Trending Officers in France — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed officers on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (French-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Klaus Barbie. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
1,717,847
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Klaus Barbie
German SS officer, head of the Gestapo in Lyon and convicted war criminal (1913–1991)
98,044
views
views
2
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
74,395
views
views
3
Napoleon
French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 (1769–1821)
63,585
views
views
4
Adolf Hitler
Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945 (1889–1945)
52,912
views
views
5
Hermann Göring
German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal (1893–1946)
52,909
views
views
6
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
36,304
views
views
7
François Darlan
French admiral (1881-1942)
34,984
views
views
8
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia and conqueror of Achaemenid Persia (356–323 BC)
33,854
views
views
9
Henry IV of France
King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610 and King of France from 1589 to 1610 (1553-1610)
32,735
views
views
10
Philippe Pétain
French military and political leader (1856–1951)
32,381
views
views
11
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
29,993
views
views
12
Ibrahim Traoré
military leader of Burkina Faso since 2022
29,598
views
views
13
George VI
King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952
29,471
views
views
14
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
25,770
views
views
15
Dwight D. Eisenhower
president of the United States from 1953 to 1961 (1890–1969)
23,076
views
views
16
Mohammed VI of Morocco
king of Morocco since 1999
22,499
views
views
17
John F. Kennedy
president of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (1917–1963)
21,512
views
views
18
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
consort of Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2021 (1921-2021)
21,479
views
views
19
Josephine Baker
American-born French dancer, singer and actress (1906–1975)
20,562
views
views
20
Lee Van Cleef
American actor (1925–1989)
20,515
views
views
21
Ratko Mladić
Convicted war criminal and general of the Bosnian Serb military (1942–2026)
20,049
views
views
22
Elvis Presley
American singer and actor (1935–1977)
19,262
views
views
23
Pericles
Athenian statesman, orator and general (c. 495 – 429 BC)
18,996
views
views
24
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)
18,549
views
views
25
Felipe VI of Spain
King of Spain since 2014
18,344
views
views
26
Henri Giraud
French general \ (1879-1949)
18,333
views
views
27
Muhammad
Arabian political leader and the founder of Islam (c. 570–632)
17,685
views
views
28
Thomas Pesquet
French astronaut
17,352
views
views
29
Leonor, Princess of Asturias
38th princess of Asturias and heiress to the Spanish throne
17,247
views
views
30
Francisco Franco
Spanish general and dictator (1892-1975)
17,142
views
views
31
George H. W. Bush
41st President of the United States (1989–1993)
16,793
views
views
32
Sophie Adenot
French astronaut, engineer and pilot
16,761
views
views
33
Abraham Lincoln
president of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (1809-1865)
16,572
views
views
34
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
16,372
views
views
35
Kirk Douglas
American actor (1916–2020)
16,256
views
views
36
Antigonus I Monophthalmus
Macedonian general, founder of Antigonid dynasty (382–301 BC)
15,288
views
views
37
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
younger son of Charles III of the United Kingdom and Diana, Princess of Wales
15,039
views
views
38
Florence Arthaud
French sailor (1957–2015)
14,775
views
views
39
Napoleon II
The second Emperor of the French (1815)
14,110
views
views
40
Eli Wallach
American actor (1915–2014)
13,951
views
views
41
Genghis Khan
founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire (1162–1227)
13,883
views
views
42
Thomas Sankara
President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987
13,780
views
views
43
Ahmad Shah Massoud
Tajik military leader (1953–2001)
13,751
views
views
44
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
French general and politician (1757–1834)
13,683
views
views
45
Humphrey Bogart
American actor (1899–1957)
13,673
views
views
46
Henry Fonda
American actor (1905–1982)
13,244
views
views
47
Juan Carlos I of Spain
King of Spain from 1975 to 2014
12,941
views
views
48
Gene Hackman
American actor and novelist (1930–2025)
12,805
views
views
49
Charles Martel
Frankish military and political leader (c. 688–741)
12,769
views
views
50
Muammar Gaddafi
Military officer and former Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya (1969-2011)
12,748
views
views
51
Philippe of Belgium
King of the Belgians since 2013
12,628
views
views
52
Erwin Rommel
German field marshal (1891–1944)
12,584
views
views
53
Adolf Eichmann
German-Austrian SS officer and one of the major organizers of the Holocaust (1906–1962)
12,421
views
views
54
Paul Newman
American actor (1925–2008)
12,101
views
views
55
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
founding father of the Republic of Turkey (c. 1881–1938)
12,005
views
views
56
Pol Pot
former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (1925–1998)
12,002
views
views
57
Bashar al-Assad
Syrian convicted fugitive and former President of Syria from 2000 to 2024
11,706
views
views
58
George Washington
Founding Father and first U.S. president (1732–1799)
11,579
views
views
59
Otto von Bismarck
German statesman and Chancellor (1815-1898)
11,509
views
views
60
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
French military engineer (1633–1707)
11,500
views
views
61
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
11,447
views
views
62
Hassan II
King of Morocco from 1961 to 1999
11,375
views
views
63
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)
11,308
views
views
64
Gustave Eiffel
French chemical engineer and architect (1832–1923)
11,221
views
views
65
Benoît Puga
French general
11,129
views
views
66
Nicolae Ceaușescu
dictator of Romania from 1965 to 1989
11,092
views
views
67
Neil Armstrong
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)
10,814
views
views
68
Moses
Abrahamic prophet said to have led the Israelites out of Egypt
10,667
views
views
69
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
10,546
views
views
70
Pierre Loti
French writer (1850-1923)
10,339
views
views
71
Christopher Lee
English actor and singer (1922–2015)
10,119
views
views
72
Hannibal
Carthaginian general (247–183/181 BC)
10,057
views
views
73
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s – 1524)
10,024
views
views
74
Olivier de Kersauson
French yacht racer
9,978
views
views
75
Alfred Dreyfus
French artillery officer (1859–1935)
9,522
views
views
76
Harry S. Truman
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
9,429
views
views
77
Howard Hughes
American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer (1905–1976)
9,397
views
views
78
Idi Amin
President of Uganda (1971-1979)
9,062
views
views
79
Léon Degrelle
Belgian journalist, politician, SS soldier, fugitive (1906-1994)
9,026
views
views
80
Oliver Cromwell
English military and political leader (1599–1658)
8,986
views
views
81
Wernher von Braun
German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)
8,913
views
views
82
Philippe de Gaulle
son of Charles de Gaulle (1921–2024)
8,837
views
views
83
Karl Dönitz
German admiral and former president of Nazi Germany in 1945 (born 1891-1980)
8,547
views
views
84
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
8,515
views
views
85
Joachim Murat
Grand Duke of Berg and Cleves, The king of Naples (1767-1815)
8,399
views
views
86
Pierre de Villiers
French officer
8,371
views
views
87
Éric Tabarly
sailor
8,199
views
views
88
Saladin
Sultan of Egypt and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty (1137–1193)
8,133
views
views
89
Rudolf Höss
German war criminal, commandant of Auschwitz (1901–1947)
8,129
views
views
90
Paul von Hindenburg
Prussian-German field marshal of the German Empire, statesman and president of Weimar Germany and Nazi Germany (1847–1934)
8,073
views
views
91
Suleiman the Magnificent
the tenth and greatest Sultan of Ottoman Empire (1520–1566)
8,066
views
views
92
Alcibiades
Athenian statesman
8,056
views
views
93
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
British statesman and naval officer (1900-1979)
8,056
views
views
94
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)
8,054
views
views
95
Yevgeny Prigozhin
Russian mercenary leader, oligarch, restaurateur, former owner of Wagner PVC (1961–2023)
8,009
views
views
96
Abdullah II of Jordan
King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
7,986
views
views
97
Patrice de MacMahon
third President of the French Republic (1808–1893)
7,879
views
views
98
Bertrand du Guesclin
Constable of France
7,841
views
views
99
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
French general (1762–1806)
7,787
views
views
100
Mamadi Doumbouya
Guinean military officer and politician (1980-)
7,693
views
views
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