Trending Historians in France — the 7 days to 26 October 2026
The 99 most-viewed historians on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 26 October 2026 (French-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Gene Tierney. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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Ranked
649,842
Total Views (the 7 days to 26 October 2026)
1
Gene Tierney
American actress (1920–1991)
29,959
views
views
2
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
26,861
views
views
3
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
24,568
views
views
4
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
19,990
views
views
5
Ingrid Bergman
Swedish actress (1915–1982)
19,847
views
views
6
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
17,723
views
views
7
Périco Légasse
French journalist
13,887
views
views
8
Claudius
fourth Roman emperor (41–54)
12,599
views
views
9
Clémentine Autain
French politician
12,493
views
views
10
Barack Obama
44th President of the United States (2009–2017)
10,642
views
views
11
Erri De Luca
Italian novelist, poet and translator
9,825
views
views
12
Sophia Aram
French actor and comedian (born 1973)
9,727
views
views
13
Jean Marais
French actor and theatre director (1913-1998)
9,344
views
views
14
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
9,176
views
views
15
Daphne du Maurier
British writer (1907–1989)
9,057
views
views
16
Roberto Alagna
French tenor
8,869
views
views
17
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
8,830
views
views
18
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
8,536
views
views
19
Gadi Eisenkot
Israeli military officer
7,836
views
views
20
Michel Foucault
French philosopher (1926–1984)
7,491
views
views
21
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)
7,323
views
views
22
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
7,306
views
views
23
Chris Kyle
American war veteran and author (1974-2013)
7,024
views
views
24
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
6,993
views
views
25
Charlie Chaplin
English actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
6,804
views
views
26
Angelina Jolie
American actress (born 1975)
6,769
views
views
27
Tina Turner
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
6,723
views
views
28
George Sand
French novelist and memoirist (1804–1876)
6,663
views
views
29
Jean Jaurès
French / Occitan socialist leader (1859-1914)
6,396
views
views
30
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
6,319
views
views
31
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
6,245
views
views
32
Matthew Perry
American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)
6,142
views
views
33
Stendhal
French writer (1783–1842)
6,109
views
views
34
Sophia Loren
Italian actress (born 1934)
6,033
views
views
35
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
5,940
views
views
36
Dolly Parton
American singer-songwriter (1946–2026)
5,928
views
views
37
Johann Chapoutot
French historian
5,892
views
views
38
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
5,816
views
views
39
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
5,779
views
views
40
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
5,696
views
views
41
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
5,676
views
views
42
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
5,669
views
views
43
Serge Klarsfeld
Romanian-born French activist and Nazi hunter (b. 1935)
5,658
views
views
44
Pierre Richard
French actor, film director, screenwriter and comedian
5,596
views
views
45
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
5,581
views
views
46
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
5,549
views
views
47
Simone de Beauvoir
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
5,523
views
views
48
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
5,296
views
views
49
Sylvain Boulouque
French historian
5,151
views
views
50
Paul Vannier
French politician
5,136
views
views
51
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
5,028
views
views
52
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
4,994
views
views
53
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
4,968
views
views
54
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
4,965
views
views
55
Brigitte Bardot
French actress, singer, animal rights activist (1934–2025)
4,625
views
views
56
André Malraux
French novelist, art theorist, and statesman (1901–1976)
4,568
views
views
57
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
4,538
views
views
58
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
4,450
views
views
59
Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990
4,440
views
views
60
Aymeric Caron
French journalist and writer
4,439
views
views
61
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
4,435
views
views
62
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
4,365
views
views
63
Renaud Camus
French novelist, conspiracy theorist and writer
4,206
views
views
64
Adolphe Thiers
President of France from 1871 to 1873 (1797-1877)
4,163
views
views
65
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
4,156
views
views
66
Hannah Arendt
German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)
4,057
views
views
67
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
4,044
views
views
68
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
4,006
views
views
69
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
3,890
views
views
70
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
3,872
views
views
71
Bill Clinton
42nd President of the United States (1993–2001)
3,856
views
views
72
Anthony Trollope
English novelist of the Victorian period (1815-1882)
3,853
views
views
73
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)
3,817
views
views
74
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
3,797
views
views
75
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
3,761
views
views
76
François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848)
3,695
views
views
77
Carl Bernstein
American journalist (born 1944)
3,678
views
views
78
Rosa Parks
civil rights activist
3,670
views
views
79
Hedy Lamarr
Austrian-American actress and co-inventor of an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping (1914-2000)
3,669
views
views
80
Marguerite Duras
French writer and film director (1914-1996)
3,663
views
views
81
François Piquemal
French politician
3,612
views
views
82
Fred Vargas
French writer, archaeologist and historian
3,568
views
views
83
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
3,527
views
views
84
Demi Moore
American actress and producer (born 1962)
3,486
views
views
85
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (1881–1942)
3,478
views
views
86
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
3,472
views
views
87
Pattie Boyd
English model, photographer (born 1944)
3,452
views
views
88
Anne Frank
German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
3,413
views
views
89
Simone Weil
French philosopher, writer, and social activist (1909–1943)
3,392
views
views
90
Judi Dench
English actress (born 1934)
3,392
views
views
91
Raphaël Doan
French magistrate and philologist (born 1993)
3,377
views
views
92
Yann Moix
French writer and director
3,336
views
views
93
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
3,309
views
views
94
Kim Il-sung
Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994
3,266
views
views
95
Roger Moore
English actor (1927–2017)
3,252
views
views
96
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
3,246
views
views
97
Adèle Hugo
2nd daughter of Victor Hugo (1830–1915)
3,232
views
views
98
Peter Turchin
Russian-American complexity scientist
3,193
views
views
99
Isabella Rossellini
Italian-American actress (born 1952)
3,176
views
views