Trending Linguists in Brazil this month
The 100 most-viewed linguists this month on Wikipedia (Brazil). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Machado de Assis.
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Machado de Assis
Brazilian writer (1839–1908)
825
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2
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
522
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3
Monteiro Lobato
Brazilian writer (1882–1948)
465
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4
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
329
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5
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
318
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6
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632-1677)
288
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7
Conceição Evaristo
Brazilian writer
286
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8
Graciliano Ramos
Brazilian writer and mayor (1892-1953)
227
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9
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
212
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10
William James Sidis
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
180
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11
Joseph of Anchieta
Spanish Jesuit missionary (1534-1597)
174
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views
12
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
167
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13
Erico Verissimo
Brazilian writer (1905–1975)
124
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14
José Martí
Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist (1853-1895)
123
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15
Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
121
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16
Olavo Bilac
Brazilian poet, journalist and translator (1865–1918)
119
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17
Umberto Eco
Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932–2016)
97
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18
Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
85
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19
Luís da Câmara Cascudo
Brazilian academic (1898–1986)
84
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20
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
80
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views
21
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)
76
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22
Anatoly Moskvin
Russian ethnographer, linguist and criminal
71
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views
23
Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira
Brazilian lexicographer, philologist, translator, and writer (1910–1989)
67
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24
Mikhail Bakhtin
Russian intellectual and philosopher (1895–1975)
59
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views
25
Edith Stein
Jewish-German Catholic nun, theologian and philosopher (1891–1942)
56
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26
Denis Diderot
French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)
55
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27
Percy Bysshe Shelley
British Romantic poet (1792–1822)
54
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28
Julio Cortázar
Argentine writer (1914–1984)
49
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views
29
Franz Boas
German-American anthropologist
48
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views
30
Jorge de Sena
poet, critic, essayist, novelist, dramatist, translator and university professor (1919–1978)
48
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views
31
Samuel Beckett
Irish writer (1906–1989)
47
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views
32
Charles Sanders Peirce
American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)
45
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views
33
Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss linguist and philosopher (1857–1913)
45
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34
Marina Colasanti
Italian-Brazilian writer, translator and journalist (1937–2025)
43
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35
Flávio Arns
Brazilian politician
43
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36
Roland Barthes
French philosopher and essayist
41
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37
John Searle
American philosopher (1932–2025)
39
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38
J. M. Coetzee
South African and Australian writer and scholar (born 1940)
38
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39
Antenor Nascentes
Brazilian linguist
38
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40
Millôr Fernandes
Brazilian cartoonist, humorist and playwright (1923–2012)
38
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41
Marcos Bagno
Brazilian linguist and writer
37
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42
John Amos Comenius
Czech teacher, educator, philosopher and writer (1592-1670)
36
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views
43
Cheikh Anta Diop
Senegalese politician, essayist (1923–1986)
34
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44
Charles de Foucauld
French Catholic religious man, explorer and scholar (1858–1916)
31
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45
Carolina Michaëlis de Vasconcelos
German-Portuguese academic and art collector (1851–1925)
31
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views
46
Luiz Alberto Teixeira Sayão
Brazilian hebraist, linguist, professor e baptist pastor
31
views
views
47
Miguel Esteves Cardoso
Portuguese writer and translator
31
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views
48
Ruy Belo
Portuguese writer (1933–1978)
30
views
views
49
Roman Jakobson
Russian linguist (1896–1982)
29
views
views
50
Antônio Houaiss
Brazilian lexicographer (1915-1999)
29
views
views
51
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
28
views
views
52
João de Barros
Portuguese historian (1496 – 1570)
28
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views
53
Peter Abelard
French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician (c.1079-1142)
27
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views
54
Jean-François Champollion
French classical scholar (1790-1832)
27
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views
55
Steven Pinker
Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and author, an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of the m
26
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views
56
Walter Scott
Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771–1832)
25
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views
57
Julius Nyerere
Tanzanian politician and writer, first Prime Minister and President of Tanzania (1922–1999)
24
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views
58
William Tyndale
English Bible translator and reformer
23
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59
Jane Hawking
British author
23
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60
Athanasius Kircher
German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)
22
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views
61
Gregory Bateson
English anthropologist, linguist, semiotician and cyberneticist (1904-1980)
22
views
views
62
Geoffrey Chaucer
14th century English poet and author (1343–1400)
21
views
views
63
Haroldo de Campos
Brazilian poet and artist, part of Noigandres (1929–2003)
21
views
views
64
Leon Battista Alberti
Italian architect and writer (1404-1472)
20
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views
65
Richard Francis Burton
British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar (1821–1890)
20
views
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66
Luiz Tatit
Brazilian singer and linguist
19
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views
67
Alejandra Pizarnik
Argentinian poet (1936-1972)
18
views
views
68
Jamie Hyneman
American special effects specialist and television host
18
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views
69
Johan Huizinga
Dutch cultural historian (1872–1945)
16
views
views
70
António Feliciano de Castilho
Portuguese writer (1800–1875)
16
views
views
71
H. L. Mencken
American journalist and writer (1880–1956)
16
views
views
72
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)
15
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73
Henrique Feist
Portuguese actor and director
15
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views
74
Thomas Young
English polymath (1773-1829)
15
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75
Boris Schnaiderman
Brazilian translator (1917–2016)
15
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views
76
Joseph Priestley
English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theorist (1733–1804)
15
views
views
77
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Prussian philosopher, government official, diplomat, and educator (1767–1835)
14
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78
Cristovão Tezza
Brazilian novelist
14
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79
José Luiz Fiorin
Brazilian linguist
14
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views
80
José Leite de Vasconcelos
Portuguese ethnographer, archaeologist and author (1858–1941)
13
views
views
81
Patanjali
ancient Indian scholar(s) of grammar and linguistics, of yoga, of medical treatises
13
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82
Evanildo Bechara
Brazilian teacher
13
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83
Antônio Olinto
Brazilian writer (1919–2009)
13
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84
William Labov
American linguist (1927–2024)
12
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views
85
Confucius Institute
Chinese international educational partnership program
12
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views
86
Samuel Johnson
English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)
12
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views
87
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895)
12
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88
Julia Kristeva
Bulgarian philosopher, psychoanalyst & academic
11
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views
89
Ivan Goncharov
Russian novelist and official (1812–1891)
11
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90
Sejong the Great
fourth king of Joseon (Korea), creator of Hangul
10
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views
91
Stephen Krashen
American linguist
10
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views
92
Cesare Pavese
Italian writer, literary critic, and translator (1908–1950)
10
views
views
93
Gaius Julius Hyginus
Roman freedman and writer (c. 64 BC – AD 17)
10
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views
94
William Stokoe
Scholar of American Sign Language (1919–2000)
10
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views
95
Murilo Ramos Krieger
Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia and primate of Brazil
10
views
views
96
Tzvetan Todorov
Bulgarian historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist (1939-2017)
10
views
views
97
Amos Oz
Israeli writer, novelist, journalist and intellectual (1939–2018)
10
views
views
98
Hipólito da Costa
Brazilian journalist and diplomat (1774-1823)
10
views
views
99
Bartolomé Mitre
President of Argentina (1821-1906)
10
views
views
100
Francisco de Pina
Portuguese Jesuit missionary
10
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