Trending Programmers in China this year
The 100 most-viewed programmers this year on Wikipedia (China). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Elon Musk.
100
Ranked
11,826
Total Views (this year)
Country
π Global
πΊπΈ USA
π©πͺ Germany
π«π· France
π―π΅ Japan
πͺπΈ Spain
π§π· Brazil
π·πΊ Russia
π¨π³ China
1
Elon Musk
American businessman (born 1971)
5,915
views
views
2
Bill Gates
American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)
633
views
views
3
Mark Zuckerberg
American Internet entrepreneur
491
views
views
4
Sam Altman
American venture capitalist
432
views
views
5
Demis Hassabis
British artificial intelligence researcher (born 1976)
343
views
views
6
Andy Weir
American writer (born 1972)
311
views
views
7
Satoshi Nakamoto
pseudonym for the person or group who designed and developed Bitcoin
285
views
views
8
Vitalik Buterin
Russian-Canadian computer scientist
179
views
views
9
Ruan Xiaohuan
Chinese blogger, dissident
154
views
views
10
Gabe Newell
American computer programmer and businessman
136
views
views
11
Shigeru Miyamoto
Japanese video game designer (born 1952)
134
views
views
12
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815β1852)
131
views
views
13
Linus Torvalds
Finnish software engineer (born 1969)
127
views
views
14
Julian Assange
Australian editor, publisher, and activist (born 1971)
106
views
views
15
Natachai Boonprasert
Thai actor
98
views
views
16
Jixian Wang
Chinese video blogger and computer engineer from Ukraine
95
views
views
17
Paul Allen
American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953β2018)
90
views
views
18
Liu Wei
Chinese entrepreneur (born 1987)
81
views
views
19
Markus Persson
Swedish video game programmer and founder of Mojang (born 1979)
79
views
views
20
Steve Wozniak
American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.
74
views
views
21
Tim Berners-Lee
English computer scientist (born 1955)
72
views
views
22
Carlo Acutis
Italian Catholic saint
71
views
views
23
ZUN
Japanese video game developer and composer
62
views
views
24
Satoru Iwata
Japanese video game programmer and businessman (1959β2015)
60
views
views
25
Ken Liu
Chinese-American writer
59
views
views
26
Greg Brockman
American entrepreneur, investor, and software developer
58
views
views
27
Aaron Swartz
American computer programmer and internet-political activist (1986β2013)
50
views
views
28
ζη£ (1971εΉ΄)
Chinese politician
49
views
views
29
Kensuke Ushio
Japanese composer, keyboardist (1983-)
46
views
views
30
Paul Graham
English-American programmer, venture capitalist, and essayist
41
views
views
31
Michael Crichton
American author, screenwriter, film director (1942β2008)
41
views
views
32
Richard Stallman
American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project
41
views
views
33
Zhang Xiaolong
Chinese computer programmer, known for creating WeChat and Foxmail
38
views
views
34
Donald Knuth
American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1938)
37
views
views
35
John Carmack
American computer programmer and video game developer (born 1970)
37
views
views
36
Bjarne Stroustrup
Danish computer scientist, creator of C++ (born 1950)
36
views
views
37
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Grace Hopper
American computer scientist and United States Navy officer (1906β1992)
32
views
views
38
Edsger W. Dijkstra
Dutch computer scientist (1930β2002)
32
views
views
39
Guido van Rossum
Dutch programmer and creator of Python
31
views
views
40
Takashi Tezuka
Japanese video game designer and producer
30
views
views
41
Aja Huang
Taiwanese programmer
30
views
views
42
Hal Finney
American software developer (1956-2014)
29
views
views
43
Marc Andreessen
American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer
28
views
views
44
Ken Thompson
American programmer and computer scientist, co-creator of the Unix operating system (born 1943)
27
views
views
45
Luo Yuhao
miHoYo founder
27
views
views
46
John McAfee
British-American programmer and businessman (1945β2021)
26
views
views
47
Jack Dorsey
American software entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter
26
views
views
48
Dorothy Vaughan
African-American mathematician
25
views
views
49
Dennis M. Ritchie
American computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system and the C programming language
24
views
views
50
James Gosling
Canadian computer scientist
24
views
views
51
Junichi Masuda
Japanese video game developer
22
views
views
52
Fabrice Bellard
French computer programmer
22
views
views
53
Jihadi John
British terrorist and murderer
22
views
views
54
Jens Bergensten
Swedish video game programmer (born 1979)
22
views
views
55
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21
views
views
56
Naomi Wu
Chinese DIY maker
21
views
views
57
Jan Koum
Ukrainian-born American entrepreneur, co-founder of WhatsApp
21
views
views
58
Sid Meier
Canadian-American game programmer and designer
19
views
views
59
Brendan Eich
American computer programmer and technology executive
18
views
views
60
Timothy Huang
18
views
views
61
Anders Hejlsberg
Danish software engineer (born 1960)
18
views
views
62
Leslie Lamport
American computer scientist
18
views
views
63
Yan Junjie
Chinese businessman (born 1989)
17
views
views
64
Yuyuko Takemiya
Japanese writer
17
views
views
65
Tiancheng Lou
Chinese businessman and computer programmer
17
views
views
66
Andrew S. Tanenbaum
American-Dutch computer scientist
17
views
views
67
Peter Naur
Danish computer scientist (1928β2016) and Turing Award winner (2005); author of 'Programming as Theory Building' (1985); co-editor of the 19
17
views
views
68
Hao Chen
Chinese programmer
17
views
views
69
Scott Adams
American cartoonist and author (1957β2026)
16
views
views
70
Tony Hoare
British computer scientist
16
views
views
71
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16
views
views
72
George Hotz
American hacker
15
views
views
73
Alexandra Elbakyan
Kazakh computer scientist and founder of Sci-Hub
15
views
views
74
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14
views
views
75
Adrian Lamo
American hacker and threat analyst (1981β2018)
14
views
views
76
Leonid Radvinsky
Ukrainian-American businessman (1982β2026)
14
views
views
77
Charles Simonyi
Hungarian-American computer software executive (born 1948)
14
views
views
78
Alexey Pajitnov
Russian video game designer (born 1955)
14
views
views
79
John Romero
American video game designer
14
views
views
80
Scott Forstall
American software engineer
13
views
views
81
Isamu Kaneko
Japanese computer scientist
12
views
views
82
Alan Kay
American computer scientist (born 1940)
12
views
views
83
Daito Manabe
Japanese media artist (1976-)
12
views
views
84
Barnaby Jack
New Zealand hacker, programmer and computer security professional
12
views
views
85
Kent Beck
American software engineer
12
views
views
86
Rob Pike
software engineer
12
views
views
87
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Mark Cerny
American video game designer
12
views
views
88
Larry Tesler
American computer scientist (1945β2020)
12
views
views
89
Yukihiro Matsumoto
Japanese computer scientist who created the Ruby programming language
11
views
views
90
Eric S. Raymond
American programmer & open source advocate (1957-)
11
views
views
91
Cleve Moler
American mathematician specializing in numerical analysis (1939 - 2026)
11
views
views
92
Howard Scott Warshaw
American game designer and psychotherapist (born 1957)
11
views
views
93
Gary Kildall
American computer scientist and entrepreneur (1942β1994)
11
views
views
94
Hiroshi YΕ«ki
Japanese programmer and author
11
views
views
95
Ryan Dahl
American software engineer
11
views
views
96
Brian Kernighan
Canadian computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system
11
views
views
97
Brad Fitzpatrick
American programmer and creator of LiveJournal
10
views
views
98
Minh Le
Vietnamese-Canadian computer game developer who created the mod ''Counter-Strike''
10
views
views
99
Phil Katz
American software developer, developer of the ZIP file format (1962-2000)
10
views
views
100
Jean-Louis GassΓ©e
French businessman
10
views
views
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