Trending Linguists in China — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed linguists on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (Chinese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Joseph Stalin. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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This counts a Wikipedia language edition, not a country's residents — Measured from the Chinese-language Wikipedia edition — readers worldwide, not residents of China. Nothing here is capped or sampled: it is every view Wikipedia published for these articles in the window. Rows carrying a 📰 badge add news coverage from GDELT; entity names and types come from Wikidata. Looking for what one country read? That is what the world reads — a different, capped measurement.
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Ranked
9,716
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Joseph Stalin
politician and leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1924 to 1953
1,171
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views
2
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
546
views
views
3
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
495
views
views
4
Chao Yuen Ren
Chinese-American linguist and educator (1892–1982)
393
views
views
5
Lin Yutang
Chinese inventor, novelist and philosopher (1895–1976)
382
views
views
6
Fu Ssu-nien
Chinese linguist (1896-1950)
257
views
views
7
Kūkai
Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774–835)
254
views
views
8
Sejong the Great
fourth king of Joseon (Korea), creator of Hangul
247
views
views
9
Murray MacLehose
British politician (1917–2000)
222
views
views
10
Chen Yinque
Chinese historian, linguist, and scholar (1890–1969)
209
views
views
11
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
207
views
views
12
Sima Guang
Chinese politician, writer, and historian during the Northern Song dynasty (1019–1086)
205
views
views
13
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632–1677)
199
views
views
14
Chang Ping-lin
Chinese linguist (1868-1936)
186
views
views
15
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
171
views
views
16
Lian Heng
Taiwanese historian (1878-1936)
161
views
views
17
José Rizal
Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861–1896)
149
views
views
18
Sirindhorn, Princess Royal
Thai royal
145
views
views
19
Takahito, Prince Mikasa
Japanese prince (1915–2016)
131
views
views
20
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
125
views
views
21
Ji Xianlin
Chinese academic, linguist, historian, translator and university teacher (1911-2009)
120
views
views
22
Wang Guowei
scholar, writer and poet from China (1877–1927)
115
views
views
23
Gu Yanwu
Chinese philologist and geographer (1613–1682)
115
views
views
24
Fu Lei
Chinese writer (1908-1966)
98
views
views
25
Shūmei Ōkawa
Japanese nationalist intellectual (1886–1957)
94
views
views
26
Roland Barthes
French philosopher and essayist (1915–1980)
93
views
views
27
Ching-heng Wu
Chinese scholar (1865-1953)
90
views
views
28
Jung Chang
Chinese-British author (born 1952)
83
views
views
29
Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
82
views
views
30
Robert Morrison
British evangelist and first Christian Protestant missionary to China (1782-1834)
81
views
views
31
Confucius Institute
Chinese international educational partnership program
77
views
views
32
Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
76
views
views
33
Li Da
Chinese Marxist philosopher (1890–1960)
75
views
views
34
Mori Ōgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
73
views
views
35
Percy Bysshe Shelley
British Romantic poet (1792–1822)
68
views
views
36
Yang Xiong
Chinese linguist, poet and writer (53 BCE – 18 CE)
67
views
views
37
Thomas Barclay
British missionary (1849–1935)
64
views
views
38
Robert van Gulik
Dutch orientalist, diplomat and writer (1910–1967)
63
views
views
39
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)
59
views
views
40
Ken Liu
Chinese-American writer
59
views
views
41
Wang Yun-wu
Chinese educator and politician (1888–1979)
54
views
views
42
Qian Xuantong
Chinese esperantist and linguist (1887–1939)
52
views
views
43
Paul Georg von Möllendorff
German linguist
52
views
views
44
Jane Hawking
British author
51
views
views
45
Naitō Torajirō
Japanese historian and sinologist (1866–1934)
51
views
views
46
William James Sidis
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
51
views
views
47
Walter Scott
Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771–1832)
50
views
views
48
Samuel Beckett
Irish writer (1906–1989)
48
views
views
49
Thomas Young
English polymath (1773-1829)
48
views
views
50
Denis Diderot
French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)
47
views
views
51
Sidney Rittenberg
American academic (1921-2019)
47
views
views
52
Samuel Johnson
English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)
45
views
views
53
Zhou Guoping
Chinese philosopher
45
views
views
54
Kim Tu-bong
Korean linguist and politician (1886–1958?)
44
views
views
55
Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss linguist and philosopher (1857–1913)
43
views
views
56
Nakahama Manjirō
English interpreter
43
views
views
57
Liu Bannong
Chinese writer and linguist (1891–1934)
42
views
views
58
Ovid Tzeng
Taiwanese politician
42
views
views
59
Li Fang-Kuei
Chinese linguist and sinologist (1902–1987)
41
views
views
60
Xu Shen
Chinese author of Shuowen Jiezi
41
views
views
61
Paul Pelliot
French sinologist (1878-1945)
40
views
views
62
Giuseppe Peano
Italian mathematician (1858–1932)
39
views
views
63
Ruan Yuan
Chinese historian, politician and writer (1764–1849)
38
views
views
64
Stephen Owen
American sinologist (1946-2026)
38
views
views
65
Ong Iok-tek
Taiwanese linguist (1924–1985)
37
views
views
66
Gregory Potyomkin
Russian military leader and politician (1739–1791)
37
views
views
67
J. M. Coetzee
South African and Australian writer and scholar (born 1940)
36
views
views
68
Michele Ruggieri
Italian Jesuit priest and sinologist (1543–1607)
36
views
views
69
Fang Yizhi
Qing dynasty person CBDB = 54996 (1611–1671)
36
views
views
70
Lo Hsiang-lin
Chinese academic
35
views
views
71
Wang Li
Chinese linguist (1900–1986)
35
views
views
72
Nitobe Inazō
Japanese educator, agricultural economist and diplomat (1862–1933)
35
views
views
73
Yang Ching-ch'u
Taiwanese writer, known as working-class novelist
34
views
views
74
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)
34
views
views
75
Zhou Youguang
Chinese linguist, sinologist (1906–2017)
34
views
views
76
Herta Müller
German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist (born 1953)
32
views
views
77
Jean Le Rond d'Alembert
French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist (1717-1783)
32
views
views
78
Karl Gützlaff
German missionary in China (1803-1851)
32
views
views
79
John Amos Comenius
Czech teacher, educator, philosopher and writer (1592-1670)
32
views
views
80
Wi-vun Chiung
Taiwanese linguist and activist
31
views
views
81
Geoffrey Chaucer
14th century English poet and author (1343–1400)
31
views
views
82
Thomas Francis Wade
British linguist (1818–1895)
31
views
views
83
Umberto Eco
Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932–2016)
31
views
views
84
Julius Nyerere
Tanzanian politician and writer, first Prime Minister and President of Tanzania (1922–1999)
30
views
views
85
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Prussian philosopher, government official, diplomat, and educator (1767–1835)
30
views
views
86
Qian Daxin
historian and linguist of Qing dynasty in China (1728–1804)
29
views
views
87
Katyayana
figure mentioned in Early Buddhist texts; leading disciple of Gautama Buddha
29
views
views
88
Panini
ancient philologist who standardized classical Sanskrit through grammatical rules
29
views
views
89
John Searle
American philosopher (1932–2025)
29
views
views
90
Dao Shixun
Linguist and hereditary chieftain of the Dai people
28
views
views
91
Zhu Shenghao
Chinese translator (1912-1944), one of the earliest and most prolific translators of Shakespeare's works in China
28
views
views
92
Timothy Brook
Canadian university professor, historian
28
views
views
93
Ang Ui-jin
Taiwanese linguist
28
views
views
94
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895)
28
views
views
95
Jean-François Lyotard
French philosopher (1924–1998)
27
views
views
96
Zhu Min
Chinese professor and daughter of Zhu De (1926-2009)
27
views
views
97
Muhammad Ma Jian
Chinese Islamic scholar and translator (1906–1978)
27
views
views
98
Luo Zhenyu
Qing Dynasty scholar (1866-1940)
27
views
views
99
José Martí
Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist (1853-1895)
26
views
views
100
Charles Sanders Peirce
American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)
26
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