Trending Philosophers in France this month
The 100 most-viewed philosophers this month on Wikipedia (France). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Pierre Goldman.
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68,489
Total Views (this month)
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Pierre Goldman
French academic (1944–1979)
8,422
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2
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
1,755
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3
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
1,517
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4
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
1,428
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views
5
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
1,316
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views
6
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
1,292
views
views
7
Germaine de Staël
Genevan-French author (1766-1817)
1,197
views
views
8
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
1,183
views
views
9
Simone de Beauvoir
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
1,035
views
views
10
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
1,021
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11
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564–1642)
961
views
views
12
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
957
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views
13
Olympe de Gouges
French playwright and political activist (1748–1793)
911
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views
14
Claude Ribbe
French writer
900
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views
15
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
886
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16
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
870
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views
17
Julia de Funès
French philosopher and writer
827
views
views
18
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
818
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views
19
Paul Langevin
French physicist, philosopher of science and pedagogue (1872-1946)
815
views
views
20
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
814
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views
21
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
801
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views
22
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
795
views
views
23
Ferghane Azihari
French political activist
777
views
views
24
Marcus Aurelius
16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher
758
views
views
25
Aristotle
4th-century BCE Classical Greek philosopher and polymath
729
views
views
26
René Descartes
French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650)
723
views
views
27
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
719
views
views
28
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
700
views
views
29
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
681
views
views
30
Michel Foucault
French philosopher (1926–1984)
680
views
views
31
Socrates
5th-century BCE Greek philosopher
674
views
views
32
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
670
views
views
33
Frantz Fanon
French West Indian psychiatrist and philosopher (1925–1961)
669
views
views
34
Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912–1954)
665
views
views
35
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
651
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views
36
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
634
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views
37
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
632
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views
38
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
629
views
views
39
Simone Weil
French philosopher, writer, and social activist (1909–1943)
618
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views
40
Étienne de La Boétie
French judge, writer and philosopher (1530–1563)
613
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41
Alain Finkielkraut
French philosopher (born 1949)
611
views
views
42
Blaise Pascal
French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher (1623-1662)
605
views
views
43
Pierre Bourdieu
French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (1930–2002)
588
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views
44
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
562
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views
45
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632-1677)
556
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views
46
Hannah Arendt
German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)
548
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views
47
Pythagoras
Greek philosopher and mathematician (c. 570 – c. 495 BC)
538
views
views
48
Erasmus
Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and theologian (1466-1536)
535
views
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49
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
531
views
views
50
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
French-Belgian writer
529
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views
51
Léopold Sédar Senghor
first president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001)
527
views
views
52
Edgar Morin
French philosopher and sociologist (1921–2026)
518
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views
53
Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon
Mistress and later secret wife of King Louis XIV of France (1635-1719)
516
views
views
54
Benedict XVI
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)
513
views
views
55
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
512
views
views
56
Marguerite Duras
French writer and film director (1914-1996)
500
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views
57
Philo of Alexandria
Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who lived in Alexandria (c. 20 BCE-c. 50 CE)
499
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views
58
Geoffroy de Lagasnerie
French philosopher and sociologist (born 1981)
498
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views
59
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
495
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views
60
Montesquieu
French philosopher (1689–1755)
488
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61
Saint Rita of Cascia
Italian Augustinian nun
482
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views
62
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
481
views
views
63
Michel de Montaigne
French author, philosopher, and statesman (1533–1592)
478
views
views
64
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
465
views
views
65
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
457
views
views
66
Diogenes of Sinope
4th-century BC Greek Cynic philosopher
452
views
views
67
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
436
views
views
68
Raymond Aron
French philosopher, sociologist, journalist, and political scientist (1905–1983)
434
views
views
69
Walter Benjamin
German cultural critic, philosopher and social critic (1892–1940)
427
views
views
70
Antonio Gramsci
Italian Marxist philosopher, writer, and politician (1891–1937)
426
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71
Immanuel Kant
German philosopher (1724-1804)
426
views
views
72
Michel Onfray
French philosopher
416
views
views
73
Charles Maurras
French author, politician, poet, and critic (1868–1952)
407
views
views
74
Arthur Schopenhauer
German philosopher (1788-1860)
404
views
views
75
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
400
views
views
76
Madame de Sévigné
French noble and epistolarian writer (1626–1696)
394
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views
77
Seneca
Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist (c. 4 BCE–65 CE)
383
views
views
78
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
382
views
views
79
Bernard-Henri Lévy
French film director and philosopher
376
views
views
80
Confucius
5th-century BCE Chinese philosopher and politician
367
views
views
81
Émilie du Châtelet
Era chiná physicist, and author (1706-1749)
366
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views
82
Philip K. Dick
American science fiction author (1928–1982)
366
views
views
83
Thomas Aquinas
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
354
views
views
84
Gilles Deleuze
French philosopher (1925–1995)
353
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views
85
Angela Davis
American political activist, scholar, and author (born 1944)
348
views
views
86
Denis Diderot
French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)
341
views
views
87
Archimedes
Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – c. 212 BC)
338
views
views
88
Luc Ferry
French politician and philosopher
338
views
views
89
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
336
views
views
90
Henri Poincaré
French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)
331
views
views
91
Ibn Khaldun
Arab historiographer and historian
324
views
views
92
Sophie Germain
French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (1776-1831)
320
views
views
93
Maria Montessori
Italian physician and educator (1870-1952)
313
views
views
94
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
313
views
views
95
Alexis de Tocqueville
French political thinker and historian, minister of Foreign Affairs (1805-1859)
313
views
views
96
Donald Sutherland
Canadian actor (1935–2024)
308
views
views
97
Joan Baez
American contemporary folk musician (born 1941)
307
views
views
98
Rudolf Steiner
Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925)
306
views
views
99
Aldous Huxley
English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)
305
views
views
100
Jacques Derrida
French philosopher (1930–2004)
304
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