Trending Poets in France — the 7 days to 26 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed poets on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 26 October 2026 (French-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Mylène Farmer. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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Ranked
596,490
Total Views (the 7 days to 26 October 2026)
1
Mylène Farmer
French singer and songwriter (born 1961)
33,029
views
views
2
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
26,861
views
views
3
Véronique Sanson
French singer-songwriter
20,400
views
views
4
Clara Ysé
French singer and writer
16,732
views
views
5
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
15,829
views
views
6
Christophe Willem
French recording artist; singer
14,949
views
views
7
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
12,803
views
views
8
Grand Corps Malade
French poet and musician
12,462
views
views
9
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
11,353
views
views
10
Hugues Aufray
French singer
10,958
views
views
11
Erri De Luca
Italian novelist, poet and translator
9,825
views
views
12
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
9,242
views
views
13
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
8,947
views
views
14
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
8,536
views
views
15
Charles Aznavour
Armenian-French singer and diplomat (1924-2018)
8,144
views
views
16
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
7,987
views
views
17
Yves Montand
French-Italian actor and singer (1921–1991)
7,754
views
views
18
Émile Zola
French novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet (1840–1902)
7,287
views
views
19
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891)
7,044
views
views
20
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
6,993
views
views
21
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
6,797
views
views
22
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
6,592
views
views
23
Guy de Maupassant
French writer (1850-1893)
6,579
views
views
24
Benjamin Biolay
French singer and actor (born 1973)
6,547
views
views
25
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
6,319
views
views
26
Édith Piaf
French singer (1915–1963)
6,296
views
views
27
Jacques Brel
Belgian singer (1929–1978)
6,265
views
views
28
François Corbier
French singer, musician and poet
6,123
views
views
29
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
5,940
views
views
30
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
5,816
views
views
31
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
5,779
views
views
32
Georges Perec
French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist (1936–1982)
5,680
views
views
33
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
5,676
views
views
34
Régine Zylberberg
Belgian singer
5,673
views
views
35
Serge Gainsbourg
French singer, songwriter, composer, writer, actor and director (1928–1991)
5,596
views
views
36
Molière
French playwright and actor (1622–1673)
5,593
views
views
37
Julien Clerc
French singer-songwriter
5,420
views
views
38
Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905)
5,411
views
views
39
Georges Brassens
French musician, singer-songwriter and poet (1921–1981)
5,320
views
views
40
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
5,242
views
views
41
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
5,165
views
views
42
Francis Lalanne
French singer
5,158
views
views
43
Louise Michel
French author and anarchist (1830-1905)
5,094
views
views
44
Julian Lennon
English musician; son of John Lennon
5,053
views
views
45
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
4,859
views
views
46
Jacques Dutronc
French actor and musician
4,819
views
views
47
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
4,775
views
views
48
Robert E. Howard
American author (1906–1936)
4,697
views
views
49
Marie Laforêt
French-Swiss singer and actress
4,680
views
views
50
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
4,549
views
views
51
Bourvil
French actor and singer (1917–1970)
4,548
views
views
52
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
4,538
views
views
53
Richard Bohringer
French actor, director, producer
4,495
views
views
54
Amina Damerdji
4,480
views
views
55
Sylvie Vartan
French singer, chansonnier, and actress (born 1944)
4,349
views
views
56
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
4,327
views
views
57
Michel Sardou
French singer
4,299
views
views
58
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
4,051
views
views
59
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
4,044
views
views
60
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
4,006
views
views
61
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
3,872
views
views
62
Michel Delpech
French singer (1946–2016)
3,817
views
views
63
Michel Houellebecq
French writer
3,816
views
views
64
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
3,761
views
views
65
Jean Ferrat
French singer-songwriter and poet
3,735
views
views
66
François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848)
3,695
views
views
67
Charles Baudelaire
French poet and critic (1821–1867)
3,641
views
views
68
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
3,617
views
views
69
Marcel Proust
French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)
3,522
views
views
70
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
3,515
views
views
71
Barbara
French recording artist; singer-songwriter (1930–1997)
3,512
views
views
72
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (1881–1942)
3,478
views
views
73
Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
3,468
views
views
74
Simone Weil
French philosopher, writer, and social activist (1909–1943)
3,392
views
views
75
Charles Trenet
French singer-songwriter
3,344
views
views
76
Jean Cocteau
French writer and film director (1889–1963)
3,329
views
views
77
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
3,329
views
views
78
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
3,309
views
views
79
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
3,275
views
views
80
Henri Salvador
French Caribbean recording artist; singer, songwriter (1917–2008)
3,249
views
views
81
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
3,246
views
views
82
Pete Doherty
English musician, actor and poet (born 1979)
3,215
views
views
83
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
3,080
views
views
84
Brigitte Fontaine
French poet and artist
3,062
views
views
85
Gaël Faye
Burundi-Rwandan-French singer and writer (born 1982)
3,003
views
views
86
Juliette Binoche
French actress, artist and dancer (born 1964)
2,989
views
views
87
Charles Maurras
French author, politician, poet, and critic (1868–1952)
2,958
views
views
88
Niccolò Machiavelli
Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
2,953
views
views
89
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
2,862
views
views
90
Guillaume Apollinaire
French poet (1880–1918)
2,856
views
views
91
Christophe Maé
French pop singer (born 1975)
2,831
views
views
92
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
2,814
views
views
93
Étienne de La Boétie
French judge, writer and philosopher (1530–1563)
2,810
views
views
94
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
2,807
views
views
95
Michel Temer
24th Vice-President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 and 37th President of Brazil from 2016 to 2019
2,803
views
views
96
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
2,788
views
views
97
Louis Aragon
French poet (1897–1982)
2,761
views
views
98
Paul Verlaine
French poet (1844-1896)
2,737
views
views
99
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
2,733
views
views
100
Audre Lorde
American writer and feminist activist (1934–1992)
2,721
views
views
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