Trending Officers in France this month
The 100 most-viewed officers this month on Wikipedia (France). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Klaus Barbie.
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Ranked
75,770
Total Views (this month)
1
Klaus Barbie
German SS officer, head of the Gestapo in Lyon and convicted war criminal (1913–1991)
3,514
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2
Allan Petre
French-Senegalese aerospace engineer
3,257
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views
3
Napoleon
French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 (1769–1821)
2,855
views
views
4
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
2,719
views
views
5
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945, main instigator of World War II (1889–1945)
2,233
views
views
6
Henry IV of France
King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610 and King of France from 1589 to 1610 (1553-1610)
1,810
views
views
7
Michel Yakovleff
commanding officer of the French army
1,619
views
views
8
Rudolf Höss
German war criminal, commandant of Auschwitz (1901–1947)
1,602
views
views
9
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
1,548
views
views
10
Philippe Pétain
French military and political leader (1856–1951)
1,415
views
views
11
Josephine Baker
American-born French dancer, singer and actress (1906–1975)
1,367
views
views
12
John F. Kennedy
president of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (1917–1963)
1,298
views
views
13
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia and conqueror of Achaemenid Persia (356–323 BC)
1,263
views
views
14
Elvis Presley
American singer and actor (1935–1977)
1,210
views
views
15
Marc Thiercelin
French skipper and navigator
1,179
views
views
16
Alfred Dreyfus
French artillery officer (1859–1935)
1,161
views
views
17
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
1,065
views
views
18
Francisco Franco
Spanish general and dictator (1892-1975)
994
views
views
19
George VI
King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952
966
views
views
20
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
French general (1762–1806)
930
views
views
21
Christopher Lee
English actor and singer (1922–2015)
907
views
views
22
Gustave Eiffel
French chemical engineer and architect (1832–1923)
901
views
views
23
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
consort of Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2021
886
views
views
24
Abraham Lincoln
president of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (1809-1865)
885
views
views
25
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
founding father of the Republic of Turkey (c. 1881–1938)
872
views
views
26
Sophie Adenot
French astronaut, engineer and pilot
850
views
views
27
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
846
views
views
28
Mohammed VI of Morocco
King of Morocco since 1999
788
views
views
29
Muhammad
Arabian political leader and the founder of Islam (c. 570–632)
781
views
views
30
Hermann Göring
German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal (1893–1946)
773
views
views
31
R. Lee Ermey
American actor and soldier (1944–2018)
770
views
views
32
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911-2004)
719
views
views
33
Thomas Sankara
President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987
718
views
views
34
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
French general and politician (1757–1834)
687
views
views
35
George Washington
founding Father and first U.S. president; soldier and slave owner (1732–1799)
682
views
views
36
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
674
views
views
37
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s – 1524)
671
views
views
38
Ulysses S. Grant
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
647
views
views
39
Adolf Eichmann
German-Austrian SS officer and one of the major organizers of the Holocaust (1906–1962)
602
views
views
40
Charles Martel
Frankish military and political leader (c. 688–741)
598
views
views
41
Thomas Pesquet
French astronaut
595
views
views
42
Dwight D. Eisenhower
president of the United States from 1953 to 1961 (1890–1969)
587
views
views
43
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
583
views
views
44
Neil Armstrong
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)
578
views
views
45
Pol Pot
former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (1925–1998)
571
views
views
46
Felipe VI of Spain
King of Spain since 2014
565
views
views
47
Genghis Khan
founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire (1162–1227)
553
views
views
48
Muammar Gaddafi
Leader of Libya (1969-2011)
549
views
views
49
Robert F. Kennedy
American politician and lawyer (1925–1968)
549
views
views
50
Moses
Abrahamic prophet said to have led the Israelites out of Egypt
543
views
views
51
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
younger son of Charles III of the United Kingdom and Diana, Princess of Wales
524
views
views
52
Pierre de Villiers
French officer
520
views
views
53
David
king of Israel and Judah
508
views
views
54
Napoleon II
The second Emperor of the French (1815)
505
views
views
55
William Holden
American actor (1918–1981)
503
views
views
56
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
495
views
views
57
Gene Hackman
American actor and novelist (1930–2025)
485
views
views
58
Ibrahim Traoré
military leader of Burkina Faso since 2022
483
views
views
59
Hannibal
Carthaginian general (247–183/181 BC)
475
views
views
60
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)
474
views
views
61
Juan Carlos I of Spain
King of Spain from 1975 to 2014
472
views
views
62
Erwin Rommel
German field marshal (1891-1944)
472
views
views
63
Pete Hegseth
United States Secretary of Defense
470
views
views
64
François Lecointre
French general
467
views
views
65
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)
466
views
views
66
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
465
views
views
67
Suleiman the Magnificent
the tenth and greatest Sultan of Ottoman Empire (1520–1566)
460
views
views
68
Bashar al-Assad
President of Syrian Arab Republic from 2000 to 2024
435
views
views
69
Philippe de Gaulle
son of Charles de Gaulle (1921–2024)
433
views
views
70
Oliver Cromwell
English military and political leader (1599–1658)
427
views
views
71
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
425
views
views
72
Philippe Erulin
French Army officer (1932–1979)
423
views
views
73
Spartacus
Thracian gladiator who led a slave uprising against the Roman Republic
420
views
views
74
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
412
views
views
75
Philippe of Belgium
King of the Belgians since 2013
412
views
views
76
Yizhak Rabin
Israeli politician, statesman and general (1922–1995)
412
views
views
77
George S. Patton
United States Army general (1885–1945)
403
views
views
78
Paul Newman
American actor (1925–2008)
400
views
views
79
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
400
views
views
80
Harry S. Truman
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
396
views
views
81
Idi Amin
President of Uganda (1971-1979)
393
views
views
82
Hassan II
King of Morocco from 1961 to 1999
392
views
views
83
Otto von Bismarck
German statesman and Chancellor (1815-1898)
391
views
views
84
Katherine Johnson
African-American mathematician
375
views
views
85
Leonor, Princess of Asturias
38th princess of Asturias and heiress to the Spanish throne
375
views
views
86
Trajan
13th Roman Emperor (98–117)
373
views
views
87
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
British statesman and naval officer (1900-1979)
371
views
views
88
Henry Fonda
American actor (1905–1982)
371
views
views
89
Joachim Murat
Grand Duke of Berg and Cleves, The king of Naples (1767-1815)
371
views
views
90
Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard
French military personnel
371
views
views
91
Grégoire de Saint-Quentin
French Army general
369
views
views
92
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
French military engineer (1633–1707)
367
views
views
93
David Robinson
American basketball player
367
views
views
94
Florence Arthaud
French sailor (1957–2015)
353
views
views
95
Aeneas
Trojan hero, son of Anchises and Aphrodite
350
views
views
96
Patrice de MacMahon
third President of the French Republic (1808–1893)
327
views
views
97
Michel Goya
French officer
323
views
views
98
Paul Kagame
President of Rwanda since 2000 (born 1957)
321
views
views
99
Gamal Abdel Nasser
President of Egypt from 1956 to 1970
318
views
views
100
Louis, Grand Condé
Prince of the Condé branch of the House of Bourbon, French general and famous military leader
315
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