Trending Linguists in Germany this week
The 100 most-viewed linguists this week on Wikipedia (Germany). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Joseph Stalin.
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Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
83
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2
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
46
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3
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
45
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4
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
35
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5
Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
24
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6
Edith Stein
Jewish-German Catholic nun, theologian and philosopher (1891–1942)
22
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7
Roger Willemsen
German author (1955-2016)
20
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8
Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
19
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9
Umberto Eco
Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932–2016)
17
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10
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
16
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11
William James Sidis
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
16
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12
Stefan George
German poet, editor, and translator (1868–1933)
14
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13
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632-1677)
14
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14
Thomas Bernhard
Austrian playwright and novelist (1931–1989)
13
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15
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
12
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16
Reyhan Şahin
German rapper
12
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17
Michael Krüger
German writer
11
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18
Samuel Beckett
Irish writer (1906–1989)
11
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19
Andreas Steinhöfel
German author for children and young adult books
11
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20
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
11
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21
Max Brod
Bohemian-Israeli author, composer, and journalist (1884–1968)
10
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22
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Prussian philosopher, government official, diplomat, and educator (1767–1835)
9
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23
Konrad Duden
German philologist (1829-1911)
8
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24
Denis Scheck
German writer
8
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25
Boris Akunin
Russian writer, translation, and historian
8
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26
Sirindhorn, Princess Royal
Thai Royal
8
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27
Luise F. Pusch
German linguist and author
7
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28
Herta Müller
German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist (born 1953)
7
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29
Charles de Foucauld
French Catholic religious man, explorer and scholar (1858–1916)
7
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30
Percy Bysshe Shelley
British Romantic poet (1792–1822)
6
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31
Patrick O'Brian
English novelist (1914–2000)
6
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32
Lydia Davis
American writer (born 1947)
6
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33
Enoch Powell
British politician (1912–1998)
6
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34
Wilhelm Luttermann
German translator and Esperantist
6
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35
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)
6
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36
Ludwig Uhland
German poet and politician (1787–1862)
6
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37
Hans Egede
missionary to Greenland, Lutheran pastor (1686-1758)
5
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38
Yasmina Reza
French actor and writer
5
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39
Jean-François Champollion
French classical scholar (1790-1832)
5
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40
Geoffrey Chaucer
14th century English poet and author (1343–1400)
5
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41
L. L. Zamenhof
Polish-Jewish physician and inventor of Esperanto (1859-1917)
5
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42
Julio Cortázar
Argentine writer (1914–1984)
4
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43
Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss linguist and philosopher (1857–1913)
4
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44
Tzvetan Todorov
Bulgarian historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist (1939-2017)
4
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45
John Amos Comenius
Czech teacher, educator, philosopher and writer (1592-1670)
4
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46
Ernst Dohm
German actor (1819–1883)
4
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47
Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz
German philosopher, linguist and political scientist
4
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48
Johann Martin Schleyer
German Catholic priest (1831–1912)
4
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49
Basil Schader
4
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50
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
German poet, writer and linguist
4
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51
John Langshaw Austin
English philosopher (1911–1960)
4
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52
José Martí
Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist (1853-1895)
4
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53
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
Russian hebrew linguist, grammarian, journalist, lexicographer, newspaper editor and Zionist activist
3
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54
Denis Diderot
French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)
3
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55
Gregory Potyomkin
Russian military leader and politician (1739–1791)
3
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56
Sheila Jasanoff
American social scientist
3
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57
Ivan Goncharov
Russian novelist and official (1812–1891)
3
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58
Samuel Johnson
English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)
3
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59
Serhiy Zhadan
Ukrainian poet
3
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60
Arno Schmidt
German poet (1914–1979)
3
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61
Jamie Hyneman
American special effects specialist and television host
3
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62
Peter von Matt
Swiss philologist
3
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63
Nikos Kazantzakis
Greek writer, poet and philosopher (1883-1957)
3
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64
Hermann Paul
German philologist (1846–1921)
3
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65
Theodor Nöldeke
German orientalist and scholar (1836–1930)
3
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66
Patanjali
ancient Indian scholar(s) of grammar and linguistics, of yoga, of medical treatises
3
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67
Joachim Heinrich Campe
German writer and academic
3
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68
Julia Stone
Australian singer-songwriter
3
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69
Confucius Institute
Chinese international educational partnership program
3
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70
Vuk Karadžić
Serbian philologist and linguist
3
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71
Leon Battista Alberti
Italian architect and writer (1404-1472)
3
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72
Heinz Küpper
German linguist
2
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73
Wolf Dietrich
2
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74
Albert Debrunner
Swiss linguist (1884-1958)
2
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75
Mahmud al-Kashgari
Turkic scholar and lexicographer
2
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76
Ernst Robert Curtius
German philologist and literary scholar (1886–1956)
2
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77
Heymann Steinthal
German linguist (1823–1899)
2
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78
Amos Oz
Israeli writer, novelist, journalist and intellectual (1939–2018)
2
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79
Walter Scott
Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771–1832)
2
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80
Alexander Lasch
Linguist
2
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81
Cathy Berberian
American mezzo-soprano and composer
2
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82
Jean Nicot
French diplomat and scholar (1530-1605)
2
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83
Jane Hawking
British author
2
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84
Jean-François Lyotard
French philosopher (1924–1998)
2
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85
Al-Biruni
11th-century Persian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
2
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86
Karl Müllenhoff
German philologist (1818–1884)
2
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87
Alfred Polgar
Austrian writer (1873–1955)
2
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88
Max Weinreich
American/Latvian linguist (1894–1969)
2
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89
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
1st-century BC Greek historian and teacher
2
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90
Adam Olearius
German writer, scholar and diplomat (1599-1671)
2
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91
Shūmei Ōkawa
Japanese nationalist intellectual (1886–1957)
2
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92
Athanasius Kircher
German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)
2
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93
John Searle
American philosopher (1932–2025)
2
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94
William Tyndale
English Bible translator and reformer
2
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95
Wilma Ruth Albrecht
German linguist
2
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96
Edith Pargeter
British writer
2
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97
Wilhelm Scherer
Austrian linguist and literature historian (1841–1886)
2
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98
Uriel Weinreich
American linguist (1926–1967)
2
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99
Uwe Pörksen
German writer, germanist and linguist
2
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views
100
Alfred Korzybski
Polish-American scholar and philosopher (1879–1950)
2
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