Trending Officers in France — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed officers on Wikipedia, September 2026 (French-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Klaus Barbie. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
1,613,537
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Klaus Barbie
German SS officer, head of the Gestapo in Lyon and convicted war criminal (1913–1991)
94,118
views
views
2
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
70,435
views
views
3
Napoleon
French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 (1769–1821)
59,249
views
views
4
Hermann Göring
German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal (1893–1946)
51,550
views
views
5
Adolf Hitler
Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945 (1889–1945)
49,267
views
views
6
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
35,339
views
views
7
François Darlan
French admiral (1881-1942)
34,464
views
views
8
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia and conqueror of Achaemenid Persia (356–323 BC)
31,964
views
views
9
Philippe Pétain
French military and political leader (1856–1951)
30,276
views
views
10
Henry IV of France
King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610 and King of France from 1589 to 1610 (1553-1610)
29,608
views
views
11
Ibrahim Traoré
military leader of Burkina Faso since 2022
28,779
views
views
12
George VI
King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952
27,863
views
views
13
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
27,753
views
views
14
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
24,151
views
views
15
Dwight D. Eisenhower
president of the United States from 1953 to 1961 (1890–1969)
22,198
views
views
16
Mohammed VI of Morocco
king of Morocco since 1999
21,260
views
views
17
Lee Van Cleef
American actor (1925–1989)
20,141
views
views
18
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
consort of Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2021 (1921-2021)
20,126
views
views
19
Ratko Mladić
Convicted war criminal and general of the Bosnian Serb military (1942–2026)
19,851
views
views
20
John F. Kennedy
president of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (1917–1963)
19,126
views
views
21
Pericles
Athenian statesman, orator and general (c. 495 – 429 BC)
18,580
views
views
22
Josephine Baker
American-born French dancer, singer and actress (1906–1975)
18,512
views
views
23
Henri Giraud
French general \ (1879-1949)
17,911
views
views
24
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)
17,388
views
views
25
Elvis Presley
American singer and actor (1935–1977)
17,254
views
views
26
Felipe VI of Spain
King of Spain since 2014
17,080
views
views
27
Muhammad
Arabian political leader and the founder of Islam (c. 570–632)
16,418
views
views
28
Leonor, Princess of Asturias
38th princess of Asturias and heiress to the Spanish throne
16,393
views
views
29
Thomas Pesquet
French astronaut
16,313
views
views
30
George H. W. Bush
41st President of the United States (1989–1993)
16,121
views
views
31
Francisco Franco
Spanish general and dictator (1892-1975)
15,692
views
views
32
Sophie Adenot
French astronaut, engineer and pilot
15,596
views
views
33
Kirk Douglas
American actor (1916–2020)
15,506
views
views
34
Antigonus I Monophthalmus
Macedonian general, founder of Antigonid dynasty (382–301 BC)
15,205
views
views
35
Abraham Lincoln
president of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (1809-1865)
15,100
views
views
36
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
15,072
views
views
37
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
younger son of Charles III of the United Kingdom and Diana, Princess of Wales
14,266
views
views
38
Florence Arthaud
French sailor (1957–2015)
14,090
views
views
39
Eli Wallach
American actor (1915–2014)
13,550
views
views
40
Ahmad Shah Massoud
Tajik military leader (1953–2001)
13,451
views
views
41
Humphrey Bogart
American actor (1899–1957)
13,284
views
views
42
Napoleon II
The second Emperor of the French (1815)
13,222
views
views
43
Genghis Khan
founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire (1162–1227)
12,930
views
views
44
Henry Fonda
American actor (1905–1982)
12,698
views
views
45
Thomas Sankara
President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987
12,630
views
views
46
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
French general and politician (1757–1834)
12,628
views
views
47
Gene Hackman
American actor and novelist (1930–2025)
12,095
views
views
48
Juan Carlos I of Spain
King of Spain from 1975 to 2014
11,972
views
views
49
Erwin Rommel
German field marshal (1891–1944)
11,910
views
views
50
Muammar Gaddafi
Military officer and former Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya (1969-2011)
11,864
views
views
51
Philippe of Belgium
King of the Belgians since 2013
11,847
views
views
52
Charles Martel
Frankish military and political leader (c. 688–741)
11,844
views
views
53
Paul Newman
American actor (1925–2008)
11,451
views
views
54
Adolf Eichmann
German-Austrian SS officer and one of the major organizers of the Holocaust (1906–1962)
11,413
views
views
55
Pol Pot
former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (1925–1998)
11,027
views
views
56
Bashar al-Assad
Syrian convicted fugitive and former President of Syria from 2000 to 2024
11,019
views
views
57
Benoît Puga
French general
10,955
views
views
58
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
French military engineer (1633–1707)
10,919
views
views
59
Otto von Bismarck
German statesman and Chancellor (1815-1898)
10,916
views
views
60
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
founding father of the Republic of Turkey (c. 1881–1938)
10,842
views
views
61
Hassan II
King of Morocco from 1961 to 1999
10,702
views
views
62
George Washington
Founding Father and first U.S. president (1732–1799)
10,593
views
views
63
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)
10,430
views
views
64
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
10,405
views
views
65
Nicolae Ceaușescu
dictator of Romania from 1965 to 1989
10,355
views
views
66
Gustave Eiffel
French chemical engineer and architect (1832–1923)
10,053
views
views
67
Pierre Loti
French writer (1850-1923)
9,846
views
views
68
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
9,832
views
views
69
Moses
Abrahamic prophet said to have led the Israelites out of Egypt
9,723
views
views
70
Olivier de Kersauson
French yacht racer
9,557
views
views
71
Hannibal
Carthaginian general (247–183/181 BC)
9,309
views
views
72
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s – 1524)
9,132
views
views
73
Christopher Lee
English actor and singer (1922–2015)
8,822
views
views
74
Howard Hughes
American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer (1905–1976)
8,820
views
views
75
Harry S. Truman
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
8,804
views
views
76
Neil Armstrong
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)
8,797
views
views
77
Idi Amin
President of Uganda (1971-1979)
8,400
views
views
78
Oliver Cromwell
English military and political leader (1599–1658)
8,377
views
views
79
Philippe de Gaulle
son of Charles de Gaulle (1921–2024)
8,258
views
views
80
Alfred Dreyfus
French artillery officer (1859–1935)
8,155
views
views
81
Karl Dönitz
German admiral and former president of Nazi Germany in 1945 (born 1891-1980)
8,079
views
views
82
Léon Degrelle
Belgian journalist, politician, SS soldier, fugitive (1906-1994)
7,903
views
views
83
Éric Tabarly
sailor
7,862
views
views
84
Alcibiades
Athenian statesman
7,821
views
views
85
Joachim Murat
Grand Duke of Berg and Cleves, The king of Naples (1767-1815)
7,793
views
views
86
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
7,780
views
views
87
Abdullah II of Jordan
King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
7,739
views
views
88
Yevgeny Prigozhin
Russian mercenary leader, oligarch, restaurateur, former owner of Wagner PVC (1961–2023)
7,682
views
views
89
Paul von Hindenburg
Prussian-German field marshal of the German Empire, statesman and president of Weimar Germany and Nazi Germany (1847–1934)
7,632
views
views
90
Pierre de Villiers
French officer
7,571
views
views
91
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
British statesman and naval officer (1900-1979)
7,517
views
views
92
Saladin
Sultan of Egypt and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty (1137–1193)
7,513
views
views
93
Suleiman the Magnificent
the tenth and greatest Sultan of Ottoman Empire (1520–1566)
7,406
views
views
94
Patrice de MacMahon
third President of the French Republic (1808–1893)
7,390
views
views
95
Mamadi Doumbouya
Guinean military officer and politician (1980-)
7,346
views
views
96
Alain Colas
French sailor (1943-1978)
7,220
views
views
97
Franz von Papen
German general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)
7,167
views
views
98
Bertrand du Guesclin
Constable of France
7,122
views
views
99
Hal Jordan
fictional superhero published by DC Comics
7,089
views
views
100
Louis-Hubert Lyautey
general and colonial administrator from France (1854-1934)
7,053
views
views
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