)
40
views
views
46
Pete Ross
fictional character(s) in the DC universe
40
views
views
47
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825β1895)
39
views
views
48
Louis Leakey
kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist
39
views
views
49
Richard Owen
English biologist and paleontologist (1804β1892)
39
views
views
50
Tommy Oliver
fictional character
37
views
views
51
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
37
views
views
52
Nicolas Steno
Pioneer in anatomy and geology, bishop (1638β1686)
36
views
views
53
Marylène Patou-Mathis
French prehistorian
36
views
views
54
SebastiΓ£o JosΓ© de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal
Portuguese noble and diplomat (1699β1782)
35
views
views
55
Horace BΓ©nΓ©dict de Saussure
Genevan scientist (1740-1799)
35
views
views
56
Louis Agassiz
Swiss-American naturalist (1807β1873)
34
views
views
57
Jin Yuzhang
Heir to Chinese throne
34
views
views
58
Wen Jiabao
6th Premier of the People's Republic of China from 2004 to 2013
34
views
views
59
Robert Smithson
American sculptor and conceptual artist (1938-1973)
32
views
views
60
Jennifer Doudna
American biochemist
32
views
views
61
Alan Grant
fictional character from Jurassic Park
32
views
views
62
RenΓ© Just HaΓΌy
French mineralogist
31
views
views
63
Ellie Sattler
Jurassic Park character
30
views
views
64
Carl Vogt
German-Swiss scientist and politician (1817β1895)
30
views
views
65
Michel Brunet
French paleontologist and paleoanthropologist (1940-)
30
views
views
66
Everard Home
British surgeon; (1756-1832)
29
views
views
67
Max von Laue
German physicist, Nobel laureate and anti-Nazi (1879β1960)
28
views
views
68
Salim EddΓ©
Lebanese philanthropist
27
views
views
69
Γdouard-Alfred Martel
French cave explorer (1859β1938)
27
views
views
70
Rudolf Virchow
German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902)
27
views
views
71
Milutin MilankoviΔ
Serbian mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, climatologist, and engineer (1879β1958)
26
views
views
72
Alberto Angela
Italian paleontologist, science communicator, writer and journalist (born 1962)
26
views
views
73
Humphry Davy
British chemist
25
views
views
74
Norbert Casteret
French caver and writer (1897-1987)
25
views
views
75
Charles-Pierre PΓ©guy
French climatologist and geographer (1915-2005)
25
views
views
76
Conrad Kilian
French geologist
25
views
views
77
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist (1752 β 1840)
25
views
views
78
Katia Krafft
French volcanologist (1942β1991)
25
views
views
79
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski
Polish explorer and writer (1878β1945)
24
views
views
80
Hubert Curien
French physicist
24
views
views
81
Harry Glicken
American geologist (1958-1991)
24
views
views
82
Jean Coulomb
French mathematician and geophysicist (1904β1999)
24
views
views
83
Henry Darcy
French engineer (1803β1858)
24
views
views
84
Henri Breuil
French priest and academic (1877β1961)
24
views
views
85
Stephen Jay Gould
American biologist and historian of science (1941β2002)
23
views
views
86
James Parkinson
English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist
22
views
views
87
Maurice Wilkins
New Zealand-born English physicist and biologist
22
views
views
88
Edward Drinker Cope
American paleontologist, geologist, and biologist (1840β1897)
21
views
views
89
Emmanuel de Martonne
French geographer (1873β1955)
21
views
views
90
Pierre Laffitte
French politician (1925β2021)
20
views
views
91
Arcisse de Caumont
French historian and archaeologist (1801β1873)
20
views
views
92
Mykola Azarov
Ukrainian politician (born 1947)
20
views
views
93
DΓ©odat Gratet de Dolomieu
French geologist, volcanologist and mineralogist (1750-1801)
20
views
views
94
Vladimir Vernadsky
Russian and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist, one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology
20
views
views
95
Paul Josef Crutzen
Dutch climatologist (1933β2021)
19
views
views
96
Richard Leakey
Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist, and politician (1944-2022)
18
views
views
97
Robert M. Hazen
Research scientist at Carnegie Institution for Science
18
views
views
98
Clair Cameron Patterson
American chemist and geochemist (1922β1995)
18
views
views
99
Jacques de Morgan
French mining engineer, geologist, and archaeologist (1857β1924)
18
views
views
100
Hakima El Haite
Moroccan politician
18
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