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
17,806
Total Views (this year)
1
Elon Musk
American businessman (born 1971)
3,136
views
views
2
Sam Altman
American venture capitalist
2,038
views
views
3
Bill Gates
American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)
832
views
views
4
Andy Weir
American writer (born 1972)
805
views
views
5
Mark Zuckerberg
American Internet entrepreneur
776
views
views
6
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
741
views
views
7
Carlo Acutis
Italian Catholic saint
575
views
views
8
Linus Torvalds
Finnish software engineer (born 1969)
545
views
views
9
Demis Hassabis
British artificial intelligence researcher (born 1976)
416
views
views
10
Julian Assange
Australian editor, publisher, and activist (born 1971)
398
views
views
11
Satoshi Nakamoto
pseudonym for the person or group who designed and developed Bitcoin
359
views
views
12
Steve Wozniak
American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.
301
views
views
13
Kim Dotcom
German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur
295
views
views
14
Shawn Fanning
American businessman
277
views
views
15
Michael Crichton
American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)
259
views
views
16
Tim Berners-Lee
English computer scientist (born 1955)
249
views
views
17
Gabe Newell
American computer programmer and businessman
248
views
views
18
Greg Brockman
American entrepreneur, investor, and software developer
224
views
views
19
John McAfee
British-American programmer and businessman (1945–2021)
208
views
views
20
Shigeru Miyamoto
Japanese video game designer (born 1952)
202
views
views
21
Markus Persson
Swedish video game programmer and founder of Mojang (born 1979)
200
views
views
22
Marc Andreessen
American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer
191
views
views
23
Paul Allen
American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)
190
views
views
24
Tobias Lütke
German entrepreneur and software developer
180
views
views
25
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Grace Hopper
American computer scientist and United States Navy officer (1906–1992)
174
views
views
26
Leonid Radvinsky
Ukrainian-American businessman (1982–2026)
171
views
views
27
Aaron Swartz
American computer programmer and internet-political activist (1986–2013)
170
views
views
28
Richard Stallman
American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project
136
views
views
29
Terry A. Davis
American computer programmer (1969-2018)
134
views
views
30
Aya Jaff
German founder
125
views
views
31
Karl Steinberg
German businessman
101
views
views
32
Jihadi John
British terrorist and murderer
100
views
views
33
Jan Koum
Ukrainian-born American entrepreneur, co-founder of WhatsApp
96
views
views
34
Sid Meier
Canadian-American game programmer and designer
94
views
views
35
Satoru Iwata
Japanese video game programmer and businessman (1959–2015)
93
views
views
36
Edsger W. Dijkstra
Dutch computer scientist (1930–2002)
92
views
views
37
Donald Knuth
American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1938)
91
views
views
38
Dorothy Vaughan
African-American mathematician
88
views
views
39
Jack Dorsey
American software entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter
88
views
views
40
Bjarne Stroustrup
Danish computer scientist, creator of C++ (born 1950)
87
views
views
41
Nat Friedman
American computer programmer
82
views
views
42
Peter Molyneux
English video game designer and game programmer
76
views
views
43
Alexey Pajitnov
Russian video game designer (born 1955)
75
views
views
44
Ken Thompson
American programmer and computer scientist, co-creator of the Unix operating system (born 1943)
75
views
views
45
Dennis M. Ritchie
American computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system and the C programming language
71
views
views
46
Vitalik Buterin
Russian-Canadian computer scientist
70
views
views
47
David Baszucki
Co-founder and CEO of Roblox Corporation
61
views
views
48
Ron Gilbert
American video game designer
60
views
views
49
Patrick Collison
Irish entrepreneur
60
views
views
50
Scott Adams
American cartoonist and author (1957–2026)
59
views
views
51
Pierre Omidyar
American entrepreneur and philanthropist; founder of eBay
56
views
views
52
Henk Rogers
Dutch computer programmer
52
views
views
53
John Carmack
American computer programmer and video game developer (born 1970)
52
views
views
54
Tom Scott
British science communicator
51
views
views
55
Dennis E. Taylor
Canadian novelist
50
views
views
56
Guido van Rossum
Dutch programmer and creator of Python
50
views
views
57
John Romero
American video game designer
48
views
views
58
Zoë Quinn
American video game developer
46
views
views
59
Andrew S. Tanenbaum
American-Dutch computer scientist
41
views
views
60
Tim Pritlove
German podcaster, media artist and discordianist
41
views
views
61
Niklaus Wirth
Swiss computer scientist (1934–2024)
40
views
views
62
Theo de Raadt
Leader of the OpenBSD project
40
views
views
63
Ian Murdock
American computer scientist, open source developer, entrepreneur (1973-2015)
39
views
views
64
Martin Odersky
German computer scientist, inventor of Scala programming language
39
views
views
65
Paul Graham
English-American programmer, venture capitalist, and essayist
39
views
views
66
Frank Karlitschek
German software programmer
38
views
views
67
Eugene Kaspersky
Russian specialist in the information security field
38
views
views
68
Brendan Eich
American computer programmer and technology executive
37
views
views
69
Jaron Lanier
American computer scientist, musician, and author
36
views
views
70
Chris Sawyer
Scottish game developer
36
views
views
71
Hal Finney
American software developer (1956-2014)
35
views
views
72
Paul Le Roux
programmer, criminal cartel boss, and informant to the US Drug Enforcement Administration
33
views
views
73
Charles Simonyi
Hungarian-American computer software executive (born 1948)
33
views
views
74
Gary McKinnon
British suspected hacker
32
views
views
75
Hans Reiser
American computer programmer, entrepreneur, and convicted murderer
32
views
views
76
James Gosling
Canadian computer scientist
31
views
views
77
Lennart Poettering
German software engineer
30
views
views
78
Richard Garriott
British video game developer, astronaut and entrepreneur
30
views
views
79
Leslie Lamport
American computer scientist
29
views
views
80
Felix von Leitner
German IT security expert
29
views
views
81
Alan Kay
American computer scientist (born 1940)
28
views
views
82
Martin Fowler
British programmer
28
views
views
83
George Kurtz
American billionaire businessman
27
views
views
84
Maurice Conrad
German politician
25
views
views
85
George Hotz
American hacker
24
views
views
86
Jens Bergensten
Swedish video game programmer (born 1979)
23
views
views
87
Anders Hejlsberg
Danish software engineer (born 1960)
23
views
views
88
Ward Cunningham
American computer programmer
22
views
views
89
Greg Kroah-Hartman
Linux kernel developer
22
views
views
90
Stanley Jordan
American jazz guitarist
22
views
views
91
Alistair Cockburn
American computer programmer
22
views
views
92
Michael Traut
21
views
views
93
Tim Schafer
American video game designer (born 1967)
21
views
views
94
Naomi Novik
American writer
21
views
views
95
Tim Paterson
American computer programmer
21
views
views
96
Tony Hoare
British computer scientist
21
views
views
97
Brian Kernighan
Canadian computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system
20
views
views
98
Takashi Tezuka
Japanese video game designer and producer
20
views
views
99
Jonathan James
American computer criminal (1983-2008)
19
views
views
100
Eugen Rochko
German software developer (born 1993)
19
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