Trending Engineers in France — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed engineers on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (French-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Ceslaw Bojarski. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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1,504,520
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Ceslaw Bojarski
French-Polish counterfeiter
113,280
views
views
2
Bernard Arnault
French entrepreneur
68,776
views
views
3
Osama bin Laden
founder of al-Qaeda (1957–2011)
62,402
views
views
4
Elon Musk
American businessman (born 1971)
55,900
views
views
5
Maud Bregeon
French politician
52,427
views
views
6
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
31,354
views
views
7
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
31,135
views
views
8
Jean-Marc Jancovici
French engineer and energy climate specialist
28,486
views
views
9
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
28,429
views
views
10
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)
24,113
views
views
11
Sam Altman
American entrepreneur and investor (born 1985)
23,776
views
views
12
Thierry Breton
French businessman and politician
23,674
views
views
13
Heinrich Himmler
German Nazi politician; leader of the German SS & main architect of the Holocaust (1900-1945)
21,637
views
views
14
Mohamed Atta
Egyptian hijacker and one of the ringleaders of the September 11 attacks (1968–2001)
20,725
views
views
15
Carlos Ghosn
French-Brazilian-Lebanese businessman
20,459
views
views
16
Carlo Acutis
Italian Catholic saint
19,796
views
views
17
Fouzi Lekjaa
Moroccan politician
19,511
views
views
18
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
18,947
views
views
19
Jean-Pierre Petit
French astrophysicist, scientist and illustrator
18,693
views
views
20
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856-1943)
17,928
views
views
21
Rowan Atkinson
English actor, comedian, and screenwriter (born 1955)
17,745
views
views
22
Thomas Pesquet
French astronaut
17,352
views
views
23
Sophie Adenot
French astronaut, engineer and pilot
16,761
views
views
24
Patrick Pouyanné
Chief Executive Officer
16,339
views
views
25
Mark Zuckerberg
American Internet entrepreneur
15,944
views
views
26
Franck Thilliez
French writer (born 1973)
15,926
views
views
27
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564–1642)
15,344
views
views
28
Yann LeCun
American-French computer scientist (born 1960)
15,160
views
views
29
Élisabeth Borne
Prime Minister of France from 2022 to 2024
14,243
views
views
30
Spider-Man
fictional character in Marvel Comics
14,217
views
views
31
Michel Houellebecq
French writer
14,047
views
views
32
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)
13,743
views
views
33
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
13,660
views
views
34
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
13,489
views
views
35
Bill Gates
American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)
13,408
views
views
36
Jeff Bezos
American business magnate (born 1964)
12,694
views
views
37
Boris Vian
French writer and musician (1920–1959)
12,531
views
views
38
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker and explorer (born 1954)
12,123
views
views
39
Jean-Pierre Farandou
French businessperson
12,109
views
views
40
J. Robert Oppenheimer
American theoretical physicist (1904–1967)
11,863
views
views
41
Tim Cook
American business executive, former Apple executive chairman
11,722
views
views
42
Boris Yeltsin
Soviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (1931–2007)
11,706
views
views
43
Delphine Ernotte
chief executive officer of France Télévisions
11,664
views
views
44
George Washington
Founding Father and first U.S. president (1732–1799)
11,579
views
views
45
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
French military engineer (1633–1707)
11,500
views
views
46
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
11,259
views
views
47
Gustave Eiffel
French chemical engineer and architect (1832–1923)
11,221
views
views
48
Dolph Lundgren
Swedish actor and martial artist (born 1957)
11,048
views
views
49
Jacques Cartier
Breton maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557)
10,985
views
views
50
Neil Armstrong
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)
10,814
views
views
51
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
10,793
views
views
52
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
10,546
views
views
53
Boualem Sansal
Algerian and French writer
10,477
views
views
54
Damien Ernst
Belgian engineer
10,156
views
views
55
Julian Assange
Australian editor, publisher, and activist (born 1971)
10,127
views
views
56
Arsène Wenger
French football manager (born 1949)
10,102
views
views
57
Walt Disney
American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)
9,946
views
views
58
Sadi Carnot
5th president of France (1837–1894)
9,684
views
views
59
Patricio Guzmán
Chilean film director (1941–2026)
9,651
views
views
60
Yasser Arafat
Palestinian political leader (1929-2004) and Former President of the Palestinian National Authority (1994-2004)
9,503
views
views
61
Hideo Kojima
Japanese video game designer (born 1963)
9,488
views
views
62
Georges Perec
French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist (1936–1982)
9,444
views
views
63
John Krasinski
American actor and filmmaker (born 1979)
9,438
views
views
64
Howard Hughes
American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer (1905–1976)
9,397
views
views
65
Hedy Lamarr
Austrian-American actress and co-inventor of an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping (1914-2000)
9,140
views
views
66
Albert Lebrun
15th President of the French Republic (1871–1950)
9,101
views
views
67
Wernher von Braun
German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)
8,913
views
views
68
Johannes Gutenberg
German inventor and craftsman (1400-1468)
8,832
views
views
69
Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco
Moroccan royal
8,737
views
views
70
Thomas Edison
American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)
8,691
views
views
71
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
8,515
views
views
72
Jean-René Cazeneuve
French politician
8,431
views
views
73
Antoine de Maximy
French backpacking and journalist
8,245
views
views
74
Hu Jintao
former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
8,226
views
views
75
Larry Page
American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur (born 1973)
7,922
views
views
76
Miguel Díaz-Canel
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and top leader of Cuba since 2021
7,585
views
views
77
Antoine Daniel
French livestreamer and vlogger
7,580
views
views
78
Jensen Huang
American entrepreneur and businessman; co-founder and CEO of Nvidia
7,535
views
views
79
Francis Bouygues
French businessman and film producer (1922–1993)
7,452
views
views
80
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
7,325
views
views
81
Nicéphore Niépce
French inventor and photographer (1765-1833)
7,287
views
views
82
Heinz Lammerding
German general (1905-1971)
7,284
views
views
83
Édith Cresson
Prime Minister of France from 1991 to 1992
7,224
views
views
84
Alain Damasio
French writer
7,206
views
views
85
Hypatia
Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
6,726
views
views
86
Archimedes
Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – c. 212 BC)
6,664
views
views
87
Bobby Fischer
American chess player (1943–2008)
6,661
views
views
88
Claudia Sheinbaum
president of Mexico since 2024
6,618
views
views
89
Leonid Brezhnev
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1906–1982)
6,605
views
views
90
Aurélie Trouvé
French activist and politician
6,517
views
views
91
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
6,358
views
views
92
Katherine Johnson
African-American mathematician
6,327
views
views
93
Émile Muselier
French admiral (1882-1965)
6,260
views
views
94
Stéphane Marie
French television presenter
6,254
views
views
95
Joseph Fourier
French mathematician and physicist (1768 – 1830)
6,193
views
views
96
Marcel Dassault
French aircraft industrialist (1892-1986)
6,114
views
views
97
António Guterres
Secretary-General of the United Nations since 2017
6,047
views
views
98
Guy Debord
French Marxist theorist, writer, filmmaker (1931–1994)
5,939
views
views
99
Thales
ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician
5,822
views
views
100
Kim Wilde
English pop singer (born 1960)
5,788
views
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