Trending Poets in France this week
The 100 most-viewed poets this week on Wikipedia (France). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Paul Auster.
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Ranked
10,800
Total Views (this week)
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Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
3,761
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2
Siri Hustvedt
American novelist, essayist, poet
2,709
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3
Charles Aznavour
Armenian-French singer and diplomat (1924-2018)
166
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4
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
156
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views
5
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
142
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6
Molière
French playwright and actor (1622–1673)
121
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views
7
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891)
111
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8
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
109
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views
9
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
100
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views
10
Édith Piaf
French singer (1915–1963)
100
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views
11
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
91
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views
12
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
83
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views
13
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
81
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views
14
Juliette Binoche
French actress, artist and dancer (born 1964)
80
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views
15
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
76
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views
16
Serge Gainsbourg
French singer, songwriter, composer, writer, actor and director (1928–1991)
72
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views
17
Émile Zola
French novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet (1840–1902)
70
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18
Barbara
French recording artist; singer-songwriter (1930–1997)
63
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19
Charles Baudelaire
French poet and critic (1821–1867)
58
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views
20
Mylène Farmer
French singer and songwriter (born 1961)
56
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views
21
Jacques Brel
Belgian singer (1929–1978)
55
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views
22
Guy de Maupassant
French writer (1850-1893)
55
views
views
23
Christophe Maé
French pop singer (born 1975)
54
views
views
24
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
54
views
views
25
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
49
views
views
26
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
46
views
views
27
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
46
views
views
28
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
46
views
views
29
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
46
views
views
30
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
45
views
views
31
Jules Renard
French author (1864-1910)
45
views
views
32
Yves Montand
French-Italian actor and singer (1921–1991)
44
views
views
33
Bourvil
French actor and singer (1917–1970)
43
views
views
34
Jacques Prévert
French poet and screenwriter (1900-1977)
42
views
views
35
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
40
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views
36
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
39
views
views
37
Paul Verlaine
French poet (1844-1896)
39
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views
38
Bertolt Brecht
German poet, playwright, and theatre director (1898–1956)
39
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39
Jean de La Fontaine
French poet, fabulist and writer (1621–1695)
39
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40
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
37
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views
41
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
37
views
views
42
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
37
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views
43
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
37
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views
44
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
37
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views
45
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
36
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views
46
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
36
views
views
47
Marcel Proust
French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)
36
views
views
48
Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905)
35
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views
49
Boris Vian
French writer and musician (1920–1959)
35
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views
50
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
35
views
views
51
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
34
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views
52
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
34
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views
53
Michel Houellebecq
French writer
34
views
views
54
Guillaume Apollinaire
French poet (1880–1918)
33
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views
55
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
33
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views
56
Simone Weil
French philosopher, writer, and social activist (1909–1943)
33
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views
57
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
33
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views
58
Jean Ferrat
French singer-songwriter and poet
32
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59
Ian Curtis
British musician (1956–1980)
31
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60
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
31
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views
61
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
31
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views
62
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (1881–1942)
30
views
views
63
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
30
views
views
64
Georges Brassens
French singer-songwriter and poet (1921–1981)
29
views
views
65
Pierre Corneille
French tragedian (1606–1684)
29
views
views
66
Léopold Sédar Senghor
first president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001)
29
views
views
67
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
29
views
views
68
Louis Aragon
French poet (1897–1982)
28
views
views
69
Nilda Fernández
Spanish-French singer
28
views
views
70
Sylvie Vartan
French singer, chansonnier, and actress (born 1944)
28
views
views
71
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625
28
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views
72
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
27
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views
73
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
27
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74
Louise Michel
French author and anarchist (1830-1905)
27
views
views
75
Pierre-Valentin Berthier
French writer (1911-2012)
27
views
views
76
Jean Cocteau
French writer and filmmaker (1889–1963)
26
views
views
77
Lenny Kravitz
American rock musician
26
views
views
78
François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848)
25
views
views
79
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
25
views
views
80
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
25
views
views
81
Pierre de Ronsard
French poet (1524-1585)
25
views
views
82
Silvina Ocampo
Argentine writer (1903–1993)
24
views
views
83
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
24
views
views
84
Charles Maurras
French author, politician, poet, and critic (1868–1952)
24
views
views
85
Alphonse de Lamartine
French author, poet and statesman (1790-1869)
23
views
views
86
Philippe Léotard
French singer and actor (1940-2001)
23
views
views
87
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
23
views
views
88
Étienne de La Boétie
French judge, writer and philosopher
23
views
views
89
Aimé Césaire
Martinican writer, poet and politician (1913–2008)
22
views
views
90
Pierre de Marivaux
French novelist and dramatist (1688-1763)
22
views
views
91
Jean Genet
French novelist, playwright, poet and political activist (1910-1986)
22
views
views
92
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
22
views
views
93
Orpheus
legendary musician, poet, and prophet in ancient Greek religion and myth
22
views
views
94
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
22
views
views
95
Marie Laforêt
French-Swiss singer and actress
22
views
views
96
Edmond Rostand
French poet and dramatist (1868–1918)
22
views
views
97
Crispin Glover
American actor
21
views
views
98
Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish novelist and poet (1850-1894)
21
views
views
99
David
king of Israel and Judah
21
views
views
100
Søren Kierkegaard
Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813–1855)
21
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