Trending Poets in France this year
The 100 most-viewed poets this year on Wikipedia (France). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Philippe Léotard.
100
Ranked
204,513
Total Views (this year)
1
Philippe Léotard
French singer and actor (1940-2001)
32,049
views
views
2
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
13,763
views
views
3
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
9,612
views
views
4
Sylvie Vartan
French singer, chansonnier, and actress (born 1944)
7,633
views
views
5
Siri Hustvedt
American novelist, essayist, poet
7,103
views
views
6
Charles Aznavour
Armenian-French singer and diplomat (1924-2018)
5,686
views
views
7
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
4,008
views
views
8
Jacques Brel
Belgian singer (1929–1978)
3,579
views
views
9
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
3,367
views
views
10
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
3,233
views
views
11
Juliette Binoche
French actress, artist and dancer (born 1964)
3,036
views
views
12
Molière
French playwright and actor (1622–1673)
2,897
views
views
13
Paul Morand
French writer (1888-1976)
2,730
views
views
14
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
2,637
views
views
15
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
2,579
views
views
16
Édith Piaf
French singer (1915–1963)
2,481
views
views
17
Serge Gainsbourg
French singer, songwriter, composer, writer, actor and director (1928–1991)
2,355
views
views
18
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
2,240
views
views
19
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
2,208
views
views
20
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891)
2,183
views
views
21
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
2,022
views
views
22
Émile Zola
French novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet (1840–1902)
1,980
views
views
23
Ian Curtis
British musician (1956–1980)
1,863
views
views
24
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
1,794
views
views
25
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
1,775
views
views
26
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
1,751
views
views
27
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
1,648
views
views
28
Christophe Maé
French pop singer (born 1975)
1,630
views
views
29
Mylène Farmer
French singer and songwriter (born 1961)
1,621
views
views
30
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
1,588
views
views
31
Charlélie Couture
French-American singer and artist
1,539
views
views
32
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
1,505
views
views
33
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
1,495
views
views
34
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
1,479
views
views
35
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
1,419
views
views
36
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
1,405
views
views
37
Bourvil
French actor and singer (1917–1970)
1,380
views
views
38
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
1,365
views
views
39
Guy de Maupassant
French writer (1850-1893)
1,343
views
views
40
Georges Brassens
French singer-songwriter and poet (1921–1981)
1,313
views
views
41
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
1,300
views
views
42
Jean Genet
French novelist, playwright, poet and political activist (1910-1986)
1,300
views
views
43
Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905)
1,270
views
views
44
Charles Baudelaire
French poet and critic (1821–1867)
1,264
views
views
45
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
1,247
views
views
46
Yves Montand
French-Italian actor and singer (1921–1991)
1,222
views
views
47
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
1,196
views
views
48
Louise Michel
French author and anarchist (1830-1905)
1,187
views
views
49
Richard Bohringer
French actor, director, producer
1,183
views
views
50
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
1,161
views
views
51
Marcel Proust
French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)
1,143
views
views
52
Aimé Césaire
Martinican writer, poet and politician (1913–2008)
1,128
views
views
53
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
1,120
views
views
54
Barbara
French recording artist; singer-songwriter (1930–1997)
1,093
views
views
55
Michel Houellebecq
French writer
1,091
views
views
56
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
1,025
views
views
57
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
1,012
views
views
58
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
1,011
views
views
59
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
1,006
views
views
60
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (1881–1942)
991
views
views
61
David
king of Israel and Judah
984
views
views
62
Daniel Defoe
English trader, writer, and journalist (1660–1731)
977
views
views
63
Silvina Ocampo
Argentine writer (1903–1993)
975
views
views
64
Juliette Gréco
French singer and actress (1927–2020)
975
views
views
65
Jean de La Fontaine
French poet, fabulist and writer (1621–1695)
947
views
views
66
Grand Corps Malade
French poet and musician
939
views
views
67
Marie Laforêt
French-Swiss singer and actress
925
views
views
68
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
922
views
views
69
Gaël Faye
burundi-rwandan-french singer and writer
916
views
views
70
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
914
views
views
71
Boris Vian
French writer and musician (1920–1959)
912
views
views
72
Simone Weil
French philosopher, writer, and social activist (1909–1943)
910
views
views
73
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
901
views
views
74
François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848)
894
views
views
75
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
892
views
views
76
Nilda Fernández
Spanish-French singer
873
views
views
77
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
871
views
views
78
Léopold Sédar Senghor
first president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001)
868
views
views
79
Guillaume Apollinaire
French poet (1880–1918)
867
views
views
80
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
866
views
views
81
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625
864
views
views
82
Pierre Corneille
French tragedian (1606–1684)
862
views
views
83
Étienne de La Boétie
French judge, writer and philosopher
860
views
views
84
Jean Ferrat
French singer-songwriter and poet
848
views
views
85
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
841
views
views
86
Alexander Pushkin
Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
829
views
views
87
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
822
views
views
88
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
819
views
views
89
Jean Cocteau
French writer and filmmaker (1889–1963)
811
views
views
90
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
798
views
views
91
Salvatore Adamo
Belgian recording artist of Italian birth; musician, songwriter, singer
784
views
views
92
Paul Verlaine
French poet (1844-1896)
774
views
views
93
Louis Aragon
French poet (1897–1982)
773
views
views
94
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
767
views
views
95
MC Solaar
French rapper
754
views
views
96
Alfred de Musset
French writer (1810–1857)
752
views
views
97
Charles Maurras
French author, politician, poet, and critic (1868–1952)
752
views
views
98
Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish novelist and poet (1850-1894)
747
views
views
99
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
745
views
views
100
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
739
views
views
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