Trending Philosophers in Germany — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed philosophers on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (German-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Ted Kaczynski. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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1,837,021
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Ted Kaczynski
American mathematician and domestic terrorist (1942–2023)
154,801
views
views
2
Ines Schwerdtner
German journalist and politician
68,024
views
views
3
Oskar Lafontaine
German politician
64,386
views
views
4
Rosa Luxemburg
Polish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871–1919)
46,067
views
views
5
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
45,274
views
views
6
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
44,798
views
views
7
Robert Habeck
German politician and writer, Vice Chancellor of Germany from 2021 to 2025 (born 1969)
44,091
views
views
8
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
37,878
views
views
9
Dag Hammarskjöld
Swedish diplomat, economist, and author (1905–1961)
33,799
views
views
10
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
28,866
views
views
11
Bernd Lucke
German economist, professor, author (born 1962)
28,729
views
views
12
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
26,637
views
views
13
Ahmad Mansour
German-Israeli psychologist and author
25,421
views
views
14
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
25,320
views
views
15
Bertha von Suttner
Austrian novelist, radical (organizational) pacifist, editor
24,234
views
views
16
Sigmund Freud
Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)
23,803
views
views
17
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
23,652
views
views
18
Benedict XVI
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)
23,071
views
views
19
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
22,499
views
views
20
Richard David Precht
German philosopher and author
22,479
views
views
21
Immanuel Kant
German philosopher (1724-1804)
21,815
views
views
22
Hannah Arendt
German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)
21,800
views
views
23
Hermann Hesse
Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)
20,914
views
views
24
Friedrich Schiller
German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian (1759–1805)
20,541
views
views
25
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
19,797
views
views
26
Bruce Lee
Hong Kong–American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)
19,503
views
views
27
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
19,323
views
views
28
Antonio Gramsci
Italian Marxist philosopher, writer, and politician (1891–1937)
19,093
views
views
29
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
19,048
views
views
30
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
18,923
views
views
31
Emmanuel Macron
President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017
18,467
views
views
32
August Dahl
German peace activist
18,103
views
views
33
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident (1906–1945)
17,422
views
views
34
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
17,172
views
views
35
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
16,653
views
views
36
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
16,269
views
views
37
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (1881–1942)
16,006
views
views
38
Ingeborg Bachmann
Austrian poet and author (1926–1973)
15,993
views
views
39
Donald Sutherland
Canadian actor (1935–2024)
15,757
views
views
40
Socrates
5th-century BCE Greek philosopher
15,597
views
views
41
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
15,463
views
views
42
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
15,424
views
views
43
Marcus Aurelius
16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher
15,199
views
views
44
Samuel Beckett
Irish writer (1906–1989)
14,824
views
views
45
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
14,749
views
views
46
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
14,638
views
views
47
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
14,569
views
views
48
Arthur Schopenhauer
German philosopher (1788-1860)
14,473
views
views
49
Rudolf Steiner
Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925)
13,971
views
views
50
Ernst Jünger
German writer (1895–1998)
13,689
views
views
51
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
13,541
views
views
52
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564–1642)
13,485
views
views
53
Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912–1954)
13,105
views
views
54
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
12,952
views
views
55
Svenja Flaßpöhler
German writer and philosopher
12,844
views
views
56
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
12,660
views
views
57
Albert Schweitzer
French-German physician, theologian, musician, and philosopher (1875-1965)
12,406
views
views
58
Robert Alexy
German jurist (1945–2026)
12,282
views
views
59
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
11,882
views
views
60
Hans Lenk
German rower (1935–2024)
11,850
views
views
61
Frauke Rostalski
jurist and university teacher
11,539
views
views
62
Hartmut Rosa
German sociologist, philosoph and political scientist
11,529
views
views
63
Niccolò Machiavelli
Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
11,451
views
views
64
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
11,304
views
views
65
Erich Maria Remarque
German-born novelist (1898–1970)
11,137
views
views
66
Theodor W. Adorno
German philosopher, sociologist and theorist (1903–1969)
11,107
views
views
67
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
11,043
views
views
68
Harald Lesch
German physicist
10,910
views
views
69
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
German philosopher and theologian (1770–1831)
10,574
views
views
70
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
10,479
views
views
71
Martin Heidegger
German philosopher (1889–1976)
10,192
views
views
72
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
10,180
views
views
73
Christina Thürmer-Rohr
German feminist philosopher and social scientist
10,016
views
views
74
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
9,983
views
views
75
Bryan Adams
Canadian singer-songwriter and musician (born 1959)
9,863
views
views
76
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
9,804
views
views
77
Harry Houdini
Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer (1874–1926)
9,725
views
views
78
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
9,707
views
views
79
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
German writer, philosopher, publicist, and art critic (1729-1781)
9,573
views
views
80
Jürgen Habermas
German sociologist and philosopher (1929–2026)
9,529
views
views
81
Clara Zetkin
Communist activist, and advocate for women's rights (1857–1933)
9,343
views
views
82
Walther Rathenau
German businessman, writer, art collector and politician (1867-1922)
9,272
views
views
83
Michel Foucault
French philosopher (1926–1984)
9,073
views
views
84
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
9,054
views
views
85
Sophie Passmann
German comedian and radio host
8,949
views
views
86
Sibylle Anderl
German astrophysicist
8,930
views
views
87
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
8,923
views
views
88
Carl Schmitt
German jurist, political theorist and professor of law (1888–1985)
8,894
views
views
89
Paracelsus
Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541)
8,663
views
views
90
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
8,603
views
views
91
Joan Baez
American contemporary folk musician (born 1941)
8,516
views
views
92
George Soros
Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)
8,341
views
views
93
Max Frisch
Swiss playwrighter and novelist (1911–1991)
8,313
views
views
94
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951)
8,254
views
views
95
Walter Benjamin
German cultural critic, philosopher and social critic (1892–1940)
8,242
views
views
96
Seneca
Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist (c. 4 BCE–65 CE)
8,175
views
views
97
Johannes Kepler
German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)
8,134
views
views
98
Eckhart Tolle
German spiritual teacher and author
8,025
views
views
99
Danny Glover
American actor (born 1946)
7,843
views
views
100
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
7,798
views
views