Trending Scientists in France this month
The 100 most-viewed scientists this month on Wikipedia (France). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Michael Jackson.
100
Ranked
170,948
Total Views (this month)
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
15,570
views
views
2
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
9,521
views
views
3
Pierre Goldman
French academic (1944–1979)
8,422
views
views
4
Shere Hite
German-American sexologist
7,515
views
views
5
François Villeroy de Galhau
French official
4,929
views
views
6
Etty Hillesum
Jewish diarist (1914-1943)
3,823
views
views
7
Arthur Mensch
French artificial intelligence researcher
3,446
views
views
8
Jean-Luc Mélenchon
French politician (born 1951)
3,408
views
views
9
Marie Curie
Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
3,063
views
views
10
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
3,000
views
views
11
Roland Lescure
French politician
2,727
views
views
12
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
2,719
views
views
13
Jeffrey Epstein
American financier and sex offender (1953–2019)
2,565
views
views
14
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
2,203
views
views
15
Brigitte Macron
French teacher, spouse of French statesman Emmanuel Macron
1,949
views
views
16
Charlie Chaplin
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
1,904
views
views
17
Arsène Wenger
French football manager
1,836
views
views
18
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
1,781
views
views
19
Paul Walker
American actor (1973–2013)
1,757
views
views
20
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
1,755
views
views
21
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
1,751
views
views
22
Alain Bauer
French criminologist (1962-)
1,698
views
views
23
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
1,679
views
views
24
Sarah Legrain
French politician
1,554
views
views
25
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
1,548
views
views
26
Albert Einstein
german-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
1,517
views
views
27
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
French-Moroccan politician
1,483
views
views
28
Sophia Aram
French actor and comedian (born 1973)
1,449
views
views
29
Émile Zola
French novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet (1840–1902)
1,444
views
views
30
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
1,428
views
views
31
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
1,428
views
views
32
Corinne Herrmann
French lawyer and criminologist
1,399
views
views
33
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
1,355
views
views
34
Raphaël Glucksmann
French film director, journalist and politician
1,318
views
views
35
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
1,316
views
views
36
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
1,316
views
views
37
Rosa Parks
civil rights activist
1,315
views
views
38
Léon Blum
French politician (1872–1950)
1,297
views
views
39
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
1,292
views
views
40
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
1,245
views
views
41
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
1,242
views
views
42
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
1,221
views
views
43
Ole Nydahl
Danish lama
1,205
views
views
44
Germaine de Staël
Genevan-French author (1766-1817)
1,197
views
views
45
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
French economist
1,190
views
views
46
Jean-Claude Bourret
French journalist and ufologist
1,186
views
views
47
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
1,183
views
views
48
Laurent Alexandre
French political activist, surgeon, essayist and entrepreneur
1,180
views
views
49
Alex Ferguson
Scottish association football manager and player
1,144
views
views
50
Lydia Davis
American writer (born 1947)
1,095
views
views
51
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
1,065
views
views
52
Andrej Karpathy
Slovakian-Canadian AI researcher (born 1986)
1,061
views
views
53
Périco Légasse
French journalist
1,054
views
views
54
Brigitte Bardot
French actress, singer, animal rights activist (1934–2025)
1,052
views
views
55
Jack Lang
French politician (born 1939)
1,051
views
views
56
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
1,044
views
views
57
Simone de Beauvoir
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
1,035
views
views
58
Jacques Boudeville
French economist (1919–1975)
1,031
views
views
59
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
1,021
views
views
60
Honoré de Balzac
French novelist and playwright (1799–1850)
1,019
views
views
61
Benito Mussolini
dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945
1,003
views
views
62
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 (born 1961)
992
views
views
63
Fred Vargas
French writer, archaeologist and historian
987
views
views
64
Thucydides
5th-century BC Athenian historian and general
986
views
views
65
Sabrina Pasterski
American theoretical physicist
986
views
views
66
Henri Matisse
French artist (1869-1954)
980
views
views
67
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
978
views
views
68
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)
963
views
views
69
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564-1642)
961
views
views
70
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
957
views
views
71
Henri Troyat
French Armenian writer
952
views
views
72
Peter Thiel
German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
938
views
views
73
Marc Bloch
French historian (1886–1944)
936
views
views
74
Jean Guiart
French anthropologist (1925-2019)
927
views
views
75
Jane Goodall
English primatologist and anthropologist (1934–2025)
920
views
views
76
Annie Ernaux
French writer (born 1940)
919
views
views
77
Valérie Hannin
French historian
917
views
views
78
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
914
views
views
79
Olympe de Gouges
French playwright and political activist (1748–1793)
911
views
views
80
Claude Ribbe
French writer
900
views
views
81
Charles Baudelaire
French poet and critic (1821–1867)
895
views
views
82
Samah Karaki
French-Lebanese Neuroscientist
892
views
views
83
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
886
views
views
84
Nicolas Hulot
French environmentalist, TV producer and presenter, politician
878
views
views
85
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
870
views
views
86
Ernő Rubik
Hungarian inventor (born 1944)
862
views
views
87
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
860
views
views
88
Serena Williams
American tennis player (1981)
855
views
views
89
Sophie Adenot
French astronaut, engineer and pilot
850
views
views
90
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
846
views
views
91
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
842
views
views
92
Jean-Pierre Escalettes
French football executive (1935-2026)
834
views
views
93
Joachim Boldt
German anesthesiologist known for research misconduct
830
views
views
94
Julia de Funès
French philosopher and writer
827
views
views
95
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
818
views
views
96
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33) (5-33)
817
views
views
97
Olivier Duhamel
French politician
815
views
views
98
Paul Langevin
French physicist, philosopher of science and pedagogue (1872-1946)
815
views
views
99
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
814
views
views
100
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
814
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