Trending Programmers in France this year
The 100 most-viewed programmers this year on Wikipedia (France). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Elon Musk.
100
Ranked
5,946
Total Views (this year)
1
Elon Musk
businessman and entrepreneur (born 1971)
1,436
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views
2
Carlo Acutis
Italian Catholic saint
443
views
views
3
Bill Gates
American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)
380
views
views
4
Mark Zuckerberg
American Internet entrepreneur
356
views
views
5
Sam Altman
American venture capitalist
308
views
views
6
Zoë Quinn
American video game developer
217
views
views
7
Andy Weir
American writer (born 1972)
193
views
views
8
Linus Torvalds
Finnish software engineer (born 1969)
178
views
views
9
Shigeru Miyamoto
Japanese video game designer (born 1952)
157
views
views
10
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
152
views
views
11
Julian Assange
Australian editor, publisher, and activist (born 1971)
132
views
views
12
Michael Crichton
American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)
131
views
views
13
Satoshi Nakamoto
pseudonym for the person or group who designed and developed Bitcoin
124
views
views
14
Paul Allen
American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)
92
views
views
15
Steve Wozniak
American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.
79
views
views
16
Demis Hassabis
British artificial intelligence researcher (born 1976)
75
views
views
17
Peter Molyneux
English video game designer and game programmer
71
views
views
18
Markus Persson
Swedish video game programmer and founder of Mojang (born 1979)
70
views
views
19
John McAfee
British-American programmer and businessman (1945–2021)
63
views
views
20
George Hotz
American hacker
56
views
views
21
Gabe Newell
American computer programmer and businessman
47
views
views
22
Dorothy Vaughan
African-American mathematician
46
views
views
23
Hal Finney
American software developer (1956-2014)
45
views
views
24
Leonid Radvinsky
Ukrainian-American businessman (1982–2026)
45
views
views
25
Aaron Swartz
American computer programmer and internet-political activist (1986–2013)
44
views
views
26
Richard Stallman
American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project
43
views
views
27
Alexey Pajitnov
Russian video game designer (born 1955)
41
views
views
28
Jan Koum
Ukrainian-born American entrepreneur, co-founder of WhatsApp
38
views
views
29
David Baszucki
Co-founder and CEO of Roblox Corporation
36
views
views
30
Henk Rogers
Dutch computer programmer
34
views
views
31
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Grace Hopper
American computer scientist and United States Navy officer (1906–1992)
34
views
views
32
Jack Dorsey
American software entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter
33
views
views
33
Kim Dotcom
German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur
31
views
views
34
Tim Berners-Lee
English computer scientist (born 1955)
31
views
views
35
Satoru Iwata
Japanese video game programmer and businessman (1959–2015)
27
views
views
36
Brendan Eich
American computer programmer and technology executive
25
views
views
37
Pierre Omidyar
American entrepreneur and philanthropist; founder of eBay
25
views
views
38
Terry A. Davis
American computer programmer (1969-2018)
24
views
views
39
Marc Andreessen
American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer
23
views
views
40
David Brevik
American video game developer
19
views
views
41
Frédérick Raynal
French video game designer
18
views
views
42
Alec Holowka
Canadian video game developer (1983–2019)
18
views
views
43
John Carmack
American computer programmer and video game developer (born 1970)
17
views
views
44
Stanley Jordan
American jazz guitarist
16
views
views
45
Tobias Lütke
German entrepreneur and software developer
15
views
views
46
Vitalik Buterin
Russian-Canadian computer scientist
15
views
views
47
Donald Knuth
American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1938)
15
views
views
48
Kelley Deal
American musician
14
views
views
49
April O'Neil
fictional character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise
14
views
views
50
Edsger W. Dijkstra
Dutch computer scientist (1930–2002)
13
views
views
51
Jihadi John
British terrorist and murderer
13
views
views
52
Anthony Roux
cartoonist
12
views
views
53
Ian Murdock
American computer scientist, open source developer, entrepreneur (1973-2015)
11
views
views
54
Naomi Novik
American writer
11
views
views
55
Scott Manley
Scottish/American YouTuber who makes videos usually focusing on space
11
views
views
56
Guido van Rossum
Dutch programmer and creator of Python
11
views
views
57
Leslie Lamport
American computer scientist
11
views
views
58
John Romero
American video game designer
11
views
views
59
Jean-Marie Hullot
French computer scientist and programmer (1954-2019)
11
views
views
60
David Jones
British game programmer and co-founder of Grand Theft Auto
10
views
views
61
François Chollet
French machine learning researcher
10
views
views
62
Gary McKinnon
British suspected hacker
9
views
views
63
Jordan Mechner
American video game designer
9
views
views
64
Jean-Louis Gassée
French businessman
9
views
views
65
Ken Thompson
American programmer and computer scientist, co-creator of the Unix operating system (born 1943)
9
views
views
66
Ken Liu
Chinese-American writer
9
views
views
67
Takashi Tezuka
Japanese video game designer and producer
9
views
views
68
Jonathan Blow
American video game designer and programmer
8
views
views
69
Richard Garriott
British video game developer, astronaut and entrepreneur
8
views
views
70
Phil Zimmermann
creator of Pretty Good Privacy
8
views
views
71
Ron Gilbert
American video game designer
8
views
views
72
Robert Topala
Swedish video game programmer
8
views
views
73
Sid Meier
Canadian-American game programmer and designer
8
views
views
74
Scott Adams
American cartoonist and author (1957–2026)
8
views
views
75
Paul Graham
English-American programmer, venture capitalist, and essayist
8
views
views
76
Paul Le Roux
programmer, criminal cartel boss, and informant to the US Drug Enforcement Administration
8
views
views
77
Mike Harrington
co-founder of Valve Corporation
7
views
views
78
Bruce Perens
American computer scientist
7
views
views
79
Alan Miller
American video game designer and programmer
7
views
views
80
Tim Schafer
American video game designer (born 1967)
7
views
views
81
Michael Demon Calce
Canadian criminal
7
views
views
82
Xavier Leroy
French computer scientist and programmer
7
views
views
83
Bjarne Stroustrup
Danish computer scientist, creator of C++ (born 1950)
6
views
views
84
Noah Glass
American technology entrepreneur
6
views
views
85
Fabrice Bellard
French computer programmer
6
views
views
86
Patrick Collison
Irish entrepreneur
6
views
views
87
Moxie Marlinspike
American computer security expert
6
views
views
88
Jaron Lanier
American computer scientist, musician, and author
6
views
views
89
Dennis M. Ritchie
American computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system and the C programming language
6
views
views
90
Mark Karpelès
former CEO of Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox
6
views
views
91
Christophe Balestra
French entrepreneur
5
views
views
92
Ward Cunningham
American computer programmer
5
views
views
93
Shawn Fanning
American businessman
5
views
views
94
Dennis E. Taylor
Canadian novelist
5
views
views
95
Robert Cailliau
Belgian engineer and computer scientist (1947)
5
views
views
96
ZUN
Japanese video game developer and composer
5
views
views
97
Rhianna Pratchett
English video game writer and journalist (born 1976)
5
views
views
98
Lionel Dricot
Belgian author and blogger
5
views
views
99
Charles Simonyi
Hungarian-American computer software executive (born 1948)
5
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views
100
Victoria Amelina
Ukrainian writer and activist
4
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