Trending Poets in France this month
The 100 most-viewed poets this month on Wikipedia (France). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Michelangelo.
100
Ranked
113,645
Total Views (this month)
1
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
12,713
views
views
2
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
9,521
views
views
3
Siri Hustvedt
American novelist, essayist, poet
7,069
views
views
4
Charles Aznavour
Armenian-French singer and diplomat (1924-2018)
3,087
views
views
5
Jacques Brel
Belgian singer (1929–1978)
2,684
views
views
6
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
2,551
views
views
7
Juliette Binoche
French actress, artist and dancer (born 1964)
2,392
views
views
8
Molière
French playwright and actor (1622–1673)
2,275
views
views
9
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
2,203
views
views
10
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
1,868
views
views
11
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
1,582
views
views
12
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891)
1,571
views
views
13
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
1,548
views
views
14
Serge Gainsbourg
French singer, songwriter, composer, writer, actor and director (1928–1991)
1,500
views
views
15
Ian Curtis
British musician (1956–1980)
1,492
views
views
16
Édith Piaf
French singer (1915–1963)
1,484
views
views
17
Émile Zola
French novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet (1840–1902)
1,444
views
views
18
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
1,316
views
views
19
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
1,292
views
views
20
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
1,274
views
views
21
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
1,219
views
views
22
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
1,021
views
views
23
Mylène Farmer
French singer and songwriter (born 1961)
969
views
views
24
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
957
views
views
25
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
918
views
views
26
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
911
views
views
27
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
910
views
views
28
Christophe Maé
French pop singer (born 1975)
896
views
views
29
Charles Baudelaire
French poet and critic (1821–1867)
895
views
views
30
Silvina Ocampo
Argentine writer (1903–1993)
874
views
views
31
Sylvie Vartan
French singer, chansonnier, and actress (born 1944)
869
views
views
32
Guy de Maupassant
French writer (1850-1893)
863
views
views
33
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
860
views
views
34
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
846
views
views
35
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
842
views
views
36
Nilda Fernández
Spanish-French singer
828
views
views
37
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
818
views
views
38
Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905)
797
views
views
39
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
785
views
views
40
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
766
views
views
41
Yves Montand
French-Italian actor and singer (1921–1991)
753
views
views
42
Louise Michel
French author and anarchist (1830-1905)
744
views
views
43
Bourvil
French actor and singer (1917–1970)
736
views
views
44
Jean de La Fontaine
French poet, fabulist and writer (1621–1695)
728
views
views
45
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
725
views
views
46
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
719
views
views
47
Marcel Proust
French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)
712
views
views
48
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
700
views
views
49
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
688
views
views
50
Alexander Pushkin
Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
683
views
views
51
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
677
views
views
52
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
670
views
views
53
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (1881–1942)
648
views
views
54
Jean Genet
French novelist, playwright, poet and political activist (1910-1986)
646
views
views
55
Guillaume Apollinaire
French poet (1880–1918)
641
views
views
56
Barbara
French recording artist; singer-songwriter (1930–1997)
640
views
views
57
Philippe Léotard
French singer and actor (1940-2001)
638
views
views
58
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
634
views
views
59
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
632
views
views
60
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
632
views
views
61
Simone Weil
French philosopher, writer, and social activist (1909–1943)
618
views
views
62
Michel Houellebecq
French writer
617
views
views
63
Étienne de La Boétie
French judge, writer and philosopher
613
views
views
64
Pierre Corneille
French tragedian (1606–1684)
611
views
views
65
Georges Brassens
French singer-songwriter and poet (1921–1981)
600
views
views
66
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
585
views
views
67
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
573
views
views
68
Salvatore Adamo
Belgian recording artist of Italian birth; musician, songwriter, singer
572
views
views
69
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
572
views
views
70
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
562
views
views
71
Grand Corps Malade
French poet and musician
561
views
views
72
Pierre de Ronsard
French poet (1524-1585)
558
views
views
73
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625
549
views
views
74
Jean Ferrat
French singer-songwriter and poet
548
views
views
75
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
544
views
views
76
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
543
views
views
77
Paul Verlaine
French poet (1844-1896)
540
views
views
78
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
536
views
views
79
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
536
views
views
80
Léopold Sédar Senghor
first president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001)
527
views
views
81
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
524
views
views
82
François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848)
524
views
views
83
Boris Vian
French writer and musician (1920–1959)
523
views
views
84
Juliette Gréco
French singer and actress (1927–2020)
523
views
views
85
Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish novelist and poet (1850-1894)
519
views
views
86
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
513
views
views
87
David
king of Israel and Judah
508
views
views
88
Alfred de Musset
French writer (1810–1857)
501
views
views
89
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
495
views
views
90
Richard Bohringer
French actor, director, producer
494
views
views
91
Gaël Faye
burundi-rwandan-french singer and writer
493
views
views
92
Louis Aragon
French poet (1897–1982)
491
views
views
93
Marie Laforêt
French-Swiss singer and actress
490
views
views
94
Pierre de Marivaux
French novelist and dramatist (1688-1763)
488
views
views
95
Jean Cocteau
French writer and filmmaker (1889–1963)
486
views
views
96
Michel de Montaigne
French author, philosopher, and statesman (1533–1592)
478
views
views
97
Bernardo Bertolucci
Italian film director and screenwriter (1941–2018)
474
views
views
98
Léo Ferré
French-born Monégasque poet and singer
473
views
views
99
Jean Racine
French dramatist (1639-1699)
468
views
views
100
Orpheus
legendary musician, poet, and prophet in ancient Greek religion and myth
459
views
views
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