Trending Inventors in Germany — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed inventors on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (German-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Albert Einstein. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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712,838
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
45,274
views
views
2
Frauke Petry
German politician
41,918
views
views
3
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856-1943)
31,875
views
views
4
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)
28,135
views
views
5
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
26,653
views
views
6
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
22,499
views
views
7
Wernher von Braun
German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)
21,370
views
views
8
Levi Strauss
German-Jewish-born American businessman (1829-1902)
17,817
views
views
9
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564–1642)
13,485
views
views
10
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
12,952
views
views
11
Konrad Zuse
German computer scientist and engineer (1910 - 1995)
12,725
views
views
12
Johannes Gutenberg
German inventor and craftsman (1400-1468)
12,723
views
views
13
Spider-Man
fictional character in Marvel Comics
12,396
views
views
14
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker and explorer (born 1954)
12,051
views
views
15
Mike Oldfield
English musician (born 1953)
11,787
views
views
16
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
11,304
views
views
17
Hedy Lamarr
Austrian-American actress and co-inventor of an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping (1914-2000)
11,247
views
views
18
Howard Hughes
American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer (1905–1976)
8,974
views
views
19
Walt Disney
American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)
8,815
views
views
20
Winfried Stöcker
German medical specialist, entrepreneur and university teacher
8,703
views
views
21
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
8,603
views
views
22
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
8,375
views
views
23
Johannes Kepler
German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)
8,134
views
views
24
Richard Feynman
American theoretical physicist (1918–1988)
7,874
views
views
25
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
7,764
views
views
26
Thomas Edison
American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)
7,544
views
views
27
Robert Koch
German physician, bacteriologist (1843–1910)
7,292
views
views
28
Bobby Fischer
American chess player (1943–2008)
7,248
views
views
29
Archimedes
Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – c. 212 BC)
7,191
views
views
30
Steve Wozniak
American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.
6,884
views
views
31
Hideo Kojima
Japanese video game designer (born 1963)
6,785
views
views
32
Luigi Mangione
American who killed Brian Thompson
6,577
views
views
33
Leonhard Euler
Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)
6,398
views
views
34
Ferdinand Porsche
Austrian-born German automotive engineer, inventor (1875–1951)
6,202
views
views
35
Mate Rimac
Croatian inventor and entrepreneur
6,183
views
views
36
Gronkh
German YouTuber and video game designer (born 1977)
6,173
views
views
37
Ferdinand Piëch
Austrian manager (1937-2019)
5,771
views
views
38
Linus Torvalds
Finnish software engineer (born 1969)
5,762
views
views
39
Otto Lilienthal
German aviation pioneer (1848-1896)
5,710
views
views
40
Sergey Brin
American billionaire businessman (born 1973)
5,678
views
views
41
Rudolf Diesel
German inventor and mechanical engineer (1858–1913)
5,667
views
views
42
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
5,646
views
views
43
Alfred Nobel
Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)
5,465
views
views
44
Carl Benz
German automotive and engine designer and manufacturer (1844–1929)
5,387
views
views
45
Henry Ford
American business magnate (1863–1947)
5,341
views
views
46
Charles Lindbergh
American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist (1902–1974)
5,128
views
views
47
Gunther von Hagens
German anatomist (1945–2026)
4,963
views
views
48
Gerardus Mercator
Flemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer (1512–1594)
4,912
views
views
49
Tim Berners-Lee
English computer scientist (born 1955)
4,826
views
views
50
Andy Bechtolsheim
German electrical engineer (born 1955) Co-founder of Sun Microsystems; early investor in Google
4,491
views
views
51
Jacob W. Davis
American tailor (1831–1908)
4,474
views
views
52
Werner von Siemens
German electrical engineer, inventor and industrialist (1816–1892)
4,379
views
views
53
Iron Man
fictional character in Marvel Comics
4,372
views
views
54
Edward Teller
Hungarian-American Jewish nuclear physicist (1908–2003)
4,364
views
views
55
Gabe Newell
American computer programmer and businessman
4,363
views
views
56
Alexander Fleming
Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)
4,327
views
views
57
Enrico Fermi
Italian–American physicist (1901–1954)
4,256
views
views
58
Robert Bosch
German industrialist, inventor, engineer (1861-1942)
3,821
views
views
59
Justus von Liebig
German chemist (1803-1873)
3,813
views
views
60
Demis Hassabis
British artificial intelligence researcher (born 1976)
3,654
views
views
61
Markus Persson
Swedish video game programmer and founder of Mojang (born 1979)
3,442
views
views
62
The Doctor
fictional character from the television series Doctor Who
3,434
views
views
63
Shigeru Miyamoto
Japanese video game designer (born 1952)
3,281
views
views
64
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
3,242
views
views
65
Hugo Junkers
German aviation pioneer (1859–1935)
3,232
views
views
66
Paul Allen
American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)
3,228
views
views
67
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
3,179
views
views
68
Paul Ehrlich
Jewish-German physician and scientist (1854-1915)
3,162
views
views
69
Manfred von Ardenne
German researcher and applied physicist (1907-1997)
3,022
views
views
70
Gottlieb Daimler
German engineer and industrialist (1834–1900)
3,021
views
views
71
Ferdinand von Zeppelin
German general and airship pioneer (1838–1917)
3,017
views
views
72
Otto von Guericke
German scientist, inventor, and politician (1602-1686)
3,015
views
views
73
Bertha Benz
German automobile pioneer, with husband Karl Benz (1849–1944)
2,952
views
views
74
Peter Madsen
Danish convicted murderer, entrepreneur and self-proclaimed engineer
2,920
views
views
75
Carl Bosch
German chemical engineer (1874–1940)
2,909
views
views
76
Alessandro Volta
Italian chemist and physicist (1745–1827)
2,870
views
views
77
Alfred Krupp
German entrepreneur and inventor (1812–1887)
2,789
views
views
78
Alexander Graham Bell
Canadian-American scientist inventor of telephone (1847–1922)
2,753
views
views
79
Hypatia
Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
2,733
views
views
80
Jára Cimrman
Czech fictional character of a national giant
2,698
views
views
81
Gaston Glock
Austrian engineer and CEO of firearms manufacturer Glock (1929–2023)
2,640
views
views
82
Heinrich Hertz
German physicist (1857–1894)
2,638
views
views
83
Michael Faraday
British scientist (1791–1867)
2,593
views
views
84
Bill Wyman
British musician, former bassist of the Rolling Stones
2,584
views
views
85
John Jacob Astor IV
American businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel (1864–1912)
2,568
views
views
86
Joseph Pilates
German inventor of pilates (1883–1967)
2,533
views
views
87
Wario
fictional video game character from the Mario franchise
2,530
views
views
88
James Watt
British engineer (1736–1819)
2,509
views
views
89
Horst Bendix
German mechanical engineer
2,495
views
views
90
Claude Shannon
American mathematician and information theorist (1916–2001)
2,492
views
views
91
Wilhelm Bauer
German engineer (1822–1875)
2,479
views
views
92
William James Sidis
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
2,383
views
views
93
Mikhail Kalashnikov
Soviet and Russian small arms designer (1919–2013)
2,260
views
views
94
Epic Games
American video game and software developer
2,229
views
views
95
Hermann Oberth
Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and rocketry pioneer (1894-1989)
2,175
views
views
96
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
German-Polish physicist and engineer (1686-1736)
2,113
views
views
97
Sam Houser
British video game producer and developer (born 1971)
2,064
views
views
98
Laurie Anderson
American artist and musician (born 1947)
2,060
views
views
99
Raymond Kurzweil
American computer scientist, author, entrepreneur, futurist and inventor (born 1948)
2,055
views
views
100
Jony Ive
English designer and former Chief Design Officer at Apple (born 1967)
2,039
views
views