Trending Philosophers in Germany this year
The 100 most-viewed philosophers this year on Wikipedia (Germany). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Albert Einstein.
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100,270
Total Views (this year)
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Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
3,377
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2
Hanno Sauer
German philosopher (1983-)
2,625
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views
3
Bertha von Suttner
Austrian novelist, radical (organizational) pacifist, editor
2,555
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views
4
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
2,532
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views
5
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
2,333
views
views
6
Friedrich Schiller
German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian (1759–1805)
1,938
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views
7
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
1,840
views
views
8
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
1,831
views
views
9
Donald Sutherland
Canadian actor (1935–2024)
1,810
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views
10
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
1,771
views
views
11
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
1,751
views
views
12
Hannah Arendt
German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)
1,677
views
views
13
Benedict XVI
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)
1,673
views
views
14
Robert Habeck
German politician and writer, Vice Chancellor of Germany from 2021 to 2025 (born 1969)
1,614
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views
15
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
1,584
views
views
16
Ines Schwerdtner
German journalist and politician
1,533
views
views
17
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
1,460
views
views
18
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
1,452
views
views
19
Richard David Precht
German philosopher and author
1,444
views
views
20
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
1,440
views
views
21
Hermann Hesse
Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)
1,422
views
views
22
Immanuel Kant
German philosopher (1724-1804)
1,414
views
views
23
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
1,394
views
views
24
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
1,389
views
views
25
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident (1906–1945)
1,343
views
views
26
Harald Lesch
German physicist
1,256
views
views
27
Ingeborg Bachmann
Austrian poet and author (1926–1973)
1,198
views
views
28
Marcus Aurelius
16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher
1,179
views
views
29
Rosa Luxemburg
Polish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871–1919)
1,173
views
views
30
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
1,144
views
views
31
Ernst Jünger
German writer (1895–1998)
1,132
views
views
32
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
1,084
views
views
33
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
1,060
views
views
34
Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912–1954)
1,051
views
views
35
Martin Heidegger
German philosopher (1889–1976)
1,012
views
views
36
Rudolf Steiner
Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925)
951
views
views
37
Arthur Schopenhauer
German philosopher (1788-1860)
940
views
views
38
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
937
views
views
39
Jesse Ventura
American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)
937
views
views
40
Jürgen Habermas
German sociologist and philosopher (1929–2026)
924
views
views
41
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
907
views
views
42
Aristotle
4th-century BCE Classical Greek philosopher and polymath
874
views
views
43
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
865
views
views
44
Socrates
5th-century BCE Greek philosopher
862
views
views
45
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
847
views
views
46
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
847
views
views
47
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564–1642)
836
views
views
48
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
822
views
views
49
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
818
views
views
50
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
810
views
views
51
Albert Schweitzer
French-German physician, theologian, musician, and philosopher (1875-1965)
799
views
views
52
Joan Baez
American contemporary folk musician (born 1941)
796
views
views
53
Ahmad Mansour
German-Israeli psychologist and author
786
views
views
54
Theodor W. Adorno
German philosopher, sociologist and theorist (1903–1969)
759
views
views
55
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
752
views
views
56
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
737
views
views
57
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
733
views
views
58
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
717
views
views
59
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
German philosopher and theologian (1770–1831)
695
views
views
60
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
692
views
views
61
William James Sidis
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
677
views
views
62
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951)
666
views
views
63
Søren Kierkegaard
Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813–1855)
659
views
views
64
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
645
views
views
65
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
German writer, philosopher, publicist, and art critic (1729-1781)
640
views
views
66
Bernd Lucke
German economist, professor, author (born 1962)
639
views
views
67
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
636
views
views
68
Simone de Beauvoir
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
636
views
views
69
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
633
views
views
70
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
632
views
views
71
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778)
625
views
views
72
Seneca
Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist (c. 4 BCE–65 CE)
612
views
views
73
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
609
views
views
74
Oskar Lafontaine
German politician
608
views
views
75
Simone Weil
French philosopher, writer, and social activist (1909–1943)
606
views
views
76
Johannes Kepler
German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)
604
views
views
77
Georg Büchner
German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose (1813–1837)
600
views
views
78
Eckhart Tolle
German spiritual teacher and author
600
views
views
79
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
599
views
views
80
Michel Foucault
French philosopher (1926–1984)
596
views
views
81
The Buddha
Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism (623 or 563 BCE – 543 or 483 BCE)
585
views
views
82
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
584
views
views
83
Max Frisch
Swiss playwrighter and novelist (1911–1991)
576
views
views
84
Peter Sloterdijk
German philosopher (born 1947)
568
views
views
85
Bryan Adams
Canadian singer-songwriter and musician (born 1959)
560
views
views
86
Ted Kaczynski
American domestic, mathematician and anarchist (1942–2023)
538
views
views
87
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632-1677)
537
views
views
88
Diogenes of Sinope
4th-century BC Greek Cynic philosopher
535
views
views
89
George Soros
Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)
530
views
views
90
Paracelsus
Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541)
528
views
views
91
Friedrich Engels
German philosopher, sociologist and economist (1820–1895)
523
views
views
92
Thomas Aquinas
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
518
views
views
93
Friedrich Hölderlin
German poet
514
views
views
94
Kurt Gödel
Austrian-American logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics (1906–1978)
513
views
views
95
Walter Benjamin
German cultural critic, philosopher and social critic (1892–1940)
509
views
views
96
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
508
views
views
97
Archimedes
Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – c. 212 BC)
504
views
views
98
Joseph Anton Schneiderfranken
German Mystic, Writer and Painter (1876-1943)
501
views
views
99
Max Weber
German sociologist, philosopher, and political economist (1864–1920)
495
views
views
100
Hartmut Rosa
German sociologist, philosoph and political scientist
488
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