Trending Archaeologists this year
The 100 most-viewed archaeologists this year on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Thomas Jefferson.
100
Ranked
741,843
Total Views (this year)
Country
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1
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743β1826)
101,391
views
views
2
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888β1935)
60,240
views
views
3
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
43,949
views
views
4
Bill Wyman
British musician, former bassist of the Rolling Stones
26,278
views
views
5
Josh Gates
American explorer and television host
18,956
views
views
6
Heinrich Schliemann
German businessman and archaeologist (1822β1890)
17,854
views
views
7
Alice Roberts
English physician, anatomist, physical anthropologist, television presenter, author
14,755
views
views
8
Percy Fawcett
British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist (1867β1925)
12,130
views
views
9
Moshe Dayan
Israeli military leader and politician (1915β1981)
12,129
views
views
10
Indiana Jones
fictional archaeologist
11,739
views
views
11
Lara Croft
Tomb Raider protagonist character
10,418
views
views
12
MacGyver
fictional character
10,272
views
views
13
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
King of Sweden (1950β1973); anthropologist, art historian, collector and archaeologist
10,220
views
views
14
Ludwig Ross
German classical Archaeologist and university professor (1806-1859)
10,078
views
views
15
Howard Carter
British egyptologist (1874β1939)
9,643
views
views
16
Lawrence Xu-Nan
Egyptologist, law student, and Green Party MP
9,143
views
views
17
Nico Robin
fictional character from One Piece
8,403
views
views
18
Dorothy Eady
British-Egyptian egyptologist (1904-1981)
8,351
views
views
19
Mary Anning
British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799β1847)
8,208
views
views
20
Thor Heyerdahl
Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer (1914-2002)
8,071
views
views
21
Clive Cussler
American novelist (1931β2020)
7,996
views
views
22
Gertrude Bell
British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868β1926)
7,975
views
views
23
Sara C. Bisel
American archaeologist and anthropologist (1932-1996)
7,842
views
views
24
Zahi Hawass
Egyptian egyptologist and archaeologist
7,559
views
views
25
Ricardo Eichmann
German archaeologist (1955-)
7,318
views
views
26
Catrine Jarman
archaeologist
7,152
views
views
27
Max Mallowan
British archaeologist (1904-1978)
7,022
views
views
28
Clemente Marconi
Italian archaeologist and academic
6,968
views
views
29
Jagadish Chandra Bose
Bengali polymath, physicist, and biologist (1858β1937)
6,744
views
views
30
Black Adam
fictional character in DC Comics
6,505
views
views
31
Ross Geller
fictional character from Friends
6,500
views
views
32
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist
6,467
views
views
33
Tommy Oliver
fictional character
6,308
views
views
34
Cheetah
supervillain appearing in DC Comics publications and related media
6,181
views
views
35
Stephen Jay Gould
American biologist and historian of science (1941β2002)
5,763
views
views
36
Doctor Fate
fictional character from DC Comics
5,646
views
views
37
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon
British aristocrat (1866-1923)
5,551
views
views
38
Alan Grant
fictional character from Jurassic Park
5,511
views
views
39
Hiram Bingham III
American academic, explorer, treasure hunter and politician (1875β1956)
5,469
views
views
40
Takahito, Prince Mikasa
Japanese prince (1915β2016)
5,067
views
views
41
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Italian painter (1720-1778)
5,062
views
views
42
Nicholas Roerich
Russian painter, writer, archaeologist and philosopher (1874β1947)
4,709
views
views
43
Joseph Fourier
French mathematician and physicist (1768 β 1830)
4,708
views
views
44
April O'Neil
fictional character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise
4,625
views
views
45
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825β1895)
4,593
views
views
46
AndrΓ© Malraux
French novelist, art theorist, and statesman (1901β1976)
4,511
views
views
47
Steven Erikson
Canadian fantasy author
4,390
views
views
48
Daniel Jackson
fictional character from the Stargate universe
4,361
views
views
49
Jules Hudson
British archaeologist
4,187
views
views
50
Johann Joachim Winckelmann
German art historian and archaeologist, and conservator of the Vatican Library (1717β1768)
4,130
views
views
51
Franz Nopcsa von FelsΕ-SzilvΓ‘s
Hungarian noble and academic (1877-1933)
4,103
views
views
52
Jean-François Champollion
French classical scholar (1790-1832)
3,999
views
views
53
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
French naturalist (1744-1829)
3,878
views
views
54
Ron Wyatt
American amateur archaeologist (1933β1999)
3,820
views
views
55
Frank Calvert
British archaeologist (1828β1908)
3,793
views
views
56
Osman Hamdi Bey
Ottoman statesman, academic and artist (1842-1910)
3,780
views
views
57
Fred Vargas
French writer, archaeologist and historian
3,757
views
views
58
Eric H. Cline
American archaeologist and historian
3,723
views
views
59
Metamorpho
DC Comics character
3,621
views
views
60
Carlos Blanco PΓ©rez
Spanish writer
3,534
views
views
61
Blue Beetle
name of Multiple DC Comics Superheroes
3,494
views
views
62
Neil Oliver
Scottish television presenter, freelance archaeologist, conservationist, and author
3,479
views
views
63
Yuri Knorozov
Soviet and Russian mesoamericanist (1922-1999)
3,451
views
views
64
Natacha Rambova
American film personality and fashion designer (1897-1966)
3,426
views
views
65
Evelyn Beauchamp
English aristocrat
3,403
views
views
66
Georges Cuvier
French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769β1832)
3,358
views
views
67
Colleen Darnell
American Egyptologist
3,358
views
views
68
River Song
Fictional character in the British TV series ''Doctor Who''
3,307
views
views
69
Mary Leakey
British paleoanthropologist (1913-1996)
3,304
views
views
70
Rudolf Virchow
German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902)
3,267
views
views
71
Louis Leakey
kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist
3,261
views
views
72
Hawkgirl
name of several female fictional superhero characters, all owned by DC Comics
3,239
views
views
73
Athanasius Kircher
German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)
3,199
views
views
74
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist (1752 β 1840)
3,178
views
views
75
Ellie Sattler
Jurassic Park character
3,099
views
views
76
Basil Brown
British archaeologist
3,062
views
views
77
Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer
British peer (1892β1975); paternal grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales
3,026
views
views
78
Jack Horner
American paleontologist (born 1946 )
3,011
views
views
79
Mick Aston
English archaeologist (1946β2013)
2,995
views
views
80
William Smith
English geologist
2,922
views
views
81
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Li Ji
Chinese archaeologist (1896-1979)
2,911
views
views
82
Adam Strange
DC Comics fictional character
2,904
views
views
83
Thomas Young
English polymath (1773-1829)
2,902
views
views
84
Phil Harding
English archaeologist
2,816
views
views
85
Joseph Banks
English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences (1743-1820)
2,699
views
views
86
Ernest Renan
French philosopher and writer (1823β1892)
2,677
views
views
87
Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti
andalusian geographer (1100β1165)
2,668
views
views
88
Arthur Evans
British archaeologist and scholar (1851β1941)
2,556
views
views
89
Gerald Gardner
British Wiccan leader (1884β1964)
2,497
views
views
90
Richard Owen
English biologist and paleontologist (1804β1892)
2,492
views
views
91
Dirk Pitt
fictional adventurer
2,421
views
views
92
Ulysses S. Grant IV
American geologist and paleontologist (1893-1977)
2,315
views
views
93
Starhawk
fictional character in Marvel Comics
2,312
views
views
94
Cheikh Anta Diop
Senegalese politician, essayist (1923β1986)
2,277
views
views
95
Flinders Petrie
British Egyptologist (1853β1942)
2,272
views
views
96
Bandit Heeler
fictional character from Bluey
2,269
views
views
97
Louis Agassiz
Swiss-American naturalist (1807β1873)
2,258
views
views
98
Irving Finkel
British archaeologist
2,241
views
views
99
Sofia Schliemann
Greek archaeologist (1852β1932)
2,232
views
views
100
John Strong Newberry
American geologist, physician, explorer, and author (1822β1892)
2,229
views
views
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