Trending Linguists in France — the 7 days to 27 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed linguists on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 27 October 2026 (French-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Haruki Murakami. Data as of 27 October 2026.
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Ranked
96,899
Total Views (the 7 days to 27 October 2026)
1
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
12,032
views
views
2
Erri De Luca
Italian novelist, poet and translator
9,922
views
views
3
Joseph Stalin
politician and leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1924 to 1953
7,221
views
views
4
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
4,647
views
views
5
Pierre Perret
French singer
3,024
views
views
6
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632–1677)
2,695
views
views
7
Denis Diderot
French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)
2,562
views
views
8
Yasmina Reza
French actor and writer
2,477
views
views
9
Walter Scott
Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771–1832)
2,209
views
views
10
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
2,152
views
views
11
Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
2,104
views
views
12
Aurélie Filippetti
French politician and writer
1,927
views
views
13
Umberto Eco
Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932–2016)
1,848
views
views
14
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
1,780
views
views
15
Samuel Beckett
Irish writer (1906–1989)
1,647
views
views
16
Frédéric François
Belgian singer
1,639
views
views
17
Nabil Benabdallah
Moroccan politician
1,565
views
views
18
Roland Barthes
French philosopher and essayist (1915–1980)
1,528
views
views
19
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
1,525
views
views
20
Jean-François Champollion
French classical scholar (1790-1832)
1,356
views
views
21
Charles de Foucauld
French Catholic religious man, explorer and scholar (1858–1916)
1,333
views
views
22
Frédéric Mistral
Provençal writer, poet, lexicographer and founder of Le Félibrige (1830–1914)
1,083
views
views
23
Laélia Véron
French researcher in stylistics and linguistics, teacher
1,080
views
views
24
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
1,060
views
views
25
Cheikh Anta Diop
Senegalese politician, essayist (1923–1986)
1,054
views
views
26
Jacques Capelovici
French television presenter (1922-2011)
868
views
views
27
Peter Abelard
French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician (c.1079-1142)
790
views
views
28
Willi Apel
German-American musicologist
782
views
views
29
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)
663
views
views
30
William James Sidis
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
629
views
views
31
Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
615
views
views
32
Jean Le Rond d'Alembert
French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist (1717-1783)
584
views
views
33
Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss linguist and philosopher (1857–1913)
548
views
views
34
Aki Shimazaki
Canadian writer
538
views
views
35
Edgar Quinet
French writer (1803-1875)
534
views
views
36
Nancy Huston
Canadian-born novelist and essayist who writes primarily in French
484
views
views
37
Antoine Furetière
French writer and scholar (1619-1688)
481
views
views
38
Jacob Grimm
German philologist, linguist, jurist and mythologist (1785–1863)
481
views
views
39
Julia Kristeva
Bulgarian philosopher, psychoanalyst & academic
465
views
views
40
Cesare Pavese
Italian writer, literary critic, and translator (1908–1950)
449
views
views
41
Reality Winner
U.S. Air Force veteran and former NSA translator, with the longest prison sentence for an unauthorized release of government classified information to the media
446
views
views
42
Percy Bysshe Shelley
British Romantic poet (1792–1822)
438
views
views
43
Julian Barnes
English writer (born 1946)
437
views
views
44
Assia Djebar
French Algerian writer, translator and film director (1936-2015)
432
views
views
45
Gertrude Bell
British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)
420
views
views
46
Alain Rey
French lexicographer (1928–2020)
418
views
views
47
Georges Dumézil
French philologist (1898-1986)
409
views
views
48
Thomas Bernhard
Austrian playwright and novelist (1931–1989)
388
views
views
49
Tzvetan Todorov
Bulgarian historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist (1939-2017)
383
views
views
50
Edith Stein
Jewish-German Catholic nun, theologian and philosopher (1891–1942)
378
views
views
51
Gregory Potyomkin
Russian military leader and politician (1739–1791)
370
views
views
52
Jules Supervielle
French writer (1884–1960)
366
views
views
53
Pierre Alferi
French novelist, poet, essayist, and professor at European Graduate School (1963–2023)
351
views
views
54
Julio Cortázar
Argentine writer and translator (1914–1984)
342
views
views
55
Cécile Alduy
academic
337
views
views
56
Jean-François Lyotard
French philosopher (1924–1998)
313
views
views
57
Nikos Kazantzakis
Greek writer, poet and philosopher (1883-1957)
310
views
views
58
Wilhelm Grimm
German author, philologist, collector of fairy tales and legends (1786–1859)
304
views
views
59
Barbara Cassin
French philologist and philosopher (born 1947)
299
views
views
60
Julius Nyerere
Tanzanian politician and writer, first Prime Minister and President of Tanzania (1922–1999)
296
views
views
61
Leon Battista Alberti
Italian architect and writer (1404-1472)
295
views
views
62
Étienne Dolet
French translator and scholar (1509-1546)
294
views
views
63
Aurobindo Ghosh
Indian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist (1872–1950)
285
views
views
64
Théophile Obenga
Congolese academic and politician
285
views
views
65
Pierre Bayle
French philosopher and writer (1647–1706)
278
views
views
66
L. L. Zamenhof
Polish-Jewish physician and inventor of Esperanto (1859-1917)
276
views
views
67
Charles Nodier
French author (1780–1844)
270
views
views
68
Geoffrey Chaucer
14th century English poet and author (1343–1400)
268
views
views
69
Simon Leys
Belgian-Australian writer, sinologist and essayist
266
views
views
70
Pierre Larousse
French grammarian, lexicographer and encyclopaedist
264
views
views
71
J. M. Coetzee
South African and Australian writer and scholar (born 1940)
263
views
views
72
Violaine Vanoyeke
French writer
257
views
views
73
Alcide De Gasperi
Italian politician and founder of the Christian Democratic Party (1881-1954)
253
views
views
74
Samuel Johnson
English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)
250
views
views
75
Charles Sanders Peirce
American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)
241
views
views
76
Pierre Boutang
French writer (1916–1998)
234
views
views
77
John Amos Comenius
Czech teacher, educator, philosopher and writer (1592-1670)
233
views
views
78
Mohamed Ouzzine
Moroccan politician
231
views
views
79
Richard Francis Burton
British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar (1821–1890)
227
views
views
80
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)
224
views
views
81
Sejong the Great
fourth king of Joseon (Korea), creator of Hangul
223
views
views
82
Nyota Uhura
Star Trek character
213
views
views
83
Jean Nicot
French diplomat and scholar (1530-1605)
212
views
views
84
Émile Littré
French lexicographer and philosopher (1801-1881)
208
views
views
85
Amos Oz
Israeli writer, novelist, journalist and intellectual (1939–2018)
206
views
views
86
Roman Jakobson
Russian linguist (1896–1982)
204
views
views
87
Confucius Institute
Chinese international educational partnership program
202
views
views
88
Al-Biruni
11th-century Khwarazmian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
195
views
views
89
Max Brod
Bohemian-Israeli author, composer, and journalist (1884–1968)
189
views
views
90
Mouloud Mammeri
Algerian Amazigh linguist and writer (1917–1989)
189
views
views
91
Émile Coué
French psychologist and pharmacist (1857-1926)
189
views
views
92
Pierre Klossowski
French writer, translator and painter (1905-2001)
188
views
views
93
César-Pierre Richelet
French lexicographer
188
views
views
94
Claude Hagège
French linguist
186
views
views
95
Charles-Valentin Alkan
French composer and pianist (1813–1888)
186
views
views
96
Ausonius
late Roman poet
186
views
views
97
Bernard Cerquiglini
French linguist
183
views
views
98
Ignacio Ramonet
Spanish writer
181
views
views
99
Vyvyan Holland
British author, translator (1886–1967)
180
views
views
100
José Martí
Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist (1853-1895)
179
views
views