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  1. Jacques AttaliAcademicsFrance

    66.0Fame score out of 100

    About as usual

  2. Michel OnfrayAcademicsFrance

    65.7Fame score out of 100

    About as usual

  3. Dominique Strauss-KahnAcademicsFrance

    Busiest day 29 Oct, no cause found yet

    64.5Fame score out of 100

    Busiest day 29 Oct, no cause found yet

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4thThomas PikettyFrench economist b. 1971FranceAcademics62.6of 100Busiest day 27 Oct, no cause found yet
5thArthur MenschFrench artificial intelligence researcher b. 1992FranceAcademics62.5of 100Busiest day 30 Oct, no cause found yet
6thAlain BauerFrench criminologist b. 1962FranceAcademics59.8of 100Busiest day 3 Nov, no cause found yet
7thCédric VillaniFrench mathematician and politician b. 1973FranceAcademics59.6of 100Busiest day 1 Nov, no cause found yet
8thPhilippe AghionFrench economist b. 1956FranceAcademics58.5of 100
9thSandrine RousseauFrench economist and politician b. 1972FranceAcademics58.5of 100About as usual
10thEmmanuelle CharpentierFrench microbiologist and biochemist b. 1968FranceAcademics58.3of 100
11thJulia KristevaBulgarian philosopher, psychoanalyst & academic b. 1941FranceAcademics58.0of 100
12thJean-Pierre SerreFrench mathematician b. 1926FranceAcademics57.9of 100
13thGabriel ZucmanFrench economist b. 1986FranceAcademics57.5of 100About as usual
14thJulia de FunèsFrench philosopher and writer b. 1979FranceAcademics57.5of 100Busiest day 29 Oct, no cause found yet
15thÉtienne ChouardFrench blogger and political activist b. 1956FranceAcademics56.4of 100
16thJacques RancièreFrench philosopher b. 1940FranceAcademics55.8of 100
17thAlain de BenoistFrench political theorist b. 1943FranceAcademics55.5of 100
18thHugo Duminil-CopinFrench mathematician, Fields Medal winner in 2022 b. 1985FranceAcademics55.4of 100Busiest day 3 Nov, no cause found yet
19thEsther DufloFrench-American economist b. 1972FranceAcademics55.3of 100Counted to 4 October 2026, not since.
20thAlain FinkielkrautFrench philosopher b. 1949FranceAcademics55.2of 100
21stJean TiroleFrench economist b. 1953FranceAcademics54.1of 100

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Jacques Attali leads the 460 living academics from France. Ranked by public attention and updated every day. Climbing fastest this week: Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

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