Trending Philosophers in France — the 7 days to 24 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed philosophers on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 24 October 2026 (French-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Emmanuel Macron. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
408,950
Total Views (the 7 days to 24 October 2026)
1
Emmanuel Macron
President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017
45,454
views
views
2
Didier Eribon
French author and philosopher (born 1953)
18,595
views
views
3
Ted Kaczynski
American mathematician and domestic terrorist (1942–2023)
15,708
views
views
4
André Glucksmann
French philosopher (1937–2015)
10,204
views
views
5
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
9,768
views
views
6
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
7,873
views
views
7
Geoffroy de Lagasnerie
French philosopher and sociologist (born 1981)
7,640
views
views
8
Michel Foucault
French philosopher (1926–1984)
7,357
views
views
9
Pierre-Henri Tavoillot
French philosopher
6,987
views
views
10
Delphine Horvilleur
French rabbi, journalist and editor
6,969
views
views
11
Bernard-Henri Lévy
French film director and philosopher
6,146
views
views
12
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
6,059
views
views
13
Julia de Funès
French philosopher and writer
6,052
views
views
14
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
5,668
views
views
15
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
5,354
views
views
16
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
5,325
views
views
17
Raphaël Enthoven
French essayist
5,317
views
views
18
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
5,309
views
views
19
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
5,262
views
views
20
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
5,084
views
views
21
Jean Jaurès
French / Occitan socialist leader (1859-1914)
5,019
views
views
22
Marc Crépon
French philosopher
4,895
views
views
23
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
4,754
views
views
24
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
4,474
views
views
25
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
4,245
views
views
26
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
4,169
views
views
27
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
4,079
views
views
28
Rosa Luxemburg
Polish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871–1919)
4,046
views
views
29
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
3,961
views
views
30
Bruce Lee
Hong Kong–American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)
3,848
views
views
31
Luc Ferry
French politician and philosopher
3,766
views
views
32
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
3,708
views
views
33
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
3,648
views
views
34
Pierre Bourdieu
French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (1930–2002)
3,562
views
views
35
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
3,492
views
views
36
Simone de Beauvoir
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
3,419
views
views
37
Olympe de Gouges
French playwright and political activist (1748–1793)
3,318
views
views
38
Hannah Arendt
German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)
3,276
views
views
39
Benedict XVI
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)
3,243
views
views
40
George Soros
Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)
3,235
views
views
41
Socrates
5th-century BCE Greek philosopher
3,167
views
views
42
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
2,973
views
views
43
Marcus Aurelius
16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher
2,957
views
views
44
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
2,919
views
views
45
Adèle Van Reeth
French philosopher, radio producer and television columnist
2,872
views
views
46
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
2,759
views
views
47
Simone Weil
French philosopher, writer, and social activist (1909–1943)
2,743
views
views
48
Sigmund Freud
Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)
2,737
views
views
49
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (1881–1942)
2,730
views
views
50
Gaspard Koenig
French essayist
2,702
views
views
51
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
2,661
views
views
52
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
2,656
views
views
53
Manuel Cervera-Marzal
2,654
views
views
54
René Descartes
French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650)
2,634
views
views
55
Charles Maurras
French author, politician, poet, and critic (1868–1952)
2,593
views
views
56
Audre Lorde
American writer and feminist activist (1934–1992)
2,556
views
views
57
Donald Sutherland
Canadian actor (1935–2024)
2,536
views
views
58
Pierre Goldman
French academic (1944–1979)
2,499
views
views
59
Niccolò Machiavelli
Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
2,473
views
views
60
Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912–1954)
2,425
views
views
61
Pascal Bruckner
French writer
2,412
views
views
62
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
2,407
views
views
63
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564–1642)
2,394
views
views
64
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
2,384
views
views
65
Nathan Naccache
French writer
2,362
views
views
66
Michel Onfray
French philosopher
2,332
views
views
67
Antonio Gramsci
Italian Marxist philosopher, writer, and politician (1891–1937)
2,328
views
views
68
Frantz Fanon
French West Indian psychiatrist and philosopher (1925–1961)
2,297
views
views
69
Blaise Pascal
French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher (1623-1662)
2,293
views
views
70
Jean de La Fontaine
French poet, fabulist and writer (1621–1695)
2,264
views
views
71
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
2,260
views
views
72
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632–1677)
2,212
views
views
73
Thomas Guénolé
French political scientist
2,200
views
views
74
The Invisible Committee
anonymous author or authors
2,177
views
views
75
Guy Debord
French Marxist theorist, writer, filmmaker (1931–1994)
2,176
views
views
76
Étienne de La Boétie
French judge, writer and philosopher (1530–1563)
2,175
views
views
77
Denis Diderot
French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)
2,160
views
views
78
Marguerite Duras
French writer and film director (1914-1996)
2,131
views
views
79
Monique Canto-Sperber
French philosopher
2,124
views
views
80
Pierre-Yves Collombat
French politician
2,114
views
views
81
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
2,104
views
views
82
Mazarine Pingeot
French writer
2,074
views
views
83
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
2,069
views
views
84
Frédéric Lordon
French economist
2,066
views
views
85
George Gurdjieff
philosopher, mystic, and writer (c. 1866–1877 – 1949)
2,059
views
views
86
Montesquieu
French philosopher (1689–1755)
2,049
views
views
87
Léopold Sédar Senghor
first president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001)
2,042
views
views
88
Régis Debray
intellectual, journalist, official, professor
2,040
views
views
89
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
French-Belgian writer
1,993
views
views
90
Immanuel Kant
German philosopher (1724-1804)
1,969
views
views
91
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
1,969
views
views
92
Edgar Morin
French philosopher and sociologist (1921–2026)
1,926
views
views
93
Michel de Montaigne
French author, philosopher, and statesman (1533–1592)
1,903
views
views
94
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
French politician, philosopher, anarchist and socialist (1809-1865)
1,893
views
views
95
Charlotte Casiraghi
Monegasque equestrian and journalist; second child of Caroline, Princess of Hanover, and Stefano Casiraghi
1,882
views
views
96
Alexis de Tocqueville
French political thinker and historian, minister of Foreign Affairs (1805-1859)
1,874
views
views
97
Henry David Thoreau
American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817–1862)
1,863
views
views
98
Gilles Deleuze
French philosopher (1925–1995)
1,818
views
views
99
Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon
Mistress and later secret wife of King Louis XIV of France (1635-1719)
1,814
views
views
100
Diogenes of Sinope
4th-century BC Greek Cynic philosopher
1,807
views
views