Trending Programmers in Germany this year
The 100 most-viewed programmers this year on Wikipedia (Germany). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Elon Musk.
100
Ranked
5,979
Total Views (this year)
Country
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π©πͺ Germany
π«π· France
π―π΅ Japan
πͺπΈ Spain
π§π· Brazil
π·πΊ Russia
π¨π³ China
1
Elon Musk
businessman and entrepreneur (born 1971)
905
views
views
2
Andy Weir
American writer (born 1972)
485
views
views
3
Sam Altman
American venture capitalist
379
views
views
4
Shawn Fanning
American businessman
266
views
views
5
Mark Zuckerberg
American Internet entrepreneur
257
views
views
6
Bill Gates
American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)
233
views
views
7
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815β1852)
189
views
views
8
Carlo Acutis
Italian Catholic saint
178
views
views
9
Linus Torvalds
Finnish software engineer (born 1969)
176
views
views
10
Satoshi Nakamoto
pseudonym for the person or group who designed and developed Bitcoin
153
views
views
11
Julian Assange
Australian editor, publisher, and activist (born 1971)
147
views
views
12
Michael Crichton
American author, screenwriter, film director (1942β2008)
126
views
views
13
Kim Dotcom
German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur
123
views
views
14
Leonid Radvinsky
Ukrainian-American businessman (1982β2026)
117
views
views
15
Shigeru Miyamoto
Japanese video game designer (born 1952)
115
views
views
16
Demis Hassabis
British artificial intelligence researcher (born 1976)
112
views
views
17
Steve Wozniak
American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.
111
views
views
18
Tim Berners-Lee
English computer scientist (born 1955)
97
views
views
19
Karl Steinberg
German businessman
92
views
views
20
Paul Allen
American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953β2018)
84
views
views
21
John McAfee
British-American programmer and businessman (1945β2021)
83
views
views
22
Tobias LΓΌtke
German entrepreneur and software developer
77
views
views
23
Gabe Newell
American computer programmer and businessman
72
views
views
24
Markus Persson
Swedish video game programmer and founder of Mojang (born 1979)
69
views
views
25
Aya Jaff
German founder
68
views
views
26
Peter Molyneux
English video game designer and game programmer
55
views
views
27
Richard Stallman
American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project
44
views
views
28
Aaron Swartz
American computer programmer and internet-political activist (1986β2013)
44
views
views
29
Satoru Iwata
Japanese video game programmer and businessman (1959β2015)
42
views
views
30
Marc Andreessen
American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer
40
views
views
31
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Grace Hopper
American computer scientist and United States Navy officer (1906β1992)
40
views
views
32
Terry A. Davis
American computer programmer (1969-2018)
40
views
views
33
Jihadi John
British terrorist and murderer
35
views
views
34
Ron Gilbert
American video game designer
35
views
views
35
Henk Rogers
Dutch computer programmer
32
views
views
36
Alexey Pajitnov
Russian video game designer (born 1955)
32
views
views
37
Dorothy Vaughan
African-American mathematician
32
views
views
38
Vitalik Buterin
Russian-Canadian computer scientist
30
views
views
39
Jack Dorsey
American software entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter
29
views
views
40
Ken Thompson
American programmer and computer scientist, co-creator of the Unix operating system (born 1943)
29
views
views
41
Donald Knuth
American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1938)
25
views
views
42
Sid Meier
Canadian-American game programmer and designer
25
views
views
43
Jan Koum
Ukrainian-born American entrepreneur, co-founder of WhatsApp
22
views
views
44
Scott Adams
American cartoonist and author (1957β2026)
22
views
views
45
Dennis M. Ritchie
American computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system and the C programming language
21
views
views
46
Dennis E. Taylor
Canadian novelist
21
views
views
47
Greg Brockman
American entrepreneur, investor, and software developer
21
views
views
48
David Baszucki
Co-founder and CEO of Roblox Corporation
20
views
views
49
Pierre Omidyar
American entrepreneur and philanthropist; founder of eBay
19
views
views
50
Maurice Conrad
German politician
19
views
views
51
Paul Le Roux
programmer, criminal cartel boss, and informant to the US Drug Enforcement Administration
17
views
views
52
Richard Garriott
British video game developer, astronaut and entrepreneur
16
views
views
53
Chris Sawyer
Scottish game developer
16
views
views
54
Edsger W. Dijkstra
Dutch computer scientist (1930β2002)
15
views
views
55
Guido van Rossum
Dutch programmer and creator of Python
15
views
views
56
Tim Pritlove
German podcaster, media artist and discordianist
15
views
views
57
Niklaus Wirth
Swiss computer scientist (1934β2024)
14
views
views
58
Tom Scott
British YouTuber and science communicator
14
views
views
59
Charles Simonyi
Hungarian-American computer software executive (born 1948)
13
views
views
60
Hal Finney
American software developer (1956-2014)
13
views
views
61
ZoΓ« Quinn
American video game developer
13
views
views
62
John Romero
American video game designer
12
views
views
63
Andrew S. Tanenbaum
American-Dutch computer scientist
12
views
views
64
Paul Graham
English-American programmer, venture capitalist, and essayist
12
views
views
65
Jens Bergensten
Swedish video game programmer (born 1979)
11
views
views
66
Jaron Lanier
American computer scientist, musician, and author
11
views
views
67
Frank Karlitschek
German software programmer
11
views
views
68
Lennart Poettering
German software engineer
10
views
views
69
John Carmack
American computer programmer and video game developer (born 1970)
10
views
views
70
Hans Reiser
American computer programmer, entrepreneur, and convicted murderer
10
views
views
71
Theo de Raadt
Leader of the OpenBSD project
10
views
views
72
Bjarne Stroustrup
Danish computer scientist, creator of C++ (born 1950)
9
views
views
73
Eugene Kaspersky
Russian specialist in the information security field
9
views
views
74
Ian Murdock
American computer scientist, open source developer, entrepreneur (1973-2015)
9
views
views
75
Timo Leibig
German writer
9
views
views
76
Tim Schafer
American video game designer (born 1967)
9
views
views
77
Jordan Mechner
American video game designer
8
views
views
78
Stanley Jordan
American jazz guitarist
8
views
views
79
Denny VrandeΔiΔ
Croatian computer scientist
8
views
views
80
Gary Kildall
American computer scientist and entrepreneur (1942β1994)
8
views
views
81
Brendan Eich
American computer programmer and technology executive
8
views
views
82
Naomi Novik
American writer
8
views
views
83
Felix von Leitner
German IT security expert
8
views
views
84
Jonathan James
American computer criminal (1983-2008)
8
views
views
85
Gary McKinnon
British suspected hacker
7
views
views
86
Tony Hoare
British computer scientist
7
views
views
87
Eric S. Raymond
American programmer & open source advocate (1957-)
7
views
views
88
Ken Liu
Chinese-American writer
7
views
views
89
DougDoug
American YouTuber and Twitch streamer
7
views
views
90
Michael Traut
7
views
views
91
Kelley Deal
American musician
7
views
views
92
David Heinemeier Hansson
programmer, racing driver, creator of Ruby on Rails
7
views
views
93
Eugene Roshal
Russian computer programmer
7
views
views
94
Miguel de Icaza
Mexican free software developer
7
views
views
95
George Hotz
American hacker
7
views
views
96
Martin Fowler
British programmer
7
views
views
97
Tim Paterson
American computer programmer
7
views
views
98
George Kurtz
American billionaire businessman
7
views
views
99
Thomas HΓ€user
video game programmer
7
views
views
100
Mark Karpelès
former CEO of Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox
7
views
views
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