Trending Philosophers in Germany — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed philosophers on Wikipedia, September 2026 (German-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Ted Kaczynski. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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1,739,072
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Ted Kaczynski
American mathematician and domestic terrorist (1942–2023)
154,263
views
views
2
Ines Schwerdtner
German journalist and politician
66,491
views
views
3
Oskar Lafontaine
German politician
63,778
views
views
4
Rosa Luxemburg
Polish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871–1919)
44,894
views
views
5
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
43,047
views
views
6
Robert Habeck
German politician and writer, Vice Chancellor of Germany from 2021 to 2025 (born 1969)
42,477
views
views
7
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
41,897
views
views
8
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
35,346
views
views
9
Dag Hammarskjöld
Swedish diplomat, economist, and author (1905–1961)
33,594
views
views
10
Bernd Lucke
German economist, professor, author (born 1962)
28,090
views
views
11
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
26,533
views
views
12
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
24,797
views
views
13
Ahmad Mansour
German-Israeli psychologist and author
24,635
views
views
14
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
23,489
views
views
15
Sigmund Freud
Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)
22,273
views
views
16
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
22,212
views
views
17
Bertha von Suttner
Austrian novelist, radical (organizational) pacifist, editor
21,679
views
views
18
Benedict XVI
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)
21,398
views
views
19
Richard David Precht
German philosopher and author
21,035
views
views
20
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
20,728
views
views
21
Immanuel Kant
German philosopher (1724-1804)
20,401
views
views
22
Hannah Arendt
German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)
20,123
views
views
23
Hermann Hesse
Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)
19,492
views
views
24
Antonio Gramsci
Italian Marxist philosopher, writer, and politician (1891–1937)
18,724
views
views
25
Friedrich Schiller
German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian (1759–1805)
18,603
views
views
26
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
18,213
views
views
27
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
18,201
views
views
28
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
18,179
views
views
29
August Dahl
German peace activist
18,102
views
views
30
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
17,534
views
views
31
Bruce Lee
Hong Kong–American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)
17,001
views
views
32
Emmanuel Macron
President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017
16,726
views
views
33
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
16,112
views
views
34
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident (1906–1945)
16,079
views
views
35
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
15,404
views
views
36
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
15,201
views
views
37
Ingeborg Bachmann
Austrian poet and author (1926–1973)
14,795
views
views
38
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (1881–1942)
14,765
views
views
39
Socrates
5th-century BCE Greek philosopher
14,735
views
views
40
Samuel Beckett
Irish writer (1906–1989)
14,532
views
views
41
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
14,158
views
views
42
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
14,030
views
views
43
Marcus Aurelius
16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher
14,020
views
views
44
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
14,003
views
views
45
Donald Sutherland
Canadian actor (1935–2024)
13,947
views
views
46
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
13,875
views
views
47
Arthur Schopenhauer
German philosopher (1788-1860)
13,533
views
views
48
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
13,485
views
views
49
Rudolf Steiner
Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925)
13,020
views
views
50
Svenja Flaßpöhler
German writer and philosopher
12,771
views
views
51
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564–1642)
12,649
views
views
52
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
12,634
views
views
53
Ernst Jünger
German writer (1895–1998)
12,557
views
views
54
Robert Alexy
German jurist (1945–2026)
12,258
views
views
55
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
12,130
views
views
56
Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912–1954)
12,054
views
views
57
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
11,908
views
views
58
Hans Lenk
German rower (1935–2024)
11,833
views
views
59
Albert Schweitzer
French-German physician, theologian, musician, and philosopher (1875-1965)
11,607
views
views
60
Frauke Rostalski
jurist and university teacher
11,457
views
views
61
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
11,190
views
views
62
Hartmut Rosa
German sociologist, philosoph and political scientist
11,041
views
views
63
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
10,672
views
views
64
Niccolò Machiavelli
Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
10,514
views
views
65
Theodor W. Adorno
German philosopher, sociologist and theorist (1903–1969)
10,348
views
views
66
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
10,310
views
views
67
Erich Maria Remarque
German-born novelist (1898–1970)
10,203
views
views
68
Christina Thürmer-Rohr
German feminist philosopher and social scientist
10,010
views
views
69
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
German philosopher and theologian (1770–1831)
9,879
views
views
70
Harald Lesch
German physicist
9,654
views
views
71
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
9,632
views
views
72
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
9,370
views
views
73
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
9,347
views
views
74
Harry Houdini
Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer (1874–1926)
9,325
views
views
75
Bryan Adams
Canadian singer-songwriter and musician (born 1959)
9,303
views
views
76
Martin Heidegger
German philosopher (1889–1976)
9,180
views
views
77
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
9,087
views
views
78
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
9,062
views
views
79
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
German writer, philosopher, publicist, and art critic (1729-1781)
8,933
views
views
80
Clara Zetkin
Communist activist, and advocate for women's rights (1857–1933)
8,924
views
views
81
Sibylle Anderl
German astrophysicist
8,905
views
views
82
Walther Rathenau
German businessman, writer, art collector and politician (1867-1922)
8,682
views
views
83
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
8,631
views
views
84
Jürgen Habermas
German sociologist and philosopher (1929–2026)
8,605
views
views
85
Michel Foucault
French philosopher (1926–1984)
8,477
views
views
86
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
8,186
views
views
87
Carl Schmitt
German jurist, political theorist and professor of law (1888–1985)
8,169
views
views
88
Paracelsus
Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541)
8,135
views
views
89
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
8,019
views
views
90
Sophie Passmann
German comedian and radio host
7,850
views
views
91
George Soros
Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)
7,811
views
views
92
Max Frisch
Swiss playwrighter and novelist (1911–1991)
7,737
views
views
93
Walter Benjamin
German cultural critic, philosopher and social critic (1892–1940)
7,733
views
views
94
Joan Baez
American contemporary folk musician (born 1941)
7,720
views
views
95
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951)
7,588
views
views
96
Seneca
Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist (c. 4 BCE–65 CE)
7,563
views
views
97
Johannes Kepler
German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)
7,530
views
views
98
Danny Glover
American actor (born 1946)
7,510
views
views
99
Eckhart Tolle
German spiritual teacher and author
7,425
views
views
100
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
7,305
views
views