Trending Officers in France this week
The 100 most-viewed officers this week on Wikipedia (France). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Thomas-Alexandre Dumas.
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4,656
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Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
French general (1762–1806)
740
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2
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
198
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views
3
Sophie Adenot
French astronaut, engineer and pilot
157
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views
4
Napoleon
French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 (1769–1821)
152
views
views
5
Klaus Barbie
German SS officer, head of the Gestapo in Lyon and convicted war criminal (1913–1991)
134
views
views
6
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945, main instigator of World War II (1889–1945)
121
views
views
7
Philippe Pétain
French military and political leader (1856–1951)
114
views
views
8
Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard
French military personnel
108
views
views
9
Henry IV of France
King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610 and King of France from 1589 to 1610 (1553-1610)
94
views
views
10
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
76
views
views
11
Rudolf Höss
German war criminal, commandant of Auschwitz (1901–1947)
72
views
views
12
Elvis Presley
American singer and actor (1935–1977)
70
views
views
13
Michel Yakovleff
commanding officer of the French army
63
views
views
14
Alfred Dreyfus
French artillery officer (1859–1935)
60
views
views
15
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s – 1524)
59
views
views
16
Abraham Lincoln
president of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (1809-1865)
57
views
views
17
Mohammed VI of Morocco
King of Morocco since 1999
57
views
views
18
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia and conqueror of Achaemenid Persia (356–323 BC)
56
views
views
19
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
consort of Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2021
53
views
views
20
John F. Kennedy
president of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (1917–1963)
53
views
views
21
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
French general and politician (1757–1834)
50
views
views
22
Ernest Borgnine
American actor (1917–2012)
48
views
views
23
Francisco Franco
Spanish general and dictator (1892-1975)
47
views
views
24
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
46
views
views
25
George VI
King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952
46
views
views
26
Pierre de Villiers
French officer
45
views
views
27
Felipe VI of Spain
King of Spain since 2014
44
views
views
28
Josephine Baker
American-born French dancer, singer and actress (1906–1975)
44
views
views
29
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
44
views
views
30
Muhammad
Arabian political leader and the founder of Islam (c. 570–632)
43
views
views
31
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
40
views
views
32
Paul Newman
American actor (1925–2008)
40
views
views
33
Thomas Pesquet
French astronaut
38
views
views
34
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911-2004)
38
views
views
35
Thomas Sankara
President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987
36
views
views
36
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)
35
views
views
37
Marc Thiercelin
French skipper and navigator
34
views
views
38
Dwight D. Eisenhower
president of the United States from 1953 to 1961 (1890–1969)
33
views
views
39
Hermann Göring
German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal (1893–1946)
33
views
views
40
George Washington
founding Father and first U.S. president; soldier and slave owner (1732–1799)
33
views
views
41
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
founding father of the Republic of Turkey (c. 1881–1938)
32
views
views
42
Philippe de Gaulle
son of Charles de Gaulle (1921–2024)
32
views
views
43
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
32
views
views
44
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
31
views
views
45
Katherine Johnson
African-American mathematician
30
views
views
46
Neil Armstrong
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)
29
views
views
47
Moses
Abrahamic prophet said to have led the Israelites out of Egypt
29
views
views
48
Hannibal
Carthaginian general (247–183/181 BC)
28
views
views
49
William Holden
American actor (1918–1981)
28
views
views
50
Allan Petre
French-Senegalese aerospace engineer
27
views
views
51
Muammar Gaddafi
Leader of Libya (1969-2011)
27
views
views
52
Florence Arthaud
French sailor (1957–2015)
27
views
views
53
Hassan II
King of Morocco from 1961 to 1999
27
views
views
54
Bashar al-Assad
President of Syrian Arab Republic from 2000 to 2024
26
views
views
55
Gustave Eiffel
French chemical engineer and architect (1832–1923)
26
views
views
56
Suleiman the Magnificent
the tenth and greatest Sultan of Ottoman Empire (1520–1566)
26
views
views
57
Yizhak Rabin
Israeli politician, statesman and general (1922–1995)
26
views
views
58
Christopher Lee
English actor and singer (1922–2015)
25
views
views
59
Charles Martel
Frankish military and political leader (c. 688–741)
25
views
views
60
Napoleon II
The second Emperor of the French (1815)
24
views
views
61
Carl von Clausewitz
German-Prussian general and military theorist
24
views
views
62
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
24
views
views
63
Genghis Khan
founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire (1162–1227)
24
views
views
64
Joachim Murat
Grand Duke of Berg and Cleves, The king of Naples (1767-1815)
24
views
views
65
Henri Giraud
French general and politician (1879-1949)
24
views
views
66
Adolf Eichmann
German-Austrian SS officer and one of the major organizers of the Holocaust (1906–1962)
24
views
views
67
Ulysses S. Grant
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
23
views
views
68
Juan Carlos I of Spain
King of Spain from 1975 to 2014
23
views
views
69
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)
23
views
views
70
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
22
views
views
71
Tony Curtis
American actor (1925–2010)
22
views
views
72
David
king of Israel and Judah
21
views
views
73
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
21
views
views
74
Jean Lannes
Marshal of France (1769-1809)
21
views
views
75
Gamal Abdel Nasser
President of Egypt from 1956 to 1970
20
views
views
76
Gene Hackman
American actor and novelist (1930–2025)
20
views
views
77
Otto von Bismarck
German statesman and Chancellor (1815-1898)
19
views
views
78
Hugo Chávez
Venezuelan politician, 56th president of Venezuela (1954–2013)
19
views
views
79
Charles de Foucauld
French Catholic religious man, explorer and scholar (1858–1916)
19
views
views
80
Pol Pot
former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (1925–1998)
19
views
views
81
Trajan
13th Roman Emperor (98–117)
19
views
views
82
Maurice Gamelin
French military officer (1872–1958)
19
views
views
83
Anwar Sadat
President of Egypt from 1970 to 1981
18
views
views
84
Alphonse Juin
Marshal of France (1888–1967)
18
views
views
85
Aeneas
Trojan hero, son of Anchises and Aphrodite
18
views
views
86
Pete Hegseth
United States Secretary of Defense
18
views
views
87
Philippe of Belgium
King of the Belgians since 2013
18
views
views
88
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
British statesman and naval officer (1900-1979)
18
views
views
89
Erwin Rommel
German field marshal (1891-1944)
18
views
views
90
Idi Amin
President of Uganda (1971-1979)
18
views
views
91
Assimi Goïta
Mali's president and military officer
17
views
views
92
Prince Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans
French prince of the house of Orléans (1810-1842)
17
views
views
93
Spartacus
Thracian gladiator who led a slave uprising against the Roman Republic
17
views
views
94
François Lecointre
French general
17
views
views
95
August von Mackensen
German field marshal (1849–1945)
17
views
views
96
Eli Wallach
American actor (1915–2014)
17
views
views
97
Leonor, Princess of Asturias
38th princess of Asturias and heiress to the Spanish throne
17
views
views
98
Piet de Jong
prime minister of the Netherlands (1915–2016)
17
views
views
99
Robert F. Kennedy
American politician and lawyer (1925–1968)
17
views
views
100
Aragorn
fictional character from J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium
17
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