Trending Linguists in France — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed linguists on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (French-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Joseph Stalin. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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Ranked
326,718
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Joseph Stalin
politician and leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1924 to 1953
27,247
views
views
2
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
16,372
views
views
3
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
14,808
views
views
4
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632–1677)
11,681
views
views
5
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
11,285
views
views
6
Denis Diderot
French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)
10,279
views
views
7
Pierre Perret
French singer
10,210
views
views
8
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
8,407
views
views
9
Jean-François Champollion
French classical scholar (1790-1832)
7,968
views
views
10
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
7,155
views
views
11
Charles de Foucauld
French Catholic religious man, explorer and scholar (1858–1916)
6,793
views
views
12
Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
6,694
views
views
13
Roland Barthes
French philosopher and essayist (1915–1980)
6,603
views
views
14
Cécile Alduy
academic
6,542
views
views
15
Samuel Beckett
Irish writer (1906–1989)
6,316
views
views
16
Umberto Eco
Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932–2016)
6,304
views
views
17
Erri De Luca
Italian novelist, poet and translator
5,351
views
views
18
Aurélie Filippetti
French politician and writer
5,112
views
views
19
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
5,067
views
views
20
Frédéric Mistral
Provençal writer, poet, lexicographer and founder of Le Félibrige (1830–1914)
4,966
views
views
21
Frédéric François
Belgian singer
4,876
views
views
22
Jacob Grimm
German philologist, linguist, jurist and mythologist (1785–1863)
4,284
views
views
23
Walter Scott
Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771–1832)
4,230
views
views
24
Mohamed Ouzzine
Moroccan politician
3,943
views
views
25
Nabil Benabdallah
Moroccan politician
3,605
views
views
26
Yasmina Reza
French actor and writer
3,469
views
views
27
Cheikh Anta Diop
Senegalese politician, essayist (1923–1986)
3,461
views
views
28
Peter Abelard
French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician (c.1079-1142)
3,426
views
views
29
Jacques Capelovici
French television presenter (1922-2011)
3,251
views
views
30
Laélia Véron
French researcher in stylistics and linguistics, teacher
3,125
views
views
31
Jean Le Rond d'Alembert
French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist (1717-1783)
3,124
views
views
32
Wilhelm Grimm
German author, philologist, collector of fairy tales and legends (1786–1859)
3,050
views
views
33
Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss linguist and philosopher (1857–1913)
2,865
views
views
34
Mario Rossi
French linguist (1928-)
2,839
views
views
35
Alcide De Gasperi
Italian politician and founder of the Christian Democratic Party (1881-1954)
2,778
views
views
36
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)
2,582
views
views
37
Simon Leys
Belgian-Australian writer, sinologist and essayist
2,554
views
views
38
Aki Shimazaki
Canadian writer
2,388
views
views
39
Thomas Bernhard
Austrian playwright and novelist (1931–1989)
2,367
views
views
40
Julia Kristeva
Bulgarian philosopher, psychoanalyst & academic
2,282
views
views
41
Edith Stein
Jewish-German Catholic nun, theologian and philosopher (1891–1942)
2,238
views
views
42
Nancy Huston
Canadian-born novelist and essayist who writes primarily in French
2,231
views
views
43
Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
2,191
views
views
44
Percy Bysshe Shelley
British Romantic poet (1792–1822)
2,157
views
views
45
Assia Djebar
French Algerian writer, translator and film director (1936-2015)
2,052
views
views
46
Gertrude Bell
British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)
2,029
views
views
47
William James Sidis
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
1,983
views
views
48
Julio Cortázar
Argentine writer and translator (1914–1984)
1,828
views
views
49
Georges Dumézil
French philologist (1898-1986)
1,824
views
views
50
Cesare Pavese
Italian writer, literary critic, and translator (1908–1950)
1,802
views
views
51
Tzvetan Todorov
Bulgarian historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist (1939-2017)
1,779
views
views
52
Lydia Davis
American writer (born 1947)
1,711
views
views
53
Nikos Kazantzakis
Greek writer, poet and philosopher (1883-1957)
1,682
views
views
54
J. M. Coetzee
South African and Australian writer and scholar (born 1940)
1,657
views
views
55
Edgar Quinet
French writer (1803-1875)
1,645
views
views
56
Gregory Potyomkin
Russian military leader and politician (1739–1791)
1,607
views
views
57
Jules Supervielle
French writer (1884–1960)
1,552
views
views
58
Roman Jakobson
Russian linguist (1896–1982)
1,546
views
views
59
Barbara Cassin
French philologist and philosopher (born 1947)
1,417
views
views
60
Geoffrey Chaucer
14th century English poet and author (1343–1400)
1,415
views
views
61
Charles Nodier
French author (1780–1844)
1,402
views
views
62
Samuel Johnson
English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)
1,370
views
views
63
Jean-François Lyotard
French philosopher (1924–1998)
1,369
views
views
64
Pierre Bayle
French philosopher and writer (1647–1706)
1,261
views
views
65
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)
1,252
views
views
66
Richard Francis Burton
British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar (1821–1890)
1,233
views
views
67
Arthur Asa Berger
American academic
1,231
views
views
68
Alain Rey
French lexicographer (1928–2020)
1,219
views
views
69
José Martí
Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist (1853-1895)
1,211
views
views
70
Émile Littré
French lexicographer and philosopher (1801-1881)
1,206
views
views
71
Émile Coué
French psychologist and pharmacist (1857-1926)
1,199
views
views
72
Aurobindo Ghosh
Indian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist (1872–1950)
1,164
views
views
73
Leon Battista Alberti
Italian architect and writer (1404-1472)
1,124
views
views
74
John Amos Comenius
Czech teacher, educator, philosopher and writer (1592-1670)
1,123
views
views
75
Étienne Dolet
French translator and scholar (1509-1546)
1,119
views
views
76
Amos Oz
Israeli writer, novelist, journalist and intellectual (1939–2018)
1,110
views
views
77
Machado de Assis
Brazilian writer (1839–1908)
1,036
views
views
78
Charles Sanders Peirce
American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)
1,030
views
views
79
Julian Barnes
English writer (born 1946)
1,019
views
views
80
Taha Hussein
Egyptian writer and literary critic (1889–1973)
995
views
views
81
Julius Nyerere
Tanzanian politician and writer, first Prime Minister and President of Tanzania (1922–1999)
979
views
views
82
Claude Hagège
French linguist
955
views
views
83
L. L. Zamenhof
Polish-Jewish physician and inventor of Esperanto (1859-1917)
938
views
views
84
Boris Akunin
Russian writer, translation, and historian
937
views
views
85
Al-Biruni
11th-century Khwarazmian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
930
views
views
86
Pierre Larousse
French grammarian, lexicographer and encyclopaedist
915
views
views
87
Gregory Bateson
English anthropologist, linguist, semiotician and cyberneticist (1904–1980)
864
views
views
88
Thomas Corneille
French dramatist (1625-1709)
856
views
views
89
Pierre Boutang
French writer (1916–1998)
849
views
views
90
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
1st-century BC Greek historian and teacher
847
views
views
91
Mouloud Mammeri
Algerian Amazigh linguist and writer (1917–1989)
834
views
views
92
Violaine Vanoyeke
French writer
825
views
views
93
Pierre Alferi
French novelist, poet, essayist, and professor at European Graduate School (1963–2023)
823
views
views
94
Pierre Klossowski
French writer, translator and painter (1905-2001)
795
views
views
95
Alejandra Pizarnik
Argentinian poet (1936-1972)
792
views
views
96
Józef Ignacy Kraszewski
Polish novelist (1812–1887)
791
views
views
97
Sejong the Great
fourth king of Joseon (Korea), creator of Hangul
787
views
views
98
Émile Benveniste
French linguist (1902–1976)
780
views
views
99
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Prussian philosopher, government official, diplomat, and educator (1767–1835)
773
views
views
100
Jane Hawking
British author
770
views
views