Trending Geologists in Germany — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed geologists on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (German-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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Ranked
220,302
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
37,878
views
views
2
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
16,860
views
views
3
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)
14,007
views
views
4
Manuel Hobiger
12,918
views
views
5
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
11,304
views
views
6
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
10,180
views
views
7
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
8,923
views
views
8
Wendela Horz
7,235
views
views
9
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778); developed the foundations of modern taxonomy
7,139
views
views
10
Mojib Latif
German meteorologist
7,040
views
views
11
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
4,972
views
views
12
Alexander Gerst
German ESA astronaut and geophysicist
4,873
views
views
13
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)
4,348
views
views
14
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
4,284
views
views
15
Rudolf Virchow
German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902)
3,974
views
views
16
Andrzej Elżanowski
Polish paleontologist and zoologist
3,341
views
views
17
Herbert Hoover
president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 (1874–1964)
3,123
views
views
18
Frank Otto
German media entrepreneur
2,547
views
views
19
Linus Pauling
American scientist (1901–1994)
2,513
views
views
20
Axel Stoll
German geophysicist and conspiracy theorist
2,491
views
views
21
Anders Levermann
German climatologist
1,795
views
views
22
Friedrich Schleiermacher
German theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar (1768-1834)
1,633
views
views
23
Sven Hedin
Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)
1,526
views
views
24
Athanasius Kircher
German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)
1,319
views
views
25
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist
1,285
views
views
26
Georgius Agricola
German physician and mineralogist (1494-1555)
1,245
views
views
27
Knut Löschke
German chemist and university teacher
1,197
views
views
28
Mary Anning
British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799–1847)
1,153
views
views
29
William Calley
US Army officer convicted for massacre at My Lai, Vietnam (1943–2024)
1,111
views
views
30
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
1,071
views
views
31
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
French naturalist (1744-1829)
1,034
views
views
32
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
German physicist
982
views
views
33
Bernard von Bredow
German prehistoric researcher and world traveler
928
views
views
34
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895)
867
views
views
35
Eugen Ruge
German writer and translator
856
views
views
36
Friederike E.L. Otto
German climatologist
852
views
views
37
Max von Laue
German physicist, Nobel laureate and anti-Nazi (1879–1960)
841
views
views
38
James E. Hansen
American climatologist (1941-)
825
views
views
39
Hans Carl von Carlowitz
German forester (1645-1714)
815
views
views
40
Harrison Schmitt
Astronaut, geologist, politician, 12th man to walk on the moon (Apollo 17)
792
views
views
41
Johannes Krause
German biochemist, geneticist and paleontologist
772
views
views
42
Johann Westhauser
German speleologist and technician
735
views
views
43
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)
697
views
views
44
Georges Cuvier
French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769–1832)
691
views
views
45
Robert Ballard
United States Navy officer, oceanographer and underwater archaeologist
690
views
views
46
Stefan Rahmstorf
German oceanographer and climatologist
684
views
views
47
Jochen Hasenmayer
German cave diver
669
views
views
48
Ludwig Leichhardt
German explorer of Australia (1813-1848)
624
views
views
49
Hans von Storch
German meteorologist
613
views
views
50
Klaus Hasselmann
German climate researcher, meteorologist, and oceanologist (born 1931)
612
views
views
51
Arnold Fanck
German film director (1889-1974)
599
views
views
52
Heinrich Dathe
German ornithologist and zoologist (1910–1991)
594
views
views
53
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist (1752 – 1840)
592
views
views
54
David A. Johnston
American volcanologist (1949–1980)
588
views
views
55
Eunice Newton Foote
American scientist, inventor and women's rights activist (1819–1888)
579
views
views
56
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
French natural historian (1707-1788)
573
views
views
57
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
Swiss traveller and writer (1784-1817)
556
views
views
58
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal
Portuguese noble and diplomat (1699–1782)
543
views
views
59
Hermann von Barth
German mountaineer and geologist (1845-1876)
542
views
views
60
Georg Wilhelm Steller
Explorer and zoologist famous for discovering Steller's Sea Lion
532
views
views
61
Othenio Abel
Austrian botanist, paleontologist and evolutionary biologist (1875–1946)
526
views
views
62
Herbert Tichy
Austrian mountain climber (1912–1987)
523
views
views
63
Herbert W. Franke
Austrian scientist and writer (1927–2022)
517
views
views
64
Eduard Suess
Austrian geologist (1831-1914)
498
views
views
65
Martin Heinrich Klaproth
German chemist (1743-1817)
497
views
views
66
Humphry Davy
British chemist
491
views
views
67
Milutin Milanković
Serbian mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, climatologist, and engineer (1879–1958)
461
views
views
68
Karl Christian Loesch
German geologist and ethnologist (1880–1951)
441
views
views
69
Ada Yonath
Israeli structural biologist and Nobel laureate (1939–2026)
432
views
views
70
Edmond Halley
English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)
431
views
views
71
Ferdinand von Richthofen
German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)
420
views
views
72
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
Indian physicist (1888–1970)
416
views
views
73
Otto Schmidt
Russian geophysicist and polar explorer of Baltic German origin (1891-1956)
413
views
views
74
Eugene Merle Shoemaker
American geologist and astronomer
411
views
views
75
George Saunders
American writer (born 1958)
401
views
views
76
Emilio Comici
Italian mountaineer (1901–1940)
399
views
views
77
Louis Leakey
kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist
393
views
views
78
George de Mohrenschildt
Russian-born American geologist, friend of Lee Harvey Oswald (1911-1977)
385
views
views
79
Paul Scherrer
Swiss physicist (1890-1969)
380
views
views
80
Max Bense
German philosopher (1910-1990)
379
views
views
81
Peter Debye
Dutch-American physicist and physical chemist (1884–1966)
378
views
views
82
Mykola Azarov
Ukrainian politician (born 1947)
373
views
views
83
Hans Meyer
German geographer, explorer, collector and publisher (1858-1929)
372
views
views
84
Nicolas Steno
Pioneer in anatomy and geology, bishop (1638–1686)
365
views
views
85
Lutz Geißler
364
views
views
86
Max Eckert-Greifendorff
German geographer (1868-1938)
360
views
views
87
Richard Owen
English biologist and paleontologist (1804–1892)
354
views
views
88
Louis Agassiz
Swiss-American naturalist (1807–1873)
351
views
views
89
Wen Jiabao
6th Premier of the People's Republic of China from 2003 to 2013 (born 1942)
347
views
views
90
Stephen Jay Gould
American biologist and historian of science (1941–2002)
346
views
views
91
Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg
Russian noble (1817-1852)
342
views
views
92
Wilhelm Paulcke
German university teacher and writer (1873-1949)
339
views
views
93
Jennifer Doudna
American biochemist
338
views
views
94
Johann Carl Fuhlrott
German scientist (1803–1877)
336
views
views
95
Wolfgang Franz von Kobell
German mineralogist and writer (1803-1882)
334
views
views
96
William Lawrence Bragg
Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer
334
views
views
97
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
Dutch physical and organic chemist (1852-1911)
333
views
views
98
Erich von Drygalski
German geographer (1865–1949)
330
views
views
99
Wilhelm Dege
German university teacher and writer (1910-1979)
316
views
views
100
Per Kirkeby
Danish artist (1938-2018)
314
views
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