Trending Linguists in France this month
The 100 most-viewed linguists this month on Wikipedia (France). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Paul Auster.
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23,650
Total Views (this month)
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Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
9,521
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2
Pierre Perret
French singer
1,479
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3
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
1,242
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4
Lydia Davis
American writer (born 1947)
1,095
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5
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
846
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6
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632-1677)
556
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7
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
400
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8
Denis Diderot
French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)
341
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9
Samuel Beckett
Irish writer (1906–1989)
303
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10
Roland Barthes
French philosopher and essayist
300
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11
Jean-François Champollion
French classical scholar (1790-1832)
283
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12
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
266
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13
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
248
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14
Umberto Eco
Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932–2016)
228
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15
Charles de Foucauld
French Catholic religious man, explorer and scholar (1858–1916)
224
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16
Aki Shimazaki
Canadian writer
215
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views
17
Yasmina Reza
French actor and writer
200
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views
18
Frédéric Mistral
Provençal writer, poet, lexicographer and founder of Le Félibrige (1830–1914)
196
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views
19
Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
189
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views
20
William James Sidis
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
182
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views
21
Cheikh Anta Diop
Senegalese politician, essayist (1923–1986)
176
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views
22
Edith Stein
Jewish-German Catholic nun, theologian and philosopher (1891–1942)
175
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23
Aurélie Filippetti
French politician and writer
175
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views
24
Laélia Véron
French researcher in stylistics and linguistics, teacher
168
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views
25
Edgar Quinet
French writer (1803-1875)
157
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views
26
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
148
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27
Peter Abelard
French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician (c.1079-1142)
140
views
views
28
Jacques Capelovici
French television presenter (1922-2011)
126
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views
29
Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
119
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views
30
Jean Le Rond d'Alembert
French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist (1717-1783)
118
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views
31
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)
112
views
views
32
Mohamed Ouzzine
Moroccan politician
111
views
views
33
Walter Scott
Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771–1832)
110
views
views
34
Erri De Luca
Italian novelist, poet and translator
109
views
views
35
Cesare Pavese
Italian writer, literary critic, and translator (1908–1950)
106
views
views
36
Ziryab
9th-century poet and musician
90
views
views
37
Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss linguist and philosopher (1857–1913)
84
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38
Thomas Bernhard
Austrian playwright and novelist (1931–1989)
83
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39
Julia Kristeva
Bulgarian philosopher, psychoanalyst & academic
81
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views
40
Julio Cortázar
Argentine writer (1914–1984)
79
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views
41
Assia Djebar
French Algerian writer and film director (1936-2015)
79
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views
42
Gregory Potyomkin
Russian military leader and politician (1739–1791)
78
views
views
43
José Martí
Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist (1853-1895)
75
views
views
44
Nikos Kazantzakis
Greek writer, poet and philosopher (1883-1957)
75
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views
45
Mohamed Bachir El Ibrahimi
Algerian scholar (1889-1965)
70
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views
46
Étienne Dolet
French translator and scholar (1509-1546)
67
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views
47
Nancy Huston
Canadian-born novelist and essayist who writes primarily in French
67
views
views
48
J. M. Coetzee
South African and Australian writer and scholar (born 1940)
67
views
views
49
Pierre Bayle
French philosopher and writer (1647–1706)
67
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views
50
Simon Leys
Belgian-Australian writer, sinologist and essayist
66
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views
51
Percy Bysshe Shelley
British Romantic poet (1792–1822)
61
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views
52
Tzvetan Todorov
Bulgarian historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist (1939-2017)
60
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views
53
Émile Benveniste
French linguist (1902–1976)
59
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views
54
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)
58
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views
55
Julius Nyerere
Tanzanian politician and writer, first Prime Minister and President of Tanzania (1922–1999)
57
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views
56
Leon Battista Alberti
Italian architect and writer (1404-1472)
55
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views
57
Georges Dumézil
French philologist (1898-1986)
54
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views
58
Richard Francis Burton
British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar (1821–1890)
53
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views
59
L. L. Zamenhof
Polish-Jewish physician and inventor of Esperanto (1859-1917)
53
views
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60
Barbara Cassin
French philologist and philosopher (1947-)
53
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61
Jean-François Lyotard
French philosopher (1924–1998)
53
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62
John Langshaw Austin
English philosopher (1911–1960)
51
views
views
63
Gregory Bateson
English anthropologist, linguist, semiotician and cyberneticist (1904-1980)
51
views
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64
Jules Supervielle
French writer (1884–1960)
50
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65
Pierre Boutang
French writer (1916–1998)
49
views
views
66
Cathy Berberian
American mezzo-soprano and composer
49
views
views
67
Claude Hagège
French linguist
47
views
views
68
Charles Sanders Peirce
American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)
47
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views
69
Alain Rey
French lexicographer (1928–2020)
46
views
views
70
Alcide De Gasperi
Italian politician and founder of the Christian Democratic Party (1881-1954)
46
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views
71
Sejong the Great
fourth king of Joseon (Korea), creator of Hangul
45
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72
Robert Estienne
16th-century printer and classical scholar in Paris
44
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73
Al-Biruni
11th-century Persian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
44
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74
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
1st-century BC Greek historian and teacher
44
views
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75
Bernard Cerquiglini
French linguist
43
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views
76
Émile Coué
French psychologist and pharmacist (1857-1926)
43
views
views
77
Ignacio Ramonet
Spanish writer
42
views
views
78
Théophile Obenga
Congolese academic and politician
42
views
views
79
Sirindhorn, Princess Royal
Thai Royal
42
views
views
80
Mouloud Mammeri
Algerian Amazigh linguist and writer (1917–1989)
41
views
views
81
Eugénie Niboyet
French writer and feminist, editor (1796-1883)
41
views
views
82
Roman Jakobson
Russian linguist (1896–1982)
39
views
views
83
Pierre Klossowski
French writer, translator and painter (1905-2001)
38
views
views
84
Gilles Boileau
French translator (1631-1669)
37
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views
85
Franz Hessel
German writer and translator (1880-1941)
36
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views
86
Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance
French nobleman, lawyer and statesman (1739–1824)
36
views
views
87
Geoffrey Chaucer
14th century English poet and author (1343–1400)
35
views
views
88
Sophie Beaulieu
35
views
views
89
Mikhail Bakhtin
Russian intellectual and philosopher (1895–1975)
33
views
views
90
Taha Hussein
Egyptian writer and literary critic (1889–1973)
33
views
views
91
Ryōko Sekiguchi
Japanese writer (born 1970)
33
views
views
92
Nabil Benabdallah
Moroccan politician
33
views
views
93
Marcus Terentius Varro
Roman scholar, polymath and author (116–27 BC)
33
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views
94
John Searle
American philosopher (1932–2025)
33
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views
95
Luce Irigaray
Belgian-born French feminist, philosopher, linguist, psycholinguist, psychoanalyst and cultural theorist (born 1930)
32
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96
Ed Tourriol
Comics writer and businessperson
31
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views
97
Violaine Vanoyeke
French writer
31
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views
98
Charles Nodier
French author (1780–1844)
30
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99
Émile Littré
French lexicographer and philosopher (1801-1881)
29
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views
100
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
28
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