Trending Officers in France — the 7 days to 24 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed officers on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 24 October 2026 (French-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Charles de Gaulle. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
351,576
Total Views (the 7 days to 24 October 2026)
1
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
20,674
views
views
2
Klaus Barbie
German SS officer, head of the Gestapo in Lyon and convicted war criminal (1913–1991)
15,835
views
views
3
Napoleon
French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 (1769–1821)
14,558
views
views
4
François Darlan
French admiral (1881-1942)
13,977
views
views
5
Hermann Göring
German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal (1893–1946)
11,929
views
views
6
Adolf Hitler
Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945 (1889–1945)
9,883
views
views
7
Philippe Pétain
French military and political leader (1856–1951)
9,045
views
views
8
Henry IV of France
King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610 and King of France from 1589 to 1610 (1553-1610)
7,230
views
views
9
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
6,904
views
views
10
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
5,738
views
views
11
Christian Prouteau
French gendarmerie officer and offical
5,531
views
views
12
William Wallace
Scottish knight and leading figure in the First War of Scottish Independence
5,334
views
views
13
John F. Kennedy
president of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (1917–1963)
5,322
views
views
14
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
5,035
views
views
15
George VI
King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952
4,577
views
views
16
François Sureau
French lawyer, official and writer
4,539
views
views
17
William Holden
American actor (1918–1981)
4,431
views
views
18
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia and conqueror of Achaemenid Persia (356–323 BC)
4,393
views
views
19
Florence Arthaud
French sailor (1957–2015)
4,387
views
views
20
Robert F. Kennedy
American politician and lawyer (1925–1968)
4,296
views
views
21
Mohammed VI of Morocco
king of Morocco since 1999
4,286
views
views
22
Sophie Adenot
French astronaut, engineer and pilot
4,003
views
views
23
Gadi Eisenkot
Israeli military officer
3,895
views
views
24
Francois Chopard
Founder and CEO, Starburst Aerospace Accelerator
3,873
views
views
25
Jean-Louis Jeanmaire
Swiss officer and traitor to his country (1910-1992)
3,757
views
views
26
Francisco Franco
Spanish general and dictator (1892-1975)
3,737
views
views
27
Hannibal
Carthaginian general (247–183/181 BC)
3,624
views
views
28
Nicolae Ceaușescu
dictator of Romania from 1965 to 1989
3,624
views
views
29
Charles Martel
Frankish military and political leader (c. 688–741)
3,618
views
views
30
Ibrahim Traoré
military leader of Burkina Faso since 2022
3,565
views
views
31
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
3,564
views
views
32
Muhammad
Arabian political leader and the founder of Islam (c. 570–632)
3,474
views
views
33
Josephine Baker
American-born French dancer, singer and actress (1906–1975)
3,456
views
views
34
Elvis Presley
American singer and actor (1935–1977)
3,449
views
views
35
Thomas Sankara
President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987
3,268
views
views
36
Henri Giraud
French general \ (1879-1949)
3,211
views
views
37
Dwight D. Eisenhower
president of the United States from 1953 to 1961 (1890–1969)
3,083
views
views
38
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
consort of Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2021 (1921-2021)
2,954
views
views
39
Abraham Lincoln
president of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (1809-1865)
2,936
views
views
40
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)
2,936
views
views
41
Muammar Gaddafi
Military officer and former Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya (1969-2011)
2,901
views
views
42
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
2,853
views
views
43
Genghis Khan
founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire (1162–1227)
2,834
views
views
44
Napoleon II
The second Emperor of the French (1815)
2,730
views
views
45
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
French general and politician (1757–1834)
2,638
views
views
46
Patrice de MacMahon
third President of the French Republic (1808–1893)
2,540
views
views
47
Christopher Lee
English actor and singer (1922–2015)
2,524
views
views
48
Adolf Eichmann
German-Austrian SS officer and one of the major organizers of the Holocaust (1906–1962)
2,512
views
views
49
Leonor, Princess of Asturias
38th princess of Asturias and heiress to the Spanish throne
2,466
views
views
50
Pol Pot
former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (1925–1998)
2,415
views
views
51
Gustave Eiffel
French chemical engineer and architect (1832–1923)
2,376
views
views
52
Felipe VI of Spain
King of Spain since 2014
2,376
views
views
53
Thomas Pesquet
French astronaut
2,344
views
views
54
Erwin Rommel
German field marshal (1891–1944)
2,324
views
views
55
Pierre de Villiers
French officer
2,312
views
views
56
David
king of Israel and Judah
2,284
views
views
57
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
founding father of the Republic of Turkey (c. 1881–1938)
2,270
views
views
58
Moses
Abrahamic prophet said to have led the Israelites out of Egypt
2,209
views
views
59
Gerald Ford
president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)
2,167
views
views
60
Philippe of Belgium
King of the Belgians since 2013
2,132
views
views
61
Kirk Douglas
American actor (1916–2020)
2,117
views
views
62
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
2,069
views
views
63
Alain Colas
French sailor (1943-1978)
2,029
views
views
64
Hassan II
King of Morocco from 1961 to 1999
1,995
views
views
65
Bashar al-Assad
Syrian convicted fugitive and former President of Syria from 2000 to 2024
1,975
views
views
66
George H. W. Bush
41st President of the United States (1989–1993)
1,963
views
views
67
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
younger son of Charles III of the United Kingdom and Diana, Princess of Wales
1,956
views
views
68
Harry S. Truman
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
1,902
views
views
69
George Washington
Founding Father and first U.S. president (1732–1799)
1,872
views
views
70
Alfred Dreyfus
French artillery officer (1859–1935)
1,855
views
views
71
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)
1,849
views
views
72
Timur
the founder of the Timurid Empire (1370–1405)
1,826
views
views
73
Philippe de Gaulle
son of Charles de Gaulle (1921–2024)
1,811
views
views
74
Idi Amin
President of Uganda (1971-1979)
1,783
views
views
75
Paul Kagame
President of Rwanda since 2000 (born 1957)
1,771
views
views
76
Juan Carlos I of Spain
King of Spain from 1975 to 2014
1,758
views
views
77
Neil Armstrong
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)
1,747
views
views
78
Germanicus
nephew and adopted son of emperor Tiberius, heir apparent of the Roman Empire, and father of emperor Caligula
1,734
views
views
79
Franz von Papen
German general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)
1,691
views
views
80
Jacques Witkowski
French official
1,674
views
views
81
Paul Newman
American actor (1925–2008)
1,664
views
views
82
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
1,627
views
views
83
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
1,614
views
views
84
Otto von Bismarck
German statesman and Chancellor (1815-1898)
1,614
views
views
85
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s – 1524)
1,595
views
views
86
Mel Brooks
American comedian, filmmaker, and actor (born 1926)
1,587
views
views
87
Éric Tabarly
sailor
1,580
views
views
88
Henri de la Rochejaquelein
French officer (1772–1794)
1,564
views
views
89
Suleiman the Magnificent
the tenth and greatest Sultan of Ottoman Empire (1520–1566)
1,562
views
views
90
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
British statesman and naval officer (1900-1979)
1,560
views
views
91
Charles I of Austria
Last monarch of Austria-Hungary (r. 1916–1918)
1,533
views
views
92
Oliver Cromwell
English military and political leader (1599–1658)
1,531
views
views
93
Karl Dönitz
German admiral and former president of Nazi Germany in 1945 (born 1891-1980)
1,520
views
views
94
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
French military engineer (1633–1707)
1,519
views
views
95
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
President of Egypt since 2014
1,514
views
views
96
Joachim Murat
Grand Duke of Berg and Cleves, The king of Naples (1767-1815)
1,506
views
views
97
Yitzhak Rabin
Israeli politician, statesman and general (1922–1995)
1,501
views
views
98
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
French general (1762–1806)
1,496
views
views
99
Paul von Hindenburg
Prussian-German field marshal of the German Empire, statesman and president of Weimar Germany and Nazi Germany (1847–1934)
1,496
views
views
100
Saladin
Sultan of Egypt and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty (1137–1193)
1,478
views
views
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