Trending Poets in France — the 7 days to 27 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed poets on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 27 October 2026 (French-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Mylène Farmer. Data as of 27 October 2026.
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Ranked
608,237
Total Views (the 7 days to 27 October 2026)
1
Mylène Farmer
French singer and songwriter (born 1961)
33,422
views
views
2
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
27,020
views
views
3
Véronique Sanson
French singer-songwriter
20,486
views
views
4
Clara Ysé
French singer and writer
18,001
views
views
5
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
16,216
views
views
6
Christophe Willem
French recording artist; singer
15,026
views
views
7
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
13,079
views
views
8
Grand Corps Malade
French poet and musician
12,489
views
views
9
Hugues Aufray
French singer
11,510
views
views
10
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
11,396
views
views
11
Robert E. Howard
American author (1906–1936)
11,109
views
views
12
Erri De Luca
Italian novelist, poet and translator
9,922
views
views
13
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
9,189
views
views
14
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
8,838
views
views
15
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
8,710
views
views
16
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
8,070
views
views
17
Charles Aznavour
Armenian-French singer and diplomat (1924-2018)
7,985
views
views
18
Yves Montand
French-Italian actor and singer (1921–1991)
7,421
views
views
19
Émile Zola
French novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet (1840–1902)
7,411
views
views
20
Michel Temer
24th Vice-President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 and 37th President of Brazil from 2016 to 2019
7,207
views
views
21
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891)
7,118
views
views
22
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
6,984
views
views
23
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
6,952
views
views
24
Guy de Maupassant
French writer (1850-1893)
6,729
views
views
25
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
6,631
views
views
26
Benjamin Biolay
French singer and actor (born 1973)
6,571
views
views
27
Édith Piaf
French singer (1915–1963)
6,319
views
views
28
Jacques Brel
Belgian singer (1929–1978)
6,265
views
views
29
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
6,238
views
views
30
Régine Zylberberg
Belgian singer
5,898
views
views
31
Molière
French playwright and actor (1622–1673)
5,869
views
views
32
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
5,809
views
views
33
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
5,681
views
views
34
Serge Gainsbourg
French singer, songwriter, composer, writer, actor and director (1928–1991)
5,670
views
views
35
Georges Perec
French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist (1936–1982)
5,617
views
views
36
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
5,501
views
views
37
Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905)
5,401
views
views
38
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
5,330
views
views
39
Julien Clerc
French singer-songwriter
5,286
views
views
40
Georges Brassens
French musician, singer-songwriter and poet (1921–1981)
5,184
views
views
41
Julian Lennon
English musician; son of John Lennon
5,108
views
views
42
Louise Michel
French author and anarchist (1830-1905)
5,105
views
views
43
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
4,987
views
views
44
Marie Laforêt
French-Swiss singer and actress
4,954
views
views
45
Francis Lalanne
French singer
4,941
views
views
46
Jacques Dutronc
French actor and musician
4,837
views
views
47
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
4,832
views
views
48
Amina Damerdji
4,744
views
views
49
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
4,647
views
views
50
Bourvil
French actor and singer (1917–1970)
4,601
views
views
51
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
4,571
views
views
52
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
4,480
views
views
53
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
4,391
views
views
54
Michel Sardou
French singer
4,390
views
views
55
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
4,341
views
views
56
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
4,322
views
views
57
Richard Bohringer
French actor, director, producer
4,260
views
views
58
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
4,058
views
views
59
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
3,986
views
views
60
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
3,936
views
views
61
Michel Delpech
French singer (1946–2016)
3,924
views
views
62
François Corbier
French singer, musician and poet
3,919
views
views
63
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
3,837
views
views
64
Sylvie Vartan
French singer, chansonnier, and actress (born 1944)
3,836
views
views
65
Marcel Proust
French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)
3,777
views
views
66
François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848)
3,752
views
views
67
Michel Houellebecq
French writer
3,747
views
views
68
Jean Ferrat
French singer-songwriter and poet
3,747
views
views
69
Charles Baudelaire
French poet and critic (1821–1867)
3,746
views
views
70
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
3,690
views
views
71
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (1881–1942)
3,614
views
views
72
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
3,599
views
views
73
Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
3,497
views
views
74
Henri Salvador
French Caribbean recording artist; singer, songwriter (1917–2008)
3,484
views
views
75
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
3,483
views
views
76
Jean Cocteau
French writer and film director (1889–1963)
3,460
views
views
77
Simone Weil
French philosopher, writer, and social activist (1909–1943)
3,456
views
views
78
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
3,321
views
views
79
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
3,233
views
views
80
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
3,224
views
views
81
Juliette Binoche
French actress, artist and dancer (born 1964)
3,210
views
views
82
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
3,184
views
views
83
Gaël Faye
Burundi-Rwandan-French singer and writer (born 1982)
3,064
views
views
84
Barbara
French recording artist; singer-songwriter (1930–1997)
3,036
views
views
85
Brigitte Fontaine
French poet and artist
3,034
views
views
86
Cyrano de Bergerac
French novelist and dramatist (1619–1655)
3,021
views
views
87
Niccolò Machiavelli
Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
3,007
views
views
88
Louis Aragon
French poet (1897–1982)
3,000
views
views
89
Guillaume Apollinaire
French poet (1880–1918)
2,948
views
views
90
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
2,935
views
views
91
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
2,931
views
views
92
Charles Maurras
French author, politician, poet, and critic (1868–1952)
2,921
views
views
93
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
2,881
views
views
94
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
2,878
views
views
95
Claude Dubois
Quebecois singer
2,865
views
views
96
Jean de La Fontaine
French poet, fabulist and writer (1621–1695)
2,824
views
views
97
Boris Vian
French writer and musician (1920–1959)
2,816
views
views
98
Étienne de La Boétie
French judge, writer and philosopher (1530–1563)
2,782
views
views
99
Paul Verlaine
French poet (1844-1896)
2,765
views
views
100
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
2,738
views
views
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