Trending Poets in France — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed poets on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (French-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: John Paul II. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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Ranked
2,223,493
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
103,627
views
views
2
Grand Corps Malade
French poet and musician
74,585
views
views
3
Guy de Maupassant
French writer (1850-1893)
67,961
views
views
4
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
54,603
views
views
5
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891)
51,686
views
views
6
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
51,565
views
views
7
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
41,809
views
views
8
Philippe Léotard
French singer and actor (1940-2001)
37,174
views
views
9
Émile Zola
French novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet (1840–1902)
36,572
views
views
10
Pauline Julien
Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
36,426
views
views
11
Édith Piaf
French singer (1915–1963)
35,164
views
views
12
Charles Aznavour
Armenian-French singer and diplomat (1924-2018)
34,359
views
views
13
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
33,933
views
views
14
Hugues Aufray
French singer
33,780
views
views
15
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
33,625
views
views
16
Mylène Farmer
French singer and songwriter (born 1961)
33,456
views
views
17
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
33,201
views
views
18
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
31,760
views
views
19
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
29,993
views
views
20
Serge Gainsbourg
French singer, songwriter, composer, writer, actor and director (1928–1991)
29,961
views
views
21
Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905)
29,448
views
views
22
Julien Clerc
French singer-songwriter
28,362
views
views
23
Gaël Faye
Burundi-Rwandan-French singer and writer (born 1982)
26,973
views
views
24
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
26,485
views
views
25
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
26,359
views
views
26
Molière
French playwright and actor (1622–1673)
26,166
views
views
27
Marie Laforêt
French-Swiss singer and actress
25,903
views
views
28
Jacques Brel
Belgian singer (1929–1978)
25,149
views
views
29
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
22,358
views
views
30
Francis Lalanne
French singer
22,306
views
views
31
Vladimir Vysotsky
Soviet singer-songwriter and actor (1938–1980)
22,272
views
views
32
Sylvie Vartan
French singer, chansonnier, and actress (born 1944)
21,762
views
views
33
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
21,730
views
views
34
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
21,718
views
views
35
Benjamin Biolay
French singer and actor (born 1973)
21,153
views
views
36
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
20,841
views
views
37
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
20,830
views
views
38
Yves Montand
French-Italian actor and singer (1921–1991)
20,727
views
views
39
Charles Baudelaire
French poet and critic (1821–1867)
20,428
views
views
40
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
20,293
views
views
41
Bourvil
French actor and singer (1917–1970)
19,420
views
views
42
Michel Sardou
French singer
18,989
views
views
43
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
18,947
views
views
44
Jean de La Fontaine
French poet, fabulist and writer (1621–1695)
18,870
views
views
45
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
18,813
views
views
46
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
18,165
views
views
47
Georges Brassens
French musician, singer-songwriter and poet (1921–1981)
17,694
views
views
48
Pierre de Ronsard
French poet (1524-1585)
17,521
views
views
49
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
17,518
views
views
50
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
17,122
views
views
51
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
16,921
views
views
52
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
16,416
views
views
53
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
16,372
views
views
54
John Wesley
British cleric and founder of the Methodist movement (1703-1791)
16,324
views
views
55
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
16,279
views
views
56
Marcel Proust
French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)
16,277
views
views
57
Juliette Binoche
French actress, artist and dancer (born 1964)
16,003
views
views
58
Louise Michel
French author and anarchist (1830-1905)
15,877
views
views
59
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
15,864
views
views
60
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
15,840
views
views
61
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
15,633
views
views
62
François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848)
15,243
views
views
63
Léopold Sédar Senghor
first president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001)
14,958
views
views
64
Paul Morand
French writer (1888-1976)
14,820
views
views
65
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
14,808
views
views
66
Barbara
French recording artist; singer-songwriter (1930–1997)
14,765
views
views
67
Richard Bohringer
French actor, director, producer
14,594
views
views
68
Michel de Montaigne
French author, philosopher, and statesman (1533–1592)
14,544
views
views
69
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
14,531
views
views
70
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
14,327
views
views
71
Gérald Godin
Quebec politician (1938–1994)
14,221
views
views
72
Michel Houellebecq
French writer
14,047
views
views
73
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
14,014
views
views
74
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
13,964
views
views
75
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (1881–1942)
13,517
views
views
76
Guillaume Apollinaire
French poet (1880–1918)
13,375
views
views
77
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
13,355
views
views
78
Étienne de La Boétie
French judge, writer and philosopher (1530–1563)
13,083
views
views
79
Alfred de Musset
French writer (1810–1857)
13,041
views
views
80
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
13,026
views
views
81
Paul Verlaine
French poet (1844-1896)
13,018
views
views
82
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
12,956
views
views
83
Jacques Dutronc
French actor and musician
12,763
views
views
84
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
12,718
views
views
85
Véronique Sanson
French singer-songwriter
12,571
views
views
86
Boris Vian
French writer and musician (1920–1959)
12,531
views
views
87
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
12,088
views
views
88
MC Solaar
French rapper
12,013
views
views
89
Marguerite Yourcenar
French novelist and essayist (1903-1987)
12,009
views
views
90
Christophe Maé
French pop singer (born 1975)
11,872
views
views
91
Isabelle Boulay
Canadian singer
11,736
views
views
92
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 (1566-1625)
11,513
views
views
93
Simone Weil
French philosopher, writer, and social activist (1909–1943)
11,511
views
views
94
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
11,292
views
views
95
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
11,285
views
views
96
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
11,259
views
views
97
François Cheng
Chinese-born French writer, poet and calligrapher
11,241
views
views
98
Charles Maurras
French author, politician, poet, and critic (1868–1952)
11,238
views
views
99
Niccolò Machiavelli
Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
11,166
views
views
100
Charles Perrault
French author (1628-1703)
11,112
views
views
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