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Rank	Topic	Wikipedia views
1	René Descartes	9,561
2	Blaise Pascal	5,216
3	Molière	2,092
4	Jean Racine	651
5	François de La Rochefoucauld (writer)	322
6	Bernard de Montfaucon	88
7	Joseph Justus Scaliger	84
8	Agrippa d'Aubigné	52
9	Gabriel de Foigny	37
10	Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême	28
11	Gilles Ménage	26
12	François de Callières	22
13	Jacques Cassagne	22
14	Jean de La Chapelle	20
15	Nicolas Chorier	18
16	Jean Terrasson	15
17	Philippe Goibaud-Dubois	15
18	Jean-Jacques Bouchard	15
19	Jean Desmarets	14
20	Guillaume du Vair	14
21	Olivier Patru	14
22	Adrien Baillet	13
23	Denis de Sallo	13
24	Matthieu Marais	13
25	Françoise Bertaut de Motteville	12
26	Pierre Petit (scholar)	11
27	Pierre de Boissat	10
28	Guillaume Colletet	10
29	Jean Puget de la Serre	10
30	Valentin Conrart	9
31	François de Cauvigny de Colomby	9
32	Claude Brossette	8
33	Jean-Jacques de Mesmes	8
34	Guillaume Bautru	8
35	Scévole de Sainte-Marthe (1536–1623)	8
36	Jean Dumont	7
37	Robert Challe	7
38	Jacques de Serisay	7
39	Jean Testu de Mauroy	7
40	Guillaume Massieu	7
41	Claude Boyer	7
42	Guy Autret de Missirien	6
43	Roland Fréart de Chambray	6
44	André du Ryer	6
45	Claude Mollet	6
46	Philip of the Blessed Trinity	6
47	Claude de Malleville	6
48	Jacques Esprit	6
49	Honorat de Porchères Laugier	6
50	Jean-Jacques Chifflet	less than 5 views
51	Nicolas Faret	less than 5 views
52	Pierre de Jarric	less than 5 views
53	Denis Amelote	less than 5 views
54	Bucherius	less than 5 views
55	Antoine Baudeau de Somaize	less than 5 views
56	Guillaume-Hyacinthe Bougeant	less than 5 views
57	Nicholas Bourbon (the younger)	less than 5 views
58	Germain Habert de Cérizy	less than 5 views
59	Jacques Testu de Belval	less than 5 views
60	François de Porchères d'Arbaud	less than 5 views
61	Nicolas-Hubert de Mongault	less than 5 views
62	Paul Hay du Chastelet	less than 5 views
63	Jean-Paul Bignon	less than 5 views
64	Louis Boivin	less than 5 views
65	Scévole de Sainte-Marthe (1571–1650)	less than 5 views
66	François Colletet	less than 5 views
67	Amable de Bourzeys	less than 5 views
68	Jean Gallois	less than 5 views
69	Daniel de Priézac	less than 5 views

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