Trending Historians in France this week
The 100 most-viewed historians this week on Wikipedia (France). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Paul Auster.
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11,278
Total Views (this week)
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Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
3,761
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2
Claude Ribbe
French writer
882
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views
3
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
818
views
views
4
Pierre Grosser
French historian
328
views
views
5
Etty Hillesum
Jewish diarist (1914-1943)
230
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views
6
Périco Légasse
French journalist
204
views
views
7
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
198
views
views
8
Shere Hite
German-American sexologist
184
views
views
9
Alfred Grosser
Writer, sociologist and political scientist (1925–2024)
175
views
views
10
Brigitte Bardot
French actress, singer, animal rights activist (1934–2025)
161
views
views
11
Thucydides
5th-century BC Athenian historian and general
157
views
views
12
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
136
views
views
13
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
133
views
views
14
Christine Kelly
French journalist
101
views
views
15
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
100
views
views
16
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
90
views
views
17
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819–1901)
90
views
views
18
Rachid Benzine
French Islamic studies scholar, political scientist and teacher
81
views
views
19
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
76
views
views
20
Rosa Parks
civil rights activist
74
views
views
21
Charlie Chaplin
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
73
views
views
22
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
71
views
views
23
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
69
views
views
24
Demi Moore
American actress and producer (born 1962)
68
views
views
25
George Sand
French novelist and memoirist (1804–1876)
66
views
views
26
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
65
views
views
27
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
64
views
views
28
Sophia Aram
French actor and comedian (born 1973)
63
views
views
29
Henri Troyat
French Armenian writer
62
views
views
30
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
58
views
views
31
Angelina Jolie
American actress, humanitarian and filmmaker (born 1975)
58
views
views
32
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
58
views
views
33
Fred Vargas
French writer, archaeologist and historian
55
views
views
34
Gabriel Matzneff
Pédophile
55
views
views
35
Simone de Beauvoir
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
54
views
views
36
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
53
views
views
37
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
52
views
views
38
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 (born 1961)
52
views
views
39
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
49
views
views
40
Anne Frank
German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
48
views
views
41
Alex Ferguson
Scottish association football manager and player
47
views
views
42
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
46
views
views
43
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
46
views
views
44
Xavier Mauduit
French historian and radio host
46
views
views
45
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
46
views
views
46
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
45
views
views
47
Jules Renard
French author (1864-1910)
45
views
views
48
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
44
views
views
49
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
44
views
views
50
Pierre Richard
French actor, film director, screenwriter and comedian
43
views
views
51
Élisabeth Lévy
French journalist
43
views
views
52
Truman Capote
American author (1924-1984)
42
views
views
53
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
41
views
views
54
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
41
views
views
55
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
40
views
views
56
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
40
views
views
57
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
40
views
views
58
Michel Foucault
French philosopher (1926–1984)
39
views
views
59
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
39
views
views
60
André Malraux
French novelist, art theorist, and statesman (1901–1976)
39
views
views
61
Tina Turner
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
39
views
views
62
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911-2004)
38
views
views
63
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
37
views
views
64
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
37
views
views
65
Marco Polo
Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
36
views
views
66
Clara Morgane
French singer, model and TV host; former pornographic actress
35
views
views
67
Jean Jaurès
French / Occitan Socialist leader (1859-1914)
35
views
views
68
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
35
views
views
69
Serena Williams
American tennis player (1981)
34
views
views
70
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
34
views
views
71
Donald Tusk
Prime Minister of Poland (2007–2014; since 2023)
33
views
views
72
Guillaume Apollinaire
French poet (1880–1918)
33
views
views
73
Simone Weil
French philosopher, writer, and social activist (1909–1943)
33
views
views
74
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
33
views
views
75
Marc Bloch
French historian (1886–1944)
33
views
views
76
Hannah Arendt
German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)
33
views
views
77
Germaine de Staël
Genevan-French author (1766-1817)
32
views
views
78
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
32
views
views
79
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
32
views
views
80
Prosper Mérimée
French writer, archaeologist and historian (1803–1870)
32
views
views
81
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
32
views
views
82
Jean Marais
French actor and theatre director (1913-1998)
31
views
views
83
Adolphe Thiers
President of France from 1871 to 1873 (1797-1877)
31
views
views
84
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
31
views
views
85
Miles Davis
American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (1926–1991)
30
views
views
86
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (1881–1942)
30
views
views
87
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
30
views
views
88
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
30
views
views
89
Mayim Bialik
American actress, television personality, and author (born 1975)
29
views
views
90
Louis Aragon
French poet (1897–1982)
28
views
views
91
Mazarine Pingeot
French writer
28
views
views
92
Tariq Ramadan
Swiss Muslim scholar
27
views
views
93
Michael Connelly
American novelist, journalist, crime fiction writer, and screenwriter (born 1956)
27
views
views
94
Marguerite Duras
French writer and film director (1914-1996)
26
views
views
95
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
26
views
views
96
Vincent Lemire
French historian
26
views
views
97
François Duprat
French politician (1940–1978)
26
views
views
98
Thomas Mann
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
26
views
views
99
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
25
views
views
100
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
25
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