Trending Geologists in Germany this year
The 100 most-viewed geologists this year on Wikipedia (Germany). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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16,528
Total Views (this year)
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1
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749β1832)
2,532
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2
Manuel Hobiger
1,488
views
views
3
Alexander Gerst
German ESA astronaut and geophysicist
1,482
views
views
4
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646β1716)
810
views
views
5
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769-1859)
775
views
views
6
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician and physicist (1777β1855)
766
views
views
7
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809β1882)
737
views
views
8
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743β1826)
632
views
views
9
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707β1778)
625
views
views
10
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
413
views
views
11
Wendela Horz
376
views
views
12
Rudolf Virchow
German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902)
336
views
views
13
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920β1958)
299
views
views
14
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880β1930)
289
views
views
15
Harrison Schmitt
Astronaut, geologist, politician, 12th man to walk on the moon (Apollo 17)
250
views
views
16
Herbert Hoover
president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 (1874β1964)
222
views
views
17
Mojib Latif
German meteorologist
209
views
views
18
Linus Pauling
American scientist (1901β1994)
183
views
views
19
Axel Stoll
German geophysicist and conspiracy theorist
174
views
views
20
Frank Otto
German media entrepreneur
172
views
views
21
Friedrich Seifert
German mineralogist (1941-)
127
views
views
22
David A. Johnston
American volcanologist (1949β1980)
109
views
views
23
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
French naturalist (1744-1829)
106
views
views
24
Anders Levermann
German climatologist
104
views
views
25
Georgius Agricola
German mineralogist (1494-1555)
96
views
views
26
Athanasius Kircher
German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)
93
views
views
27
Sven Hedin
Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)
87
views
views
28
Johann Westhauser
German speleologist and technician
85
views
views
29
Stefan Rahmstorf
German oceanographer and climatologist
84
views
views
30
Hans von Storch
German meteorologist
83
views
views
31
Jochen Hasenmayer
German cave diver
83
views
views
32
Max Perutz
Austrian-born British molecular biologist (1914-2002)
83
views
views
33
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist
82
views
views
34
William Calley
US Army officer convicted for massacre at My Lai, Vietnam (1943β2024)
82
views
views
35
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
81
views
views
36
Mary Anning
British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799β1847)
76
views
views
37
Reinhold Wittig
German artist and entrepreneur (1937β2026)
75
views
views
38
Hans Carl von Carlowitz
German forester (1645-1714)
65
views
views
39
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
German physicist
58
views
views
40
Robert Ballard
United States Navy officer, oceanographer and underwater archaeologist
57
views
views
41
Johannes Krause
German biochemist, geneticist and paleontologist
56
views
views
42
Max von Laue
German physicist, Nobel laureate and anti-Nazi (1879β1960)
56
views
views
43
Eugen Ruge
German writer and translator
53
views
views
44
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838β1914)
53
views
views
45
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825β1895)
50
views
views
46
Bernard von Bredow
German prehistoric researcher and world traveler
47
views
views
47
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
French natural historian (1707-1788)
46
views
views
48
SebastiΓ£o JosΓ© de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal
Portuguese noble and diplomat (1699β1782)
46
views
views
49
Adolf Pichler
Austrian author (1819β1900)
46
views
views
50
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist (1752 β 1840)
45
views
views
51
Niklas HΓΆhne
German climate policy scientist
45
views
views
52
Louis Leakey
kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist
42
views
views
53
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
Swiss traveller and writer (1784-1817)
41
views
views
54
Thomas Gold
Austrian astrophysicist (1920-2004)
39
views
views
55
Walter Schal
39
views
views
56
Roland Bonaparte
French geographer, astronomer and anthropologist (1858β1924)
38
views
views
57
Ludwig Leichhardt
German explorer of Australia (1813-1848)
38
views
views
58
Herbert Tichy
Austrian mountain climber (1912β1987)
36
views
views
59
Sonia I. Seneviratne
Swiss climate scientist
36
views
views
60
Humphry Davy
British chemist
35
views
views
61
Otto Schmidt
Russian geophysicist and polar explorer of Baltic German origin (1891-1956)
35
views
views
62
Klaus Hasselmann
German climate researcher, meteorologist, and oceanologist (born 1931)
35
views
views
63
Erich von Drygalski
German geographer (1865β1949)
35
views
views
64
Georges Cuvier
French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769β1832)
35
views
views
65
Wen Jiabao
6th Premier of the People's Republic of China from 2004 to 2013
34
views
views
66
Peter Debye
Dutch-American physicist and physical chemist (1884β1966)
34
views
views
67
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
Indian physicist (1888β1970)
34
views
views
68
Eugene Merle Shoemaker
American geologist and astronomer
33
views
views
69
Alice Roberts
English physician, anatomist, physical anthropologist, television presenter, author
33
views
views
70
Lutz GeiΓler
33
views
views
71
George de Mohrenschildt
Russian-born American geologist, friend of Lee Harvey Oswald (1911-1977)
32
views
views
72
Brigitte Knopf
German climatologist
31
views
views
73
Karl Mauch
German explorer (1837-1875)
31
views
views
74
Edmond Halley
English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656β1742)
30
views
views
75
Jennifer Doudna
American biochemist
29
views
views
76
Georg Wilhelm Steller
Explorer and zoologist famous for discovering Steller's Sea Lion
29
views
views
77
Detlef P. van Vuuren
climate change researcher
29
views
views
78
Jochem Marotzke
GermanΒ physical oceanographerΒ andΒ climate scientist
29
views
views
79
Ferdinand von Richthofen
German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)
29
views
views
80
Johann Lukas SchΓΆnlein
German naturalist and professor of medicine (1793β1864)
29
views
views
81
Wolfgang Franz von Kobell
German mineralogist and writer (1803-1882)
29
views
views
82
Friederike E.L. Otto
German climatologist
28
views
views
83
Eduard Suess
Austrian geologist (1831-1914)
27
views
views
84
Georg von Neumayer
German polar explorer and scientist (1826-1909)
27
views
views
85
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
Dutch physical and organic chemist (1852-1911)
27
views
views
86
Tzvetan Todorov
Bulgarian historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist (1939-2017)
27
views
views
87
Paul Scherrer
Swiss physicist (1890-1969)
26
views
views
88
Winfried Otto Schumann
German geophysicist (1888-1974)
26
views
views
89
Milutin MilankoviΔ
Serbian mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, climatologist, and engineer (1879β1958)
26
views
views
90
John Christy
climatologist
26
views
views
91
George Saunders
American writer (born 1958)
26
views
views
92
Judith Curry
American climatologist
26
views
views
93
Ernst Chladni
German physicist, mathematician and musician (1756 β 1827)
26
views
views
94
William Lawrence Bragg
Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer
26
views
views
95
Marie Tharp
American oceanographer and cartographer (1920β2006)
25
views
views
96
Stephen Jay Gould
American biologist and historian of science (1941β2002)
25
views
views
97
Johann Carl Fuhlrott
German scientist (1803β1877)
25
views
views
98
Ardito Desio
Italian explorer (1897β2001)
23
views
views
99
William Berryman Scott
U.S. paleontologist (1858β1947)
23
views
views
100
Hans Graul
German geographer and geologist (1909-1997)
22
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