Trending Historians in France this year
The 99 most-viewed historians this year on Wikipedia (France). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Michael Jackson.
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Ranked
182,310
Total Views (this year)
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
22,843
views
views
2
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
9,612
views
views
3
Shere Hite
German-American sexologist
7,516
views
views
4
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
3,960
views
views
5
Etty Hillesum
Jewish diarist (1914-1943)
3,876
views
views
6
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
3,690
views
views
7
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
3,233
views
views
8
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
2,883
views
views
9
Corine Marienneau
French bassist and singer
2,857
views
views
10
Charlie Chaplin
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
2,791
views
views
11
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
2,579
views
views
12
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819–1901)
2,452
views
views
13
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
2,356
views
views
14
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
2,353
views
views
15
Élie Barnavi
Israeli diplomat
2,244
views
views
16
Fred Vargas
French writer, archaeologist and historian
2,243
views
views
17
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
2,240
views
views
18
Angelina Jolie
American actress, humanitarian and filmmaker (born 1975)
2,046
views
views
19
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
2,013
views
views
20
Brigitte Bardot
French actress, singer, animal rights activist (1934–2025)
1,925
views
views
21
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
1,898
views
views
22
Gabriel Matzneff
Pédophile
1,837
views
views
23
George Sand
French novelist and memoirist (1804–1876)
1,831
views
views
24
Simone de Beauvoir
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
1,799
views
views
25
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 (born 1961)
1,782
views
views
26
Demi Moore
American actress and producer (born 1962)
1,776
views
views
27
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
1,775
views
views
28
Sophia Aram
French actor and comedian (born 1973)
1,763
views
views
29
Rosa Parks
civil rights activist
1,716
views
views
30
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
1,679
views
views
31
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
1,670
views
views
32
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
1,619
views
views
33
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
1,614
views
views
34
Clara Morgane
French singer, model and TV host; former pornographic actress
1,539
views
views
35
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
1,505
views
views
36
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
1,496
views
views
37
Pierre Nora
French historian and publisher (1931–2025)
1,493
views
views
38
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
1,479
views
views
39
Laurent Alexandre
French political activist, surgeon, essayist and entrepreneur
1,450
views
views
40
Alex Ferguson
Scottish association football manager and player
1,410
views
views
41
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
1,405
views
views
42
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
1,399
views
views
43
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
1,354
views
views
44
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
1,353
views
views
45
Mazarine Pingeot
French writer
1,339
views
views
46
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
1,333
views
views
47
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
1,329
views
views
48
Germaine de Staël
Genevan-French author (1766-1817)
1,317
views
views
49
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
1,302
views
views
50
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
1,300
views
views
51
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
1,300
views
views
52
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
1,276
views
views
53
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
1,247
views
views
54
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
1,232
views
views
55
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
1,219
views
views
56
Anne Frank
German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
1,213
views
views
57
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
1,213
views
views
58
Pierre Richard
French actor, film director, screenwriter and comedian
1,211
views
views
59
Jean Jaurès
French / Occitan Socialist leader (1859-1914)
1,197
views
views
60
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
1,196
views
views
61
Périco Légasse
French journalist
1,184
views
views
62
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
1,179
views
views
63
Buzz Aldrin
American astronaut (born 1930)
1,170
views
views
64
Marc Bloch
French historian (1886–1944)
1,161
views
views
65
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911-2004)
1,161
views
views
66
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
1,159
views
views
67
Jane Goodall
English primatologist and anthropologist (1934–2025)
1,151
views
views
68
Serena Williams
American tennis player (1981)
1,081
views
views
69
Thucydides
5th-century BC Athenian historian and general
1,047
views
views
70
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
1,042
views
views
71
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
1,012
views
views
72
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
1,006
views
views
73
Henri Troyat
French Armenian writer
1,005
views
views
74
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
997
views
views
75
Michel Foucault
French philosopher (1926–1984)
995
views
views
76
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (1881–1942)
991
views
views
77
André Malraux
French novelist, art theorist, and statesman (1901–1976)
989
views
views
78
Philippe Labro
French author, journalist, film director, media personality, lyricist
969
views
views
79
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
965
views
views
80
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
946
views
views
81
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
930
views
views
82
Valérie Hannin
French historian
920
views
views
83
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632-1677)
911
views
views
84
Simone Weil
French philosopher, writer, and social activist (1909–1943)
910
views
views
85
Claude Ribbe
French writer
907
views
views
86
Patrick Boucheron
French historian
897
views
views
87
François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848)
894
views
views
88
Christine Kelly
French journalist
894
views
views
89
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
884
views
views
90
Guillaume Apollinaire
French poet (1880–1918)
867
views
views
91
Hannah Arendt
German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)
860
views
views
92
Tina Turner
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
858
views
views
93
Sophia Loren
Italian actress (born 1934)
853
views
views
94
Alexander Pushkin
Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
829
views
views
95
Marguerite Duras
French writer and film director (1914-1996)
828
views
views
96
Jean Marais
French actor and theatre director (1913-1998)
827
views
views
97
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
822
views
views
98
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
819
views
views
99
Stendhal
French writer (1783–1842)
812
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