Trending Philosophers in France this year
The 100 most-viewed philosophers this year on Wikipedia (France). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Pierre Goldman.
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Ranked
103,267
Total Views (this year)
1
Pierre Goldman
French academic (1944–1979)
8,895
views
views
2
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
2,579
views
views
3
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
2,458
views
views
4
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
2,312
views
views
5
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
2,022
views
views
6
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
1,857
views
views
7
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
1,815
views
views
8
Simone de Beauvoir
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
1,799
views
views
9
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
1,775
views
views
10
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
1,614
views
views
11
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
1,543
views
views
12
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
1,505
views
views
13
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
1,479
views
views
14
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
1,419
views
views
15
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
1,365
views
views
16
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
1,354
views
views
17
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
1,333
views
views
18
Germaine de Staël
Genevan-French author (1766-1817)
1,317
views
views
19
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
1,300
views
views
20
Frédéric Lordon
French economist
1,278
views
views
21
Olympe de Gouges
French playwright and political activist (1748–1793)
1,266
views
views
22
Benedict XVI
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)
1,253
views
views
23
Julia de Funès
French philosopher and writer
1,252
views
views
24
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564–1642)
1,233
views
views
25
Marcus Aurelius
16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher
1,203
views
views
26
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
1,179
views
views
27
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
1,146
views
views
28
Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon
Mistress and later secret wife of King Louis XIV of France (1635-1719)
1,139
views
views
29
Michel Onfray
French philosopher
1,128
views
views
30
Socrates
5th-century BCE Greek philosopher
1,035
views
views
31
René Descartes
French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650)
1,025
views
views
32
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
1,025
views
views
33
Frantz Fanon
French West Indian psychiatrist and philosopher (1925–1961)
1,018
views
views
34
Aristotle
4th-century BCE Classical Greek philosopher and polymath
1,013
views
views
35
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
1,006
views
views
36
Michel Foucault
French philosopher (1926–1984)
995
views
views
37
Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912–1954)
970
views
views
38
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
912
views
views
39
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632-1677)
911
views
views
40
Simone Weil
French philosopher, writer, and social activist (1909–1943)
910
views
views
41
Claude Ribbe
French writer
907
views
views
42
Pierre Bourdieu
French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (1930–2002)
905
views
views
43
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
901
views
views
44
Alain Finkielkraut
French philosopher (born 1949)
898
views
views
45
Paul Langevin
French physicist, philosopher of science and pedagogue (1872-1946)
893
views
views
46
Ferghane Azihari
French political activist
893
views
views
47
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
884
views
views
48
Léopold Sédar Senghor
first president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001)
868
views
views
49
Hannah Arendt
German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)
860
views
views
50
Étienne de La Boétie
French judge, writer and philosopher (1530–1563)
860
views
views
51
Blaise Pascal
French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher (1623-1662)
848
views
views
52
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
French-Belgian writer
831
views
views
53
Marguerite Duras
French writer and film director (1914-1996)
828
views
views
54
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
822
views
views
55
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
819
views
views
56
Edgar Morin
French philosopher and sociologist (1921–2026)
808
views
views
57
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
780
views
views
58
Charles Maurras
French author, politician, poet, and critic (1868–1952)
752
views
views
59
Pythagoras
Greek philosopher and mathematician (c. 570 – c. 495 BC)
747
views
views
60
Bernard-Henri Lévy
French film director and philosopher
744
views
views
61
Madame de Sévigné
French noble and epistolarian writer (1626–1696)
726
views
views
62
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
714
views
views
63
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
712
views
views
64
Michel de Montaigne
French author, philosopher, and statesman (1533–1592)
711
views
views
65
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
699
views
views
66
Erasmus
Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and theologian (1466-1536)
694
views
views
67
Geoffroy de Lagasnerie
French philosopher and sociologist (born 1981)
687
views
views
68
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
678
views
views
69
Immanuel Kant
German philosopher (1724-1804)
668
views
views
70
Luc Ferry
French politician and philosopher
667
views
views
71
Montesquieu
French philosopher (1689–1755)
662
views
views
72
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
658
views
views
73
Saint Rita of Cascia
Italian Augustinian nun
653
views
views
74
Diogenes of Sinope
4th-century BC Greek Cynic philosopher
635
views
views
75
Philip K. Dick
American science fiction author (1928–1982)
620
views
views
76
Rosa Luxemburg
Polish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871–1919)
616
views
views
77
Raymond Aron
French philosopher, sociologist, journalist, and political scientist (1905–1983)
601
views
views
78
Seneca
Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist (c. 4 BCE–65 CE)
600
views
views
79
Arthur Schopenhauer
German philosopher (1788-1860)
599
views
views
80
Antonio Gramsci
Italian Marxist philosopher, writer, and politician (1891–1937)
596
views
views
81
Thomas Aquinas
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
587
views
views
82
Donald Sutherland
Canadian actor (1935–2024)
581
views
views
83
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
578
views
views
84
Gilles Deleuze
French philosopher (1925–1995)
569
views
views
85
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
555
views
views
86
Joan Baez
American contemporary folk musician (born 1941)
547
views
views
87
George Soros
Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)
539
views
views
88
Aurélien Barrau
French astrophysicist
538
views
views
89
Avicenna
Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
537
views
views
90
Confucius
5th-century BCE Chinese philosopher and politician
529
views
views
91
Philo of Alexandria
Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who lived in Alexandria (c. 20 BCE-c. 50 CE)
525
views
views
92
Charles Péguy
French poet, essayist, and editor (1873–1914)
515
views
views
93
Walter Benjamin
German cultural critic, philosopher and social critic (1892–1940)
510
views
views
94
Averroes
Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198)
507
views
views
95
Angela Davis
American political activist, scholar, and author (born 1944)
505
views
views
96
Samuel Beckett
Irish writer (1906–1989)
500
views
views
97
Denis Diderot
French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)
497
views
views
98
Archimedes
Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – c. 212 BC)
490
views
views
99
Aldous Huxley
English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)
489
views
views
100
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
French politician, philosopher, anarchist and socialist (1809-1865)
487
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