Trending Linguists in France this year
The 100 most-viewed linguists this year on Wikipedia (France). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Paul Auster.
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Ranked
30,538
Total Views (this year)
1
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
9,612
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2
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
2,027
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views
3
Pierre Perret
French singer
1,784
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views
4
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
1,300
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views
5
Lydia Davis
American writer (born 1947)
1,103
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views
6
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632-1677)
911
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views
7
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
658
views
views
8
Samuel Beckett
Irish writer (1906–1989)
500
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views
9
Denis Diderot
French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)
497
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views
10
Roland Barthes
French philosopher and essayist
477
views
views
11
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
437
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views
12
Jean-François Champollion
French classical scholar (1790-1832)
428
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13
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
414
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views
14
Umberto Eco
Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932–2016)
397
views
views
15
William James Sidis
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
363
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views
16
Charles de Foucauld
French Catholic religious man, explorer and scholar (1858–1916)
362
views
views
17
Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
315
views
views
18
Aurélie Filippetti
French politician and writer
311
views
views
19
Yasmina Reza
French actor and writer
298
views
views
20
Frédéric Mistral
Provençal writer, poet, lexicographer and founder of Le Félibrige (1830–1914)
285
views
views
21
Cheikh Anta Diop
Senegalese politician, essayist (1923–1986)
281
views
views
22
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
278
views
views
23
Aki Shimazaki
Canadian writer
263
views
views
24
Laélia Véron
French researcher in stylistics and linguistics, teacher
232
views
views
25
Peter Abelard
French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician (c.1079-1142)
224
views
views
26
Edith Stein
Jewish-German Catholic nun, theologian and philosopher (1891–1942)
222
views
views
27
Jacques Capelovici
French television presenter (1922-2011)
218
views
views
28
Edgar Quinet
French writer (1803-1875)
209
views
views
29
Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
177
views
views
30
Walter Scott
Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771–1832)
173
views
views
31
Erri De Luca
Italian novelist, poet and translator
165
views
views
32
Jean Le Rond d'Alembert
French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist (1717-1783)
164
views
views
33
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)
162
views
views
34
Assia Djebar
French Algerian writer and film director (1936-2015)
154
views
views
35
Cesare Pavese
Italian writer, literary critic, and translator (1908–1950)
151
views
views
36
Julia Kristeva
Bulgarian philosopher, psychoanalyst & academic
149
views
views
37
Gregory Potyomkin
Russian military leader and politician (1739–1791)
143
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views
38
Nancy Huston
Canadian-born novelist and essayist who writes primarily in French
143
views
views
39
Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss linguist and philosopher (1857–1913)
141
views
views
40
Thomas Bernhard
Austrian playwright and novelist (1931–1989)
125
views
views
41
Mohamed Ouzzine
Moroccan politician
121
views
views
42
Julio Cortázar
Argentine writer (1914–1984)
118
views
views
43
Percy Bysshe Shelley
British Romantic poet (1792–1822)
117
views
views
44
Étienne Dolet
French translator and scholar (1509-1546)
105
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views
45
Anne Abeillé
French linguist
105
views
views
46
Richard Francis Burton
British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar (1821–1890)
103
views
views
47
Georges Dumézil
French philologist (1898-1986)
101
views
views
48
Simon Leys
Belgian-Australian writer, sinologist and essayist
100
views
views
49
Ziryab
9th-century poet and musician
99
views
views
50
Nikos Kazantzakis
Greek writer, poet and philosopher (1883-1957)
99
views
views
51
Julius Nyerere
Tanzanian politician and writer, first Prime Minister and President of Tanzania (1922–1999)
95
views
views
52
Tzvetan Todorov
Bulgarian historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist (1939-2017)
94
views
views
53
José Martí
Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist (1853-1895)
94
views
views
54
Pierre Bayle
French philosopher and writer (1647–1706)
92
views
views
55
Mohamed Bachir El Ibrahimi
Algerian scholar (1889-1965)
88
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views
56
J. M. Coetzee
South African and Australian writer and scholar (born 1940)
87
views
views
57
Jean-François Lyotard
French philosopher (1924–1998)
82
views
views
58
Leon Battista Alberti
Italian architect and writer (1404-1472)
82
views
views
59
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)
81
views
views
60
Alain Rey
French lexicographer (1928–2020)
79
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views
61
L. L. Zamenhof
Polish-Jewish physician and inventor of Esperanto (1859-1917)
76
views
views
62
Sejong the Great
fourth king of Joseon (Korea), creator of Hangul
75
views
views
63
Jules Supervielle
French writer (1884–1960)
74
views
views
64
Al-Biruni
11th-century Persian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
74
views
views
65
Alcide De Gasperi
Italian politician and founder of the Christian Democratic Party (1881-1954)
73
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views
66
Barbara Cassin
French philologist and philosopher (1947-)
73
views
views
67
Ignacio Ramonet
Spanish writer
72
views
views
68
Théophile Obenga
Congolese academic and politician
67
views
views
69
Pierre Boutang
French writer (1916–1998)
67
views
views
70
Émile Benveniste
French linguist (1902–1976)
67
views
views
71
Mouloud Mammeri
Algerian Amazigh linguist and writer (1917–1989)
66
views
views
72
Gregory Bateson
English anthropologist, linguist, semiotician and cyberneticist (1904-1980)
66
views
views
73
Charles Sanders Peirce
American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)
64
views
views
74
Claude Hagège
French linguist
64
views
views
75
Bernard Cerquiglini
French linguist
63
views
views
76
Cathy Berberian
American mezzo-soprano and composer
63
views
views
77
Geoffrey Chaucer
14th century English poet and author (1343–1400)
62
views
views
78
John Langshaw Austin
English philosopher (1911–1960)
60
views
views
79
Taha Hussein
Egyptian writer and literary critic (1889–1973)
58
views
views
80
Émile Coué
French psychologist and pharmacist (1857-1926)
58
views
views
81
Pierre Alferi
French novelist, poet, essayist, and professor at European Graduate School (1963–2023)
57
views
views
82
Charles Nodier
French author (1780–1844)
57
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83
Violaine Vanoyeke
French writer
56
views
views
84
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
1st-century BC Greek historian and teacher
55
views
views
85
Sirindhorn, Princess Royal
Thai Royal
55
views
views
86
Pierre Klossowski
French writer, translator and painter (1905-2001)
54
views
views
87
Eugénie Niboyet
French writer and feminist, editor (1796-1883)
54
views
views
88
Jane Hawking
British author
52
views
views
89
Charles-Valentin Alkan
French composer and pianist (1813–1888)
52
views
views
90
Roman Jakobson
Russian linguist (1896–1982)
51
views
views
91
Émile Littré
French lexicographer and philosopher (1801-1881)
49
views
views
92
Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance
French nobleman, lawyer and statesman (1739–1824)
49
views
views
93
John Searle
American philosopher (1932–2025)
47
views
views
94
Enoch Powell
British politician (1912–1998)
45
views
views
95
Robert Estienne
16th-century printer and classical scholar in Paris
45
views
views
96
Claude Favre de Vaugelas
Savoyard grammarian and man of letters (1585-1650)
45
views
views
97
Ryōko Sekiguchi
Japanese writer (born 1970)
45
views
views
98
Max Brod
Bohemian-Israeli author, composer, and journalist (1884–1968)
45
views
views
99
Jean Nicot
French diplomat and scholar (1530-1605)
44
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views
100
Mikhail Bakhtin
Russian intellectual and philosopher (1895–1975)
44
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