Trending Historians in France this month
The 100 most-viewed historians this month on Wikipedia (France). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Michael Jackson.
100
Ranked
125,631
Total Views (this month)
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
15,570
views
views
2
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
9,521
views
views
3
Shere Hite
German-American sexologist
7,515
views
views
4
Etty Hillesum
Jewish diarist (1914-1943)
3,823
views
views
5
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
3,000
views
views
6
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
2,719
views
views
7
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
2,203
views
views
8
Charlie Chaplin
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
1,904
views
views
9
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
1,781
views
views
10
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
1,751
views
views
11
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
1,679
views
views
12
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819–1901)
1,581
views
views
13
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
1,548
views
views
14
Sophia Aram
French actor and comedian (born 1973)
1,449
views
views
15
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
1,355
views
views
16
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
1,316
views
views
17
Rosa Parks
civil rights activist
1,315
views
views
18
George Sand
French novelist and memoirist (1804–1876)
1,300
views
views
19
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
1,292
views
views
20
Angelina Jolie
American actress, humanitarian and filmmaker (born 1975)
1,260
views
views
21
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
1,245
views
views
22
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
1,221
views
views
23
Germaine de Staël
Genevan-French author (1766-1817)
1,197
views
views
24
Laurent Alexandre
French political activist, surgeon, essayist and entrepreneur
1,180
views
views
25
Demi Moore
American actress and producer (born 1962)
1,166
views
views
26
Gabriel Matzneff
Pédophile
1,149
views
views
27
Alex Ferguson
Scottish association football manager and player
1,144
views
views
28
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
1,065
views
views
29
Périco Légasse
French journalist
1,054
views
views
30
Brigitte Bardot
French actress, singer, animal rights activist (1934–2025)
1,052
views
views
31
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
1,044
views
views
32
Simone de Beauvoir
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
1,035
views
views
33
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
1,021
views
views
34
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 (born 1961)
992
views
views
35
Fred Vargas
French writer, archaeologist and historian
987
views
views
36
Thucydides
5th-century BC Athenian historian and general
986
views
views
37
Henri Troyat
French Armenian writer
952
views
views
38
Marc Bloch
French historian (1886–1944)
936
views
views
39
Jane Goodall
English primatologist and anthropologist (1934–2025)
920
views
views
40
Valérie Hannin
French historian
917
views
views
41
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
914
views
views
42
Claude Ribbe
French writer
900
views
views
43
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
886
views
views
44
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
870
views
views
45
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
860
views
views
46
Serena Williams
American tennis player (1981)
855
views
views
47
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
846
views
views
48
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
842
views
views
49
Anne Frank
German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
837
views
views
50
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
814
views
views
51
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
814
views
views
52
Patrick Boucheron
French historian
800
views
views
53
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
795
views
views
54
Jean Jaurès
French / Occitan Socialist leader (1859-1914)
783
views
views
55
Clara Morgane
French singer, model and TV host; former pornographic actress
773
views
views
56
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
771
views
views
57
André Malraux
French novelist, art theorist, and statesman (1901–1976)
738
views
views
58
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
729
views
views
59
Christine Kelly
French journalist
726
views
views
60
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911-2004)
719
views
views
61
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
719
views
views
62
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
707
views
views
63
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
702
views
views
64
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
700
views
views
65
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
684
views
views
66
Alexander Pushkin
Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
683
views
views
67
Michel Foucault
French philosopher (1926–1984)
680
views
views
68
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
677
views
views
69
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
674
views
views
70
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
670
views
views
71
Pierre Richard
French actor, film director, screenwriter and comedian
658
views
views
72
Rachid Benzine
French Islamic studies scholar, political scientist and teacher
654
views
views
73
Mazarine Pingeot
French writer
653
views
views
74
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
651
views
views
75
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (1881–1942)
648
views
views
76
Guillaume Apollinaire
French poet (1880–1918)
641
views
views
77
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
632
views
views
78
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
627
views
views
79
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
625
views
views
80
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
620
views
views
81
Simone Weil
French philosopher, writer, and social activist (1909–1943)
618
views
views
82
Daniel Cordier
French resistance fighter, author and art dealer (1920–2020)
591
views
views
83
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
583
views
views
84
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
579
views
views
85
Aymeric Caron
French journalist and writer
570
views
views
86
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
562
views
views
87
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
557
views
views
88
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632-1677)
556
views
views
89
Stendhal
French writer (1783–1842)
553
views
views
90
Hannah Arendt
German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)
548
views
views
91
Malala Yousafzai
Pakistani children's education activist
537
views
views
92
Erasmus
Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and theologian (1466-1536)
535
views
views
93
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
531
views
views
94
François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848)
524
views
views
95
Jean Marais
French actor and theatre director (1913-1998)
523
views
views
96
Miles Davis
American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (1926–1991)
522
views
views
97
Adolphe Thiers
President of France from 1871 to 1873 (1797-1877)
512
views
views
98
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
506
views
views
99
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
502
views
views
100
Marguerite Duras
French writer and film director (1914-1996)
500
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