Trending Linguists in Brazil this week
The 100 most-viewed linguists this week on Wikipedia (Brazil). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Machado de Assis.
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Machado de Assis
Brazilian writer (1839–1908)
57
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Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
22
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3
Monteiro Lobato
Brazilian writer (1882–1948)
21
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4
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
20
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5
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632-1677)
17
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6
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
17
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7
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
16
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8
Anatoly Moskvin
Russian ethnographer, linguist and criminal
14
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9
Luís da Câmara Cascudo
Brazilian academic (1898–1986)
13
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10
Olavo Bilac
Brazilian poet, journalist and translator (1865–1918)
11
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11
Umberto Eco
Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932–2016)
9
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12
Joseph of Anchieta
Spanish Jesuit missionary (1534-1597)
9
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13
Conceição Evaristo
Brazilian writer
9
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14
Graciliano Ramos
Brazilian writer and mayor (1892-1953)
8
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15
Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
7
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16
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
7
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17
Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
6
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18
Erico Verissimo
Brazilian writer (1905–1975)
6
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19
William Labov
American linguist (1927–2024)
5
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20
Mikhail Bakhtin
Russian intellectual and philosopher (1895–1975)
5
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21
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
5
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22
Charles Sanders Peirce
American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)
4
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23
Samuel Beckett
Irish writer (1906–1989)
4
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24
Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira
Brazilian lexicographer, philologist, translator, and writer (1910–1989)
3
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25
Franz Boas
German-American anthropologist
3
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26
José Martí
Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist (1853-1895)
3
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27
Gregory Bateson
English anthropologist, linguist, semiotician and cyberneticist (1904-1980)
3
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28
Millôr Fernandes
Brazilian cartoonist, humorist and playwright (1923–2012)
3
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29
John Searle
American philosopher (1932–2025)
3
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30
J. M. Coetzee
South African and Australian writer and scholar (born 1940)
3
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31
Ruy Belo
Portuguese writer (1933–1978)
3
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32
Denis Diderot
French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)
3
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33
Julia Kristeva
Bulgarian philosopher, psychoanalyst & academic
3
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34
Francisco de Pina
Portuguese Jesuit missionary
2
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35
António Feliciano de Castilho
Portuguese writer (1800–1875)
2
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36
Gaius Julius Hyginus
Roman freedman and writer (c. 64 BC – AD 17)
2
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37
Carolina Michaëlis de Vasconcelos
German-Portuguese academic and art collector (1851–1925)
2
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38
Peter Abelard
French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician (c.1079-1142)
2
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39
Percy Bysshe Shelley
British Romantic poet (1792–1822)
2
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40
Walter Scott
Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771–1832)
2
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41
Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss linguist and philosopher (1857–1913)
2
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42
John Langshaw Austin
English philosopher (1911–1960)
2
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43
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)
2
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44
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Prussian philosopher, government official, diplomat, and educator (1767–1835)
2
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45
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
2
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46
Thomas Young
English polymath (1773-1829)
2
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47
Steven Pinker
Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and author, an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of the m
2
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48
William James Sidis
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
2
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49
Haroldo de Campos
Brazilian poet and artist, part of Noigandres (1929–2003)
2
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50
Evanildo Bechara
Brazilian teacher
2
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51
Chao Yuen Ren
Chinese-American linguist and educator (1892–1982)
2
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52
Cheikh Anta Diop
Senegalese politician, essayist (1923–1986)
2
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53
Jean-François Champollion
French classical scholar (1790-1832)
2
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54
Julio Cortázar
Argentine writer (1914–1984)
1
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55
Moscow linguistic circle
group of social scientists in semiotics
1
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56
John Eliot
Puritan missionary to the American Indians
1
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57
Roland Barthes
French philosopher and essayist
1
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58
Celso Luft
Brazilian writer (1921-1995)
1
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59
Leon Battista Alberti
Italian architect and writer (1404-1472)
1
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60
Johannes Oporinus
humanist printer in Basel
1
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61
August Wilhelm Schlegel
German poet, translator, critic, and writer (1767–1845)
1
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62
Kim Tu-bong
Korean linguist and politician (1886–1958?)
1
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63
Paul Zumthor
Swiss philologist (1915–1995)
1
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64
Luis Radford
Canadian mathematics educator
1
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65
Paulo Rónai
Brazilian translator (1907–1992)
1
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66
Malcolm Coulthard
British linguist
1
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67
Gavrila Derzhavin
Russian poet
1
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68
Mariano Moreno
Argentine lawyer, journalist, and politician
1
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69
Mori Ōgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
1
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70
Roman Jakobson
Russian linguist (1896–1982)
1
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71
Nicole Loraux
French historian (1943–2003)
1
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72
Charles de Foucauld
French Catholic religious man, explorer and scholar (1858–1916)
1
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73
Robert Estienne
16th-century printer and classical scholar in Paris
1
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74
Antônio Olinto
Brazilian writer (1919–2009)
1
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75
Domício Proença Filho
Brazilian poet
1
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76
Hippolyte Coste
French botanist (1858-1924)
1
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77
Jacobo Rodríguez Pereira
1
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78
John Amos Comenius
Czech teacher, educator, philosopher and writer (1592-1670)
1
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79
Christian Metz
French film critic (1931–1993)
1
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80
Reinhart Dozy
Dutch orientalist (1820-1883)
1
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81
Antônio Houaiss
Brazilian lexicographer (1915-1999)
1
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82
Michael Ventris
British architect and linguist (1922-1956)
1
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83
John Deely
American philosopher and semiotician (1942-2017)
1
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84
Gustave Guillaume
French linguist, philologist and Volney Prize laureate (1883–1960)
1
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85
Joana Plaza Pinto
Brazilian linguist
1
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86
Johan Huizinga
Dutch cultural historian (1872–1945)
1
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87
Philipp von Zesen
German poet (1619–1689)
1
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88
Takahito, Prince Mikasa
Japanese prince (1915–2016)
1
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89
Sulpicius Apollinaris
Roman grammarian
1
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90
Hans Egede
missionary to Greenland, Lutheran pastor (1686-1758)
1
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91
Jean-François Lyotard
French philosopher (1924–1998)
1
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92
Bartolomé Mitre
President of Argentina (1821-1906)
1
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93
Nelson Rossi
Brazilian linguist
1
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94
Marina Colasanti
Italian-Brazilian writer, translator and journalist (1937–2025)
1
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95
Michel Pêcheux
French philosopher (1938–1983)
1
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96
Innocent of Alaska
Russian bishop and saint
1
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97
Teun A. van Dijk
Dutch linguist
1
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98
José Oiticica
Brazilian writer (1882-1957)
1
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99
C. Rajagopalachari
Indian politician and activist (1878–1972)
1
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100
Antonio Ruiz de Montoya
Peruvian Jesuit priest and missionary (1585–1652)
1
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