Trending Painters in France — the 7 days to 26 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed painters on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 26 October 2026 (French-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Michelangelo. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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Ranked
372,683
Total Views (the 7 days to 26 October 2026)
1
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
15,829
views
views
2
Adolf Hitler
Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945 (1889–1945)
14,152
views
views
3
Sylvester Stallone
American actor and filmmaker (born 1946)
11,020
views
views
4
Jean Marais
French actor and theatre director (1913-1998)
9,344
views
views
5
Jean Paul Riopelle
Canadian artist (1923–2002)
8,950
views
views
6
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
8,947
views
views
7
Frida Kahlo
Mexican painter (1907–1954)
8,343
views
views
8
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
8,204
views
views
9
Charles III
King of the United Kingdom since 2022 (born 1948)
7,845
views
views
10
Gert Fröbe
German actor (1913–1988)
7,618
views
views
11
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)
7,323
views
views
12
Jean-Michel Basquiat
American artist (1960–1988)
7,043
views
views
13
John Wayne Gacy
American serial killer (1942–1994)
6,969
views
views
14
Claude Monet
French painter (1840–1926)
6,937
views
views
15
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
6,601
views
views
16
Francis I of France
King of France from 1515 to 1547 (1494-1547)
6,504
views
views
17
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
6,245
views
views
18
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch painter (1853–1890)
5,774
views
views
19
Serge Gainsbourg
French singer, songwriter, composer, writer, actor and director (1928–1991)
5,596
views
views
20
Pascal Obispo
French singer, producer and songwriter
5,435
views
views
21
Anthony Hopkins
Welsh actor (born 1937)
5,379
views
views
22
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
4,859
views
views
23
David Bowie
English musician and actor (1947–2016)
4,780
views
views
24
Gustave Fayet
French painter (1865-1925)
4,738
views
views
25
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
4,450
views
views
26
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
4,327
views
views
27
Jim Carrey
Canadian-American actor and comedian (born 1962)
4,148
views
views
28
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
4,044
views
views
29
Marie de Villepin
French artist, actress and model
4,020
views
views
30
David Lynch
American filmmaker (1946–2025)
3,856
views
views
31
Paul McCartney
English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)
3,802
views
views
32
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
3,797
views
views
33
Banksy
English graffiti artist, political activist, and painter
3,752
views
views
34
Sarah Bernhardt
French stage actress, painter and sculptor (1844–1923)
3,736
views
views
35
Paul Cézanne
French painter (1839–1906)
3,640
views
views
36
Jared Leto
American actor, singer, musician and songwriter (born 1971)
3,479
views
views
37
Charles Trenet
French singer-songwriter
3,344
views
views
38
Jean Cocteau
French writer and film director (1889–1963)
3,329
views
views
39
Laurent Fabius
87th Prime Minister of France (born 1946)
3,231
views
views
40
Pete Doherty
English musician, actor and poet (born 1979)
3,215
views
views
41
Le Corbusier
Swiss-French architect, designer, urbanist, and writer (1886–1965)
3,212
views
views
42
Amanda Lear
French singer, actress, television presenter
3,151
views
views
43
Camille Claudel
French sculptor (1864–1943)
3,021
views
views
44
Yves Saint Laurent
French fashion designer (1936–2008)
2,873
views
views
45
Salvador Dalí
Spanish artist (1904–1989)
2,866
views
views
46
Walt Disney
American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)
2,778
views
views
47
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)
2,736
views
views
48
Ringo Starr
British musician, drummer for the Beatles (born 1940)
2,711
views
views
49
Boris Vian
French writer and musician (1920–1959)
2,675
views
views
50
Caravaggio
Italian painter (1571–1610)
2,597
views
views
51
Henri Matisse
French artist (1869–1954)
2,523
views
views
52
Wilhelm II
as King of Prussia last German Emperor from 1888 to 1918 (1859–1941)
2,494
views
views
53
Daniel Cordier
French resistance fighter, author and art dealer (1920–2020)
2,488
views
views
54
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
French painter and sculptor (1841–1919)
2,473
views
views
55
René Magritte
Belgian surrealist (1898–1967)
2,461
views
views
56
Jean-Noël Vandaele
French painter
2,415
views
views
57
Lucy Liu
American actress (born 1968)
2,410
views
views
58
Carl Jung
Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1875–1961)
2,408
views
views
59
Marjane Satrapi
Iranian-French graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author (1969–2026)
2,353
views
views
60
Mary Cassatt
American painter and printmaker (1844—1926)
2,341
views
views
61
Paul Éluard
French poet (1895–1952)
2,258
views
views
62
Jacopo Tintoretto
Renaissance painter (1518/1519–1594)
2,253
views
views
63
Marc Chagall
Belarusian-French artist (1887–1985)
2,170
views
views
64
Edi Rama
Prime Minister of Albania since 2013 (born 1964)
2,159
views
views
65
Cabu
French comic strip artist and caricaturist (1938-2015)
2,102
views
views
66
Michel Ocelot
French writer, character designer, storyboard artist and director of animated films and television
2,058
views
views
67
Georges Victor-Hugo
French painter (1868–1925)
2,038
views
views
68
Eugène Delacroix
French painter (1798–1863)
2,035
views
views
69
Joan Miró
Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist (1893–1983)
2,032
views
views
70
Paul Gauguin
French painter and printmaker (1848–1903)
2,031
views
views
71
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
2,029
views
views
72
Francisco de Zurbarán
Spanish painter (1598–1664)
2,026
views
views
73
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Consort of Queen Victoria from 1840 to 1861 (1819–1861)
1,990
views
views
74
Niki de Saint Phalle
plastician, painter and sculptor (1930–2002)
1,965
views
views
75
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
French painter and illustrator (1864–1901)
1,949
views
views
76
Joan Mitchell
American painter (1925–1992)
1,947
views
views
77
Gustave Courbet
French painter (1819–1877)
1,926
views
views
78
Eva Gonzalès
French painter (1849-1883)
1,889
views
views
79
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
1,864
views
views
80
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
1,863
views
views
81
Georges Moustaki
Greek-French singer (1934–2013)
1,853
views
views
82
Wassily Kandinsky
avant-garde painter of Russian origin (1866–1944)
1,824
views
views
83
Jean Hugo
French painter (1894-1984)
1,813
views
views
84
Rosa Bonheur
French artist (1822-1899)
1,810
views
views
85
Alphonse Mucha
Czech painter, illustrator and graphic artist (1860–1939)
1,772
views
views
86
Marc Séguin
Canadian writer, novelist and painter (born 1970)
1,761
views
views
87
Édouard Manet
French painter (1832–1883)
1,742
views
views
88
Odilon Redon
French painter (1840–1916)
1,741
views
views
89
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist (1929–2026)
1,735
views
views
90
Romina Power
American singer and actress (1951-)
1,713
views
views
91
Mano Solo
French singer (1963-2010)
1,710
views
views
92
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
French sculptor and painter (1834–1904)
1,690
views
views
93
Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
member of the royal family of France, Regent of the Kingdom from 1715 to 1723 (1674–1723)
1,687
views
views
94
Ana Mendieta
Cuban-American artist (1948–1985)
1,680
views
views
95
Gustav Klimt
Austrian symbolist painter (1862–1918)
1,669
views
views
96
Théophile Gautier
French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic (1811–1872)
1,667
views
views
97
Keith Haring
American artist and social activist (1958-1990)
1,665
views
views
98
Sandro Botticelli
Italian painter (1445–1510)
1,664
views
views
99
Raphael
Italian painter and architect (1483–1520)
1,662
views
views
100
Louise Bourgeois
French-American artist (1911-2010)
1,650
views
views
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