Trending Officers in France this year
The 100 most-viewed officers this year on Wikipedia (France). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Napoleon.
100
Ranked
127,241
Total Views (this year)
1
Napoleon
French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 (1769–1821)
4,336
views
views
2
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
3,960
views
views
3
Klaus Barbie
German SS officer, head of the Gestapo in Lyon and convicted war criminal (1913–1991)
3,926
views
views
4
Gus Grissom
American astronaut (1926–1967)
3,820
views
views
5
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945, main instigator of World War II (1889–1945)
3,645
views
views
6
Allan Petre
French-Senegalese aerospace engineer
3,293
views
views
7
Henry IV of France
King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610 and King of France from 1589 to 1610 (1553-1610)
3,127
views
views
8
Ed White
American astronaut (1930-1967)
3,040
views
views
9
Roger Bruce Chaffee
United States Navy commander, NASA astronaut (1935–1967)
2,807
views
views
10
Michel Yakovleff
commanding officer of the French army
2,802
views
views
11
John F. Kennedy
president of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (1917–1963)
2,386
views
views
12
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
2,240
views
views
13
Philippe Pétain
French military and political leader (1856–1951)
2,105
views
views
14
Josephine Baker
American-born French dancer, singer and actress (1906–1975)
2,050
views
views
15
Wernher von Braun
German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)
2,019
views
views
16
Neil Armstrong
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)
2,017
views
views
17
Elvis Presley
American singer and actor (1935–1977)
2,008
views
views
18
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia and conqueror of Achaemenid Persia (356–323 BC)
1,890
views
views
19
Rudolf Höss
German war criminal, commandant of Auschwitz (1901–1947)
1,798
views
views
20
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
1,619
views
views
21
George VI
King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952
1,608
views
views
22
Abraham Lincoln
president of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (1809-1865)
1,472
views
views
23
Francisco Franco
Spanish general and dictator (1892-1975)
1,450
views
views
24
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)
1,435
views
views
25
Alfred Dreyfus
French artillery officer (1859–1935)
1,367
views
views
26
Hermann Göring
German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal (1893–1946)
1,359
views
views
27
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
consort of Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2021
1,353
views
views
28
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
1,300
views
views
29
Christopher Lee
English actor and singer (1922–2015)
1,297
views
views
30
Marc Thiercelin
French skipper and navigator
1,272
views
views
31
Muhammad
Arabian political leader and the founder of Islam (c. 570–632)
1,267
views
views
32
Felipe VI of Spain
King of Spain since 2014
1,264
views
views
33
Mohammed VI of Morocco
King of Morocco since 1999
1,239
views
views
34
Pete Hegseth
United States Secretary of Defense
1,193
views
views
35
Buzz Aldrin
American astronaut (born 1930)
1,170
views
views
36
Gustave Eiffel
French chemical engineer and architect (1832–1923)
1,168
views
views
37
Sophie Adenot
French astronaut, engineer and pilot
1,165
views
views
38
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
founding father of the Republic of Turkey (c. 1881–1938)
1,163
views
views
39
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911-2004)
1,161
views
views
40
Thomas Sankara
President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987
1,150
views
views
41
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
French general (1762–1806)
1,119
views
views
42
Robert F. Kennedy
American politician and lawyer (1925–1968)
1,069
views
views
43
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
French general and politician (1757–1834)
1,055
views
views
44
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
1,042
views
views
45
Thomas Pesquet
French astronaut
1,039
views
views
46
Adolf Eichmann
German-Austrian SS officer and one of the major organizers of the Holocaust (1906–1962)
1,008
views
views
47
George Washington
founding Father and first U.S. president; soldier and slave owner (1732–1799)
986
views
views
48
David
king of Israel and Judah
984
views
views
49
Pol Pot
former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (1925–1998)
975
views
views
50
Juan Carlos I of Spain
King of Spain from 1975 to 2014
969
views
views
51
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
965
views
views
52
Genghis Khan
founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire (1162–1227)
953
views
views
53
Moses
Abrahamic prophet said to have led the Israelites out of Egypt
944
views
views
54
Charles Martel
Frankish military and political leader (c. 688–741)
925
views
views
55
Spartacus
Thracian gladiator who led a slave uprising against the Roman Republic
902
views
views
56
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s – 1524)
892
views
views
57
Napoleon II
The second Emperor of the French (1815)
888
views
views
58
Muammar Gaddafi
Military officer and former Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya (1969-2011)
884
views
views
59
Dwight D. Eisenhower
president of the United States from 1953 to 1961 (1890–1969)
878
views
views
60
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)
878
views
views
61
Leonor, Princess of Asturias
38th princess of Asturias and heiress to the Spanish throne
854
views
views
62
R. Lee Ermey
American actor and soldier (1944–2018)
832
views
views
63
Ibrahim Traoré
military leader of Burkina Faso since 2022
819
views
views
64
Pierre de Villiers
French officer
800
views
views
65
Armel Le Cléac'h
French navigator and skipper
788
views
views
66
Philippe of Belgium
King of the Belgians since 2013
781
views
views
67
Ulysses S. Grant
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
780
views
views
68
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
younger son of Charles III of the United Kingdom and Diana, Princess of Wales
773
views
views
69
Jim Lovell
American astronaut (1928–2025)
773
views
views
70
Joseph Aoun
President of the Republic of Lebanon since 2025
769
views
views
71
Hannibal
Carthaginian general (247–183/181 BC)
748
views
views
72
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
735
views
views
73
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
731
views
views
74
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
714
views
views
75
Gene Hackman
American actor and novelist (1930–2025)
710
views
views
76
Bashar al-Assad
President of Syrian Arab Republic from 2000 to 2024
687
views
views
77
Florence Arthaud
French sailor (1957–2015)
685
views
views
78
Erwin Rommel
German field marshal (1891-1944)
674
views
views
79
Hassan II
King of Morocco from 1961 to 1999
673
views
views
80
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
672
views
views
81
Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
German aristocrat, army officer and resistance fighter (1907-1944)
668
views
views
82
Idi Amin
President of Uganda (1971-1979)
662
views
views
83
Suleiman the Magnificent
the tenth and greatest Sultan of Ottoman Empire (1520–1566)
660
views
views
84
Paul Newman
American actor (1925–2008)
650
views
views
85
Michael Collins
American astronaut (1930–2021)
631
views
views
86
Harry S. Truman
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
625
views
views
87
Alan Shepard
American astronaut, first American in space, lunar explorer (1923–1998)
623
views
views
88
François Lecointre
French general
615
views
views
89
Yizhak Rabin
Israeli politician, statesman and general (1922–1995)
611
views
views
90
Oliver Cromwell
English military and political leader (1599–1658)
609
views
views
91
Joachim Murat
Grand Duke of Berg and Cleves, The king of Naples (1767-1815)
606
views
views
92
William Holden
American actor (1918–1981)
597
views
views
93
Otto von Bismarck
German statesman and Chancellor (1815-1898)
593
views
views
94
Tony Curtis
American actor (1925–2010)
586
views
views
95
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
French military engineer (1633–1707)
581
views
views
96
Philippe de Gaulle
son of Charles de Gaulle (1921–2024)
579
views
views
97
Howard Hughes
American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer (1905–1976)
577
views
views
98
George S. Patton
United States Army general (1885–1945)
576
views
views
99
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
552
views
views
100
Henry Fonda
American actor (1905–1982)
546
views
views
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