Trending Chemists in Germany this month
The 100 most-viewed chemists this month on Wikipedia (Germany). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Angela Merkel.
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28,969
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Angela Merkel
chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 (born 1954)
6,108
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2
Robert Ley
German Nazi politician; indicted by the International Military Tribunal for war crimes (1890-1945)
2,506
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3
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
1,277
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4
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
1,235
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5
Marie Curie
Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
1,106
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6
Valery Legasov
Soviet nuclear chemist, chief of the commission investigating the Chernobyl disaster (1936-1988)
1,073
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7
Friedrich Bayer
German businessman (1825–1880)
914
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8
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
753
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9
Joachim Sauer
German chemist and former Second Gentleman of Germany
643
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10
Dolph Lundgren
Swedish actor and martial artist
583
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11
Frauke Petry
German politician
557
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12
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642-1727)
557
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13
Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim
German chemist, science journalist and television presenter
550
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14
Fritz Vahrenholt
German politician and climate change denier (born 1949)
502
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15
Lise Meitner
Austrian-Swedish physicist
411
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16
Yasmin Fahimi
German politician
394
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17
Otto Ambros
German chemist (1901-1990)
367
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18
Robert Koch
German physician, bacteriologist (1843–1910)
364
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19
Paracelsus
Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541)
315
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20
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
291
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21
Fritz Haber
German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize (1868–1934)
283
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22
Bas Eickhout
Dutch politician
242
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23
Alfred Nobel
Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)
240
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24
Otto Hahn
German chemist and physicist (1879-1968)
232
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25
Avicenna
Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
231
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26
Niels Bohr
Danish physicist (1885–1962)
228
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27
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
202
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28
Klaus Soehring
201
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29
Jerzy Buzek
Prime Minister of Poland (r. 1997–2001); President of the European Parliament (r. 2009–2012)
184
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30
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)
183
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31
Justus von Liebig
German chemist (1803-1873)
181
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32
Alexander Fleming
Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)
180
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33
Rafik Schami
Syrian-German writer and chemist (born 1946)
173
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34
Sebastian Lege
German chef and TV personality
167
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35
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
German-Polish physicist and engineer (1686-1736)
161
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36
Michael Braungart
German chemist
160
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37
James Watt
British engineer (1736–1819)
154
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38
Albert Hofmann
Swiss chemist (1906–2008)
148
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39
Elias Canetti
Bulgarian-born Swiss and British Jewish modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer (1905–1994)
144
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40
Paul Ehrlich
Jewish-German physician and scientist (1854-1915)
143
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41
Wolfgang Pauli
physicist, Nobel prize winner (1900–1958)
138
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42
Alessandro Volta
Italian physicist, chemist, and pioneer of electricity and power (1745-1827)
130
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43
Wolfgang A. Herrmann
German chemist
126
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44
Carl Bosch
German chemical engineer (1874–1940)
119
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45
Ludwig Boltzmann
Austrian physicist and philosopher (1844–1906)
117
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46
Linus Pauling
American scientist (1901–1994)
117
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47
Michael Faraday
British scientist (1791–1867)
114
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48
Joseph von Fraunhofer
Bavarian physicist and optical lens manufacturer
111
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49
Otmar von Verschuer
German military physician, geneticist and biochemist (1896-1969)
102
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50
Dmitri Mendeleev
Russian chemist (1834–1907)
99
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51
Albertus Magnus
German-Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200–1280)
98
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52
Primo Levi
Italian chemist, partisan, Holocaust survivor, and writer (1919–1987)
96
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53
The Joker
fictional character throughout the DC Universe
96
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54
Ernest Rutherford
New Zealand physicist (1871–1937)
94
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55
August Oetker
German food scientist (1862-1918)
94
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56
Irène Joliot-Curie
French scientist (1897–1956)
92
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57
Rudolf Wild
German businessman (1904–1995)
92
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58
Pierre Curie
French physicist (1859–1906)
89
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59
Samuel Hahnemann
German physician known for creating homeopathy
89
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60
Henri Becquerel
French physicist (1852–1908)
87
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61
André-Marie Ampère
French physicist and mathematician (1775–1836)
86
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62
Karina Reiss
German biology researcher (1974-)
82
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63
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
French naturalist (1744-1829)
82
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64
Robert Havemann
German chemist and dissident (1910–1982)
79
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65
Heyo Klaus Kroemer
German pharmacologist and pharmacist
79
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66
Anders Celsius
Swedish astronomer, physicist, and naturalist (1701-1744)
77
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67
Lex Luthor
fictional character in DC Comics
75
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68
James Watson
American molecular biologist, geneticist, zoologist and Nobel Laureate (1928–2025)
72
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69
Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted
Danish physical chemist (1879–1947)
71
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70
Oliver Sacks
British neurologist and writer (1933–2015)
71
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71
Chaim Weizmann
Israeli statesman and British chemist (1874–1952)
71
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72
Max Perutz
Austrian-born British molecular biologist (1914-2002)
70
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73
Alfredo Salafia
Sicilian professor of chemistry, and also a noted embalmer and taxidermist (1869-1933)
69
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74
Otto Heinrich Warburg
German physiologist, medical doctor and Nobel laureate (1883–1970)
68
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75
Wilhelm Ostwald
Baltic German chemist (1853–1932)
66
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76
Max Joseph von Pettenkofer
Bavarian chemist and hygienist (1818–1901)
66
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77
Alexander Borodin
Russian composer, doctor and chemist (1833–1887)
66
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78
Clara Immerwahr
German chemist (1870-1915)
65
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79
Yeshayahu Leibowitz
Israeli intellectual (1903-1994)
64
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80
Carl Duisberg
German chemist (1861–1935)
63
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81
Robert Bunsen
German chemist (1811-1899)
63
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82
John Dalton
British chemist and mathematician (1766–1844)
62
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83
Bruno Tesch
German chemist, arrested by the British as a war criminal, tried, and executed (1890-1946)
61
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84
Antoine Lavoisier
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
61
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85
Georgius Agricola
German mineralogist (1494-1555)
60
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86
Udo Pollmer
German chemist
58
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87
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
German biologist (1995 Nobel Prize)
58
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88
Johanna Budwig
German biochemist (1908–2003)
57
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89
Stefan Hockertz
57
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90
Hendrik Zipse
German chemist
56
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91
Ivan Pavlov
Russian physiologist (1849-1936)
54
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92
Stefan Hell
director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen, Germany
52
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93
Hans Christian Ørsted
Danish physicist and chemist (1777-1851)
50
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94
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
50
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95
Carl Auer von Welsbach
Austrian scientist and inventor (1858-1929)
49
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96
Karen Silkwood
Labor union activist, chemical technician (1946–1974)
49
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97
Francis Crick
British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA
48
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98
Christian Rätsch
German ethnopharmacologist, anthropologist, author (1957–2022)
47
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99
Gerhard Schrader
German chemist (1903–1990)
47
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100
Eric Kandel
American neuropsychiatrist
45
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