Trending Philosophers in China this year
The 100 most-viewed philosophers this year on Wikipedia (China). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Mao Zedong.
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Ranked
55,806
Total Views (this year)
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1
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893β1976)
4,707
views
views
2
Gu Hongming
Chinese writer (1857β1928)
3,645
views
views
3
Sun Yat-sen
Chinese politician, physician, and revolutionary (1866β1925)
2,661
views
views
4
Wang Huning
Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
2,040
views
views
5
Lee Kuan Yew
1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore (1923β2015)
1,822
views
views
6
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961β1997)
1,108
views
views
7
Confucius
5th-century BCE Chinese philosopher and politician
1,080
views
views
8
Su Shi
Chinese writer and politician (1037β1101)
1,022
views
views
9
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870β1924)
1,007
views
views
10
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
981
views
views
11
George Soros
Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)
963
views
views
12
Liu Ji
Chinese philosopher and politician (1311β1375)
917
views
views
13
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879β1955)
878
views
views
14
The Buddha
Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism (623 or 563 BCE β 543 or 483 BCE)
852
views
views
15
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821β1881)
845
views
views
16
Immanuel Kant
German philosopher (1724-1804)
819
views
views
17
Hu Shih
Chinese scholar, writer and philosopher (1891β1962)
810
views
views
18
Georg Simmel
German sociologist, philosopher, and critic (1858β1918)
790
views
views
19
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879β1940)
772
views
views
20
Liang Chi-chao
Chinese politician, activist and journalist (1873β1929)
765
views
views
21
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936β2025)
690
views
views
22
Laozi
6th-century BC semi-legendary Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism
687
views
views
23
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452β1519)
683
views
views
24
Nan Huai-Chin
Buddhist teacher
639
views
views
25
Chen Duxiu
Chinese politician and co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party (1879β1942)
627
views
views
26
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818β1883)
612
views
views
27
Fan Li
early 5th-century BC Chinese political and military advisor
569
views
views
28
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642β1727)
558
views
views
29
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
546
views
views
30
Bodhidharma
Indian-Chinese philosopher and Buddhist Monk
546
views
views
31
Li Si
Chinese politician of the Qin Dynasty
496
views
views
32
Wang Yangming
Chinese philosopher and general (1472β1529)
490
views
views
33
Benedict XVI
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005β2013)
453
views
views
34
Shang Yang
Qin State statesman, chancellor and reformer (c. 390β338 BC)
447
views
views
35
Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912β1954)
445
views
views
36
LΓΌ Buwei
Chinese merchant and politician of the Qin state (291β235 BC)
444
views
views
37
John Lennon
British musician (1940β1980)
432
views
views
38
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924β2024)
429
views
views
39
Hiroki Azuma
Japanese critic and philosopher (1971β )
428
views
views
40
Wu
Founding Liang emperor from 502 to 549
426
views
views
41
Sun Bin
Chinese general, military strategist and writer (died 316 BC)
419
views
views
42
Cao Xueqin
Chinese novelist and poet (1710β1765)
406
views
views
43
Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer, artist, and rΕnin (1584β1645)
396
views
views
44
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Austrian philosopher and logician (1889β1951)
390
views
views
45
Xuanzang
7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar (602β664)
381
views
views
46
Zhu Xi
Chinese historian, neo-Confucian philosopher, poet, and politician during the Song dynasty (1130β1200)
375
views
views
47
Socrates
5th-century BCE Greek philosopher
375
views
views
48
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913β1960)
371
views
views
49
Zhuang Zhou
Chinese Taoist philosopher (c. 369β286 BC)
361
views
views
50
Huineng
semi-legendary Chinese Chan patriarch
356
views
views
51
Guiguzi
ancient Chinese philosopher
337
views
views
52
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757β1804)
330
views
views
53
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483β1546)
329
views
views
54
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929β1968)
328
views
views
55
Wei Zheng
Tang Dynasty chancellor (580-643)
314
views
views
56
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978β2005)
314
views
views
57
Arthur Schopenhauer
German philosopher (1788-1860)
308
views
views
58
Frantz Fanon
French West Indian psychiatrist and philosopher (1925β1961)
304
views
views
59
Kang Youwei
Chinese politician and scholar (1858-1927)
304
views
views
60
Sun Ce
Chinese general, politician and warlord (175β200)
304
views
views
61
Simone de Beauvoir
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908β1986)
301
views
views
62
Qin Hui
Chinese historian
297
views
views
63
Aristotle
4th-century BCE Classical Greek philosopher and polymath
297
views
views
64
Sima Qian
2nd-century BCE Chinese historian and writer
294
views
views
65
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
294
views
views
66
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706β1790)
291
views
views
67
Wu Zixu
Chinese Wu kingdom general and politician (died 484 BC)
289
views
views
68
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869β1948)
288
views
views
69
Michel Foucault
French philosopher (1926β1984)
285
views
views
70
Cai Yuanpei
Chinese educator, Esperantist and the president of Peking University (1868-1940)
279
views
views
71
Lu Ban
5th-century BC Chinese engineer and inventor
278
views
views
72
Hans-Georg Gadamer
German philosopher (1900β2002)
274
views
views
73
Mencius
Chinese Confucian philosopher (372β289 BC)
266
views
views
74
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
266
views
views
75
Han Yu
Chinese historian, poet, philosopher and politician (768β824)
258
views
views
76
Empress Xu
empress of Yongle Emperor (Ming Dynasty)
257
views
views
77
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
255
views
views
78
KΕ«kai
Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774β835)
254
views
views
79
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743β1826)
251
views
views
80
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749β1832)
241
views
views
81
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828β1910)
241
views
views
82
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564β1642)
236
views
views
83
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905β1980)
235
views
views
84
Xunzi
Chinese Confucian philosopher (c. 310 β after 238 BCE)
233
views
views
85
Ouyang Xiu
Chinese poet, historian and statesman (1007β1072)
232
views
views
86
Sun Tzu
6th century BCE Chinese general and military strategist
221
views
views
87
Max Weber
German sociologist, philosopher, and political economist (1864β1920)
218
views
views
88
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809β1882)
214
views
views
89
Archimedes
Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 β c. 212 BC)
205
views
views
90
Bertrand Russell
British philosopher and logician (1872β1970)
202
views
views
91
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632-1677)
199
views
views
92
Zilu
Disciple of Confucius (542β480 BC)
199
views
views
93
Hermann Hesse
Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877β1962)
196
views
views
94
Pierre Bourdieu
French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (1930β2002)
195
views
views
95
Shen Kuo
Chinese scientist and statesman (1031-1095)
195
views
views
96
Ch'ien Mu
Chinese historian, philosopher and writer (1895β1990)
195
views
views
97
Zhang Sanfeng
Chinese martial artist
189
views
views
98
Chang Ping-lin
Chinese linguist (1868-1936)
186
views
views
99
Friedrich Hayek
Austrian and British economist (1899β1992)
185
views
views
100
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
182
views
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