Trending Poets in France — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed poets on Wikipedia, September 2026 (French-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: John Paul II. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
2,040,335
Total Views (September 2026)
1
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
102,148
views
views
2
Grand Corps Malade
French poet and musician
73,646
views
views
3
Guy de Maupassant
French writer (1850-1893)
66,618
views
views
4
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
51,370
views
views
5
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891)
49,503
views
views
6
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
39,172
views
views
7
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
37,802
views
views
8
Pauline Julien
Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
36,358
views
views
9
Émile Zola
French novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet (1840–1902)
34,592
views
views
10
Édith Piaf
French singer (1915–1963)
32,683
views
views
11
Hugues Aufray
French singer
32,261
views
views
12
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
32,260
views
views
13
Mylène Farmer
French singer and songwriter (born 1961)
31,835
views
views
14
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
29,985
views
views
15
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
29,925
views
views
16
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
29,834
views
views
17
Charles Aznavour
Armenian-French singer and diplomat (1924-2018)
28,673
views
views
18
Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905)
28,178
views
views
19
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
27,753
views
views
20
Serge Gainsbourg
French singer, songwriter, composer, writer, actor and director (1928–1991)
27,606
views
views
21
Gaël Faye
Burundi-Rwandan-French singer and writer (born 1982)
26,057
views
views
22
Julien Clerc
French singer-songwriter
25,916
views
views
23
Marie Laforêt
French-Swiss singer and actress
24,978
views
views
24
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
24,463
views
views
25
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
23,780
views
views
26
Molière
French playwright and actor (1622–1673)
23,269
views
views
27
Vladimir Vysotsky
Soviet singer-songwriter and actor (1938–1980)
22,209
views
views
28
Francis Lalanne
French singer
21,834
views
views
29
Jacques Brel
Belgian singer (1929–1978)
21,570
views
views
30
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
20,853
views
views
31
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
20,223
views
views
32
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
20,082
views
views
33
Benjamin Biolay
French singer and actor (born 1973)
19,886
views
views
34
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
19,634
views
views
35
Yves Montand
French-Italian actor and singer (1921–1991)
19,505
views
views
36
Charles Baudelaire
French poet and critic (1821–1867)
19,164
views
views
37
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
19,047
views
views
38
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
18,960
views
views
39
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
18,102
views
views
40
Bourvil
French actor and singer (1917–1970)
18,040
views
views
41
Jean de La Fontaine
French poet, fabulist and writer (1621–1695)
17,923
views
views
42
Michel Sardou
French singer
17,733
views
views
43
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
17,528
views
views
44
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
17,004
views
views
45
Pierre de Ronsard
French poet (1524-1585)
16,811
views
views
46
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
16,401
views
views
47
Georges Brassens
French musician, singer-songwriter and poet (1921–1981)
16,381
views
views
48
John Wesley
British cleric and founder of the Methodist movement (1703-1791)
16,253
views
views
49
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
16,113
views
views
50
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
16,002
views
views
51
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
15,273
views
views
52
Marcel Proust
French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)
15,134
views
views
53
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
15,097
views
views
54
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
15,072
views
views
55
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
14,828
views
views
56
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
14,815
views
views
57
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
14,732
views
views
58
Louise Michel
French author and anarchist (1830-1905)
14,690
views
views
59
François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848)
14,349
views
views
60
Gérald Godin
Quebec politician (1938–1994)
14,193
views
views
61
Sylvie Vartan
French singer, chansonnier, and actress (born 1944)
14,129
views
views
62
Léopold Sédar Senghor
first president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001)
14,090
views
views
63
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
13,953
views
views
64
Michel de Montaigne
French author, philosopher, and statesman (1533–1592)
13,833
views
views
65
Barbara
French recording artist; singer-songwriter (1930–1997)
13,672
views
views
66
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
13,621
views
views
67
Richard Bohringer
French actor, director, producer
13,411
views
views
68
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
13,216
views
views
69
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
13,098
views
views
70
Juliette Binoche
French actress, artist and dancer (born 1964)
12,967
views
views
71
Michel Houellebecq
French writer
12,956
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
Alfred de Musset
French writer (1810–1857)
12,289
views
views
75
Paul Verlaine
French poet (1844-1896)
12,244
views
views
76
Étienne de La Boétie
French judge, writer and philosopher (1530–1563)
12,223
views
views
77
Paul Morand
French writer (1888-1976)
12,090
views
views
78
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
12,014
views
views
79
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
11,877
views
views
80
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
11,709
views
views
81
Boris Vian
French writer and musician (1920–1959)
11,619
views
views
82
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
11,604
views
views
83
Jacques Dutronc
French actor and musician
11,329
views
views
84
Marguerite Yourcenar
French novelist and essayist (1903-1987)
11,271
views
views
85
Isabelle Boulay
Canadian singer
11,270
views
views
86
MC Solaar
French rapper
11,259
views
views
87
François Cheng
Chinese-born French writer, poet and calligrapher
11,049
views
views
88
Charles Perrault
French author (1628-1703)
10,701
views
views
89
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 (1566-1625)
10,649
views
views
90
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
10,627
views
views
91
Simone Weil
French philosopher, writer, and social activist (1909–1943)
10,601
views
views
92
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
10,522
views
views
93
Joachim du Bellay
French writer, poet, literary critic, and member of the Pléiade (1522–1560)
10,510
views
views
94
Charles Maurras
French author, politician, poet, and critic (1868–1952)
10,486
views
views
95
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
10,473
views
views
96
Véronique Sanson
French singer-songwriter
10,426
views
views
97
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Monarch of Dubai and politician (born 1949)
10,367
views
views
98
Orpheus
legendary musician, poet, and prophet in ancient Greek religion and myth
10,364
views
views
99
Niccolò Machiavelli
Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
10,344
views
views
100
Henri Salvador
French Caribbean recording artist; singer, songwriter (1917–2008)
10,332
views
views
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