Trending Historians in France — September 2026
The 99 most-viewed historians on Wikipedia, September 2026 (French-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Pope Francis. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
1,987,117
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
123,352
views
views
2
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
102,148
views
views
3
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
70,435
views
views
4
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
51,370
views
views
5
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)
42,378
views
views
6
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
39,857
views
views
7
Johann Chapoutot
French historian
38,634
views
views
8
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
36,507
views
views
9
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
36,242
views
views
10
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
35,339
views
views
11
Dolly Parton
American singer-songwriter (1946–2026)
32,357
views
views
12
George Sand
French novelist and memoirist (1804–1876)
31,451
views
views
13
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
29,985
views
views
14
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
27,753
views
views
15
Charlie Chaplin
English actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
27,117
views
views
16
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
26,815
views
views
17
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
24,151
views
views
18
Brigitte Bardot
French actress, singer, animal rights activist (1934–2025)
24,144
views
views
19
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
23,780
views
views
20
Barack Obama
44th President of the United States (2009–2017)
23,033
views
views
21
Angelina Jolie
American actress (born 1975)
21,295
views
views
22
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
20,853
views
views
23
Clémentine Autain
French politician
20,778
views
views
24
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
19,634
views
views
25
Sophia Aram
French actor and comedian (born 1973)
19,404
views
views
26
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
19,355
views
views
27
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
19,277
views
views
28
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
18,960
views
views
29
Fred Vargas
French writer, archaeologist and historian
18,594
views
views
30
Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer
British peer and author, brother of Diana, Princess of Wales (born 1964)
18,270
views
views
31
Sonia Devillers
French journalist
18,087
views
views
32
Simone de Beauvoir
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
17,763
views
views
33
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
17,444
views
views
34
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)
17,388
views
views
35
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
17,338
views
views
36
Stendhal
French writer (1783–1842)
17,290
views
views
37
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
16,983
views
views
38
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
16,715
views
views
39
Laurent Alexandre
French political activist, surgeon, essayist and entrepreneur
16,623
views
views
40
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
16,478
views
views
41
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
16,401
views
views
42
John Wesley
British cleric and founder of the Methodist movement (1703-1791)
16,253
views
views
43
Christine Ockrent
Belgian journalist
16,192
views
views
44
Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990
16,174
views
views
45
Jean Jaurès
French / Occitan socialist leader (1859-1914)
16,129
views
views
46
George H. W. Bush
41st President of the United States (1989–1993)
16,121
views
views
47
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
16,113
views
views
48
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
16,006
views
views
49
Tina Turner
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
15,954
views
views
50
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
15,903
views
views
51
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
15,661
views
views
52
Rosa Parks
civil rights activist
15,620
views
views
53
Michel Foucault
French philosopher (1926–1984)
15,409
views
views
54
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
15,273
views
views
55
Matthew Perry
American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)
15,151
views
views
56
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
15,072
views
views
57
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
14,555
views
views
58
Gabriel Matzneff
French writer et pédophile
14,354
views
views
59
François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848)
14,349
views
views
60
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
14,163
views
views
61
Pierre Richard
French actor, film director, screenwriter and comedian
14,075
views
views
62
Bill Clinton
42nd President of the United States (1993–2001)
13,892
views
views
63
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
13,873
views
views
64
Michel de Montaigne
French author, philosopher, and statesman (1533–1592)
13,833
views
views
65
Eli Wallach
American actor (1915–2014)
13,550
views
views
66
Luis Suárez
Uruguayan association football player
13,513
views
views
67
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
13,276
views
views
68
Périco Légasse
French journalist
12,972
views
views
69
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
12,777
views
views
70
Christine Kelly
French journalist
12,646
views
views
71
Hannah Arendt
German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)
12,563
views
views
72
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (1881–1942)
12,526
views
views
73
Guillaume Apollinaire
French poet (1880–1918)
12,508
views
views
74
Marc Bloch
French historian (1886–1944)
12,499
views
views
75
André Malraux
French novelist, art theorist, and statesman (1901–1976)
12,490
views
views
76
Sophia Loren
Italian actress (born 1934)
12,445
views
views
77
Anne Frank
German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
12,343
views
views
78
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
12,014
views
views
79
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
11,886
views
views
80
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
11,709
views
views
81
Montesquieu
French philosopher (1689–1755)
11,438
views
views
82
Marguerite Yourcenar
French novelist and essayist (1903-1987)
11,271
views
views
83
Emmanuel Todd
historian, demographer, anthropologist, sociologist, political scientist
11,183
views
views
84
Lillian Hellman
American dramatist and screenwriter (1905-1984)
11,071
views
views
85
Tim Curry
British actor (1946–2026)
11,056
views
views
86
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
10,947
views
views
87
Demi Moore
American actress and producer (born 1962)
10,824
views
views
88
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632–1677)
10,770
views
views
89
Simone Weil
French philosopher, writer, and social activist (1909–1943)
10,601
views
views
90
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
10,548
views
views
91
Isabella Rossellini
Italian-American actress (born 1952)
10,533
views
views
92
Gilles Kepel
French political scientist and Arabist (born 1955)
10,533
views
views
93
Marguerite Duras
French writer and film director (1914-1996)
10,517
views
views
94
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
10,473
views
views
95
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
10,405
views
views
96
Tori Spelling
American actress
10,402
views
views
97
Niccolò Machiavelli
Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
10,344
views
views
98
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
10,302
views
views
99
Lance Armstrong
cyclist from the United States
10,279
views
views