Trending Linguists in China this year
The 100 most-viewed linguists this year on Wikipedia (China). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Joseph Stalin.
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Ranked
9,492
Total Views (this year)
Country
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1
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
1,171
views
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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 (1892β1982)
393
views
views
5
Lin Yutang
Chinese inventor, novelist and philosopher (1895β1976)
382
views
views
6
Fu Ssu-nien
Chinese linguist (1896-1950)
257
views
views
7
KΕ«kai
Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774β835)
254
views
views
8
Sejong the Great
fourth king of Joseon (Korea), creator of Hangul
247
views
views
9
Murray MacLehose
British politician (1917β2000)
222
views
views
10
Chen Yinque
Chinese historian, linguist, and scholar (1890β1969)
209
views
views
11
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892β1973)
207
views
views
12
Sima Guang
Chinese politician, writer, and historian during the Northern Song dynasty (1019β1086)
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. 1265β1321)
171
views
views
16
JosΓ© Rizal
Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861β1896)
149
views
views
17
Sirindhorn, Princess Royal
Thai Royal
145
views
views
18
Takahito, Prince Mikasa
Japanese prince (1915β2016)
131
views
views
19
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898β1963)
125
views
views
20
Ji Xianlin
Chinese academic, linguist, historian, translator and university teacher (1911-2009)
120
views
views
21
Gu Yanwu
Chinese philologist and geographer (1613β1682)
115
views
views
22
Fu Lei
Chinese writer (1908-1966)
98
views
views
23
ShΕ«mei Εkawa
Japanese nationalist intellectual (1886β1957)
94
views
views
24
Roland Barthes
French philosopher and essayist
93
views
views
25
Ching-heng Wu
Chinese scholar (1865-1953)
90
views
views
26
Jung Chang
Chinese-British author (born 1952)
83
views
views
27
Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
82
views
views
28
Robert Morrison
British evangelist and first Christian Protestant missionary to China (1782-1834)
81
views
views
29
Confucius Institute
Chinese international educational partnership program
77
views
views
30
Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
76
views
views
31
Li Da
Chinese Marxist philosopher (1890β1960)
75
views
views
32
Mori Εgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
73
views
views
33
Percy Bysshe Shelley
British Romantic poet (1792β1822)
68
views
views
34
Yang Xiong
Chinese linguist, poet and writer (53 BCE β 18 CE)
67
views
views
35
Thomas Barclay
British missionary (1849β1935)
64
views
views
36
Robert van Gulik
Dutch orientalist, diplomat and writer (1910β1967)
63
views
views
37
Ken Liu
Chinese-American writer
59
views
views
38
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856β1950)
59
views
views
39
Wang Yun-wu
Chinese educator and politician (1888β1979)
54
views
views
40
Qian Xuantong
chinese esperantist and linguist (1887β1939)
52
views
views
41
Paul Georg von MΓΆllendorff
German linguist
52
views
views
42
William James Sidis
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
51
views
views
43
Jane Hawking
British author
51
views
views
44
NaitΕ TorajirΕ
Japanese historian and sinologist (1866β1934)
51
views
views
45
Walter Scott
Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771β1832)
50
views
views
46
Samuel Beckett
Irish writer (1906β1989)
48
views
views
47
Thomas Young
English polymath (1773-1829)
48
views
views
48
Denis Diderot
French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopΓ¦dist (1713β1784)
47
views
views
49
Sidney Rittenberg
American academic (1921-2019)
47
views
views
50
Samuel Johnson
English writer and lexicographer (1709β1784)
45
views
views
51
Zhou Guoping
Chinese philosopher
45
views
views
52
Kim Tu-bong
Korean linguist and politician (1886β1958?)
44
views
views
53
Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss linguist and philosopher (1857β1913)
43
views
views
54
Nakahama ManjirΕ
English interpreter
43
views
views
55
Ovid Tzeng
Taiwanese politician
42
views
views
56
Liu Bannong
Chinese writer and linguist (1891β1934)
42
views
views
57
Li Fang-Kuei
Chinese linguist and sinologist (1902β1987)
41
views
views
58
Xu Shen
Chinese author of Shuowen Jiezi
41
views
views
59
Paul Pelliot
French sinologist (1878-1945)
40
views
views
60
Giuseppe Peano
Italian mathematician (1858β1932)
39
views
views
61
Stephen Owen
American sinologist (1946-2026)
38
views
views
62
Ruan Yuan
Chinese historian, politician and writer (1764β1849)
38
views
views
63
Ong Iok-tek
Taiwanese linguist (1924β1985)
37
views
views
64
Gregory Potyomkin
Russian military leader and politician (1739β1791)
37
views
views
65
Fang Yizhi
Qing dynasty person CBDB = 54996 (1611β1671)
36
views
views
66
Michele Ruggieri
Italian Jesuit priest and sinologist (1543β1607)
36
views
views
67
J. M. Coetzee
South African and Australian writer and scholar (born 1940)
36
views
views
68
Lo Hsiang-lin
Chinese academic
35
views
views
69
Wang Li
Chinese linguist (1900β1986)
35
views
views
70
Nitobe InazΕ
Japanese educator, agricultural economist and diplomat (1862β1933)
35
views
views
71
Zhou Youguang
Chinese linguist, sinologist (1906β2017)
34
views
views
72
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795β1881)
34
views
views
73
Yang Ching-ch'u
Taiwanese writer, known as working-class novelist
34
views
views
74
Jean Le Rond d'Alembert
French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist (1717-1783)
32
views
views
75
Karl GΓΌtzlaff
German missionary in China (1803-1851)
32
views
views
76
John Amos Comenius
Czech teacher, educator, philosopher and writer (1592-1670)
32
views
views
77
Herta MΓΌller
German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist (born 1953)
32
views
views
78
Umberto Eco
Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932β2016)
31
views
views
79
Geoffrey Chaucer
14th century English poet and author (1343β1400)
31
views
views
80
Thomas Francis Wade
British linguist (1818β1895)
31
views
views
81
Wi-vun Chiung
Taiwanese linguist and activist
31
views
views
82
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Prussian philosopher, government official, diplomat, and educator (1767β1835)
30
views
views
83
Julius Nyerere
Tanzanian politician and writer, first Prime Minister and President of Tanzania (1922β1999)
30
views
views
84
Katyayana
figure mentioned in Early Buddhist texts; leading disciple of Gautama Buddha
29
views
views
85
Qian Daxin
historian and linguist of Qing dynasty in China (1728β1804)
29
views
views
86
Panini
ancient Sanskrit grammarian
29
views
views
87
John Searle
American philosopher (1932β2025)
29
views
views
88
Timothy Brook
Canadian university professor, historian
28
views
views
89
Dao Shixun
Linguist and hereditary chieftain of the Dai people
28
views
views
90
Ang Ui-jin
Taiwanese linguist
28
views
views
91
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825β1895)
28
views
views
92
Zhu Shenghao
Chinese translator (1912-1944), one of the earliest and most prolific translators of Shakespeare's works in China
28
views
views
93
Luo Zhenyu
Qing Dynasty scholar (1866-1940)
27
views
views
94
Jean-François Lyotard
French philosopher (1924β1998)
27
views
views
95
Muhammad Ma Jian
Chinese Islamic scholar and translator (1906β1978)
27
views
views
96
Zhu Min
Chinese professor and daughter of Zhu De (1926-2009)
27
views
views
97
Charles Sanders Peirce
American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)
26
views
views
98
Alcide De Gasperi
Italian politician and founder of the Christian Democratic Party (1881-1954)
26
views
views
99
GΓΆran Malmqvist
Swedish linguist and sinologist, Member of the Swedish Academy (1924-2019)
26
views
views
100
JosΓ© MartΓ
Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist (1853-1895)
26
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