Trending Astronomers — all time
The 100 most-viewed astronomers on Wikipedia, all time. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Stephen Hawking. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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Ranked
2,978,308
Total Views (all time)
Country
🌍 Global
1
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
225,327
views
views
2
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
210,370
views
views
3
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
182,367
views
views
4
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564–1642)
150,508
views
views
5
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
128,920
views
views
6
René Descartes
French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650)
85,455
views
views
7
Brian May
British musician (born 1947)
81,875
views
views
8
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
79,999
views
views
9
Archimedes
Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – c. 212 BC)
73,646
views
views
10
Leonhard Euler
Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)
70,823
views
views
11
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American astrophysicist and science communicator
63,290
views
views
12
Nostradamus
French seer and astrologer (1503–1566)
61,672
views
views
13
Carl Sagan
American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)
59,689
views
views
14
Brian Cox
English physicist and musician
53,520
views
views
15
Tabata Amaral
Brazilian political scientist, astrophysicist, activist, politician and Federal Representative and former First Lady of Recife, Brazil
47,032
views
views
16
Giordano Bruno
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)
45,727
views
views
17
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)
43,439
views
views
18
Paracelsus
Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541)
42,305
views
views
19
Johannes Kepler
German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)
41,520
views
views
20
Hypatia
Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
41,392
views
views
21
Avicenna
Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
40,501
views
views
22
Antoine Lavoisier
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
39,855
views
views
23
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
38,609
views
views
24
Roger Penrose
English mathematical physicist, recreational mathematician and philosopher
37,896
views
views
25
Ptolemy
2nd-century Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer
34,905
views
views
26
Charles Babbage
English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871)
33,186
views
views
27
Thales
ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician
31,305
views
views
28
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
29,520
views
views
29
Imhotep
Egyptian architect, physician, astronomer, and god of medicine in ancient Egyptian mythology.
28,313
views
views
30
Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
9th-century Persian mathematician and astronomer
26,501
views
views
31
Tycho Brahe
Danish astronomer and alchemist, 1546–1601
26,010
views
views
32
Eratosthenes
Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, librarian and music theorist
25,568
views
views
33
Averroes
Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198)
25,491
views
views
34
Silver Surfer
fictional character in Marvel Comics
23,956
views
views
35
Moshe ben Maimon
Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135–1204)
23,778
views
views
36
Robert Hooke
English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (1635 — 1703)
23,175
views
views
37
Sally Ride
American astronaut and physicist (1951–2012)
22,535
views
views
38
Omar Khayyám
Persian mathematician and poet (1048–1131)
21,316
views
views
39
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Indian-American astrophysicist
18,178
views
views
40
Georges Lemaître
Belgian astrophysicist and Catholic priest (1894–1966)
18,108
views
views
41
Pierre-Simon Laplace
French mathematician and astronomer (1749–1827)
17,397
views
views
42
John Dee
16th-century English mathematician, astrologer, and alchemist
17,334
views
views
43
Henri Poincaré
French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)
17,197
views
views
44
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Russian and Soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of the astronautic theory (1857-1935)
16,755
views
views
45
Maggie Aderin
British space scientist
16,247
views
views
46
Pytheas
ancient Greek explorer
14,245
views
views
47
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)
14,208
views
views
48
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
British physicist and engineer (1824–1907)
13,892
views
views
49
Kip S. Thorne
American physicist (born 1940)
13,850
views
views
50
Christiaan Huygens
Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1629–1695)
13,711
views
views
51
Alfonso X of Castile and Leon
King of Castile from 1252 to 1284
13,678
views
views
52
Anaximander
pre-Socratic Greek philosopher
12,674
views
views
53
Aryabhata
Pioneer astronomer who formulated zero, quadratic rules, and earth's rotation.
12,623
views
views
54
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
Mathematician and astronomer (1736–1813)
12,441
views
views
55
Luis Walter Alvarez
American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor (1911–1988)
12,441
views
views
56
Sima Qian
Chinese historian (c. 145 – c. 86 BCE)
12,088
views
views
57
Abe no Seimei
Japanese onmyōji
11,882
views
views
58
Christopher Wren
English architect (1632–1723)
11,721
views
views
59
Aya Ishihara
Japanese astrophysicist
11,564
views
views
60
Ibn al-Haytham
Arab physicist, mathematician and astronomer (c. 965 – c. 1040)
11,445
views
views
61
Robert H. Goddard
American physicist
10,925
views
views
62
Hasan-i Sabbah
The founder of the Ismaili state of Alamut and the Imam of the Nizari Ismailis (1081–1124)
10,893
views
views
63
Edwin Hubble
American astronomer (1889–1953)
10,714
views
views
64
Al-Biruni
11th-century Khwarazmian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
10,680
views
views
65
Margherita Hack
Italian astrophysicist and popular science writer (1922-2013)
10,229
views
views
66
Anaxagoras
5th-century BC Greek philosopher
10,115
views
views
67
William Herschel
German-born British astronomer and composer (1738–1822)
10,067
views
views
68
Vera Rubin
American astronomer and physicist (1928-2016)
9,805
views
views
69
Johann Georg Faust
German Renaissance alchemist, astrologer, and magician
9,798
views
views
70
Philipp Melanchthon
German reformer (1497-1560)
9,621
views
views
71
Farabi
10th century Persian philosopher and jurist
9,540
views
views
72
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
British astrophysicist (born 1943)
9,517
views
views
73
Toghon Temür
Yuan and Northern Yuan emperor from 1333 to 1370
9,172
views
views
74
Nicholas of Cusa
German philosopher (1401 – 1464)
9,139
views
views
75
Aristarchus of Samos
Greek astronomer and mathematician (c.310–c.230 BC)
9,029
views
views
76
Svante August Arrhenius
Swedish astronomer, chemist and physicist (1859–1927)
8,761
views
views
77
John of Damascus
Christian monk, priest, hymnographer and apologist (675/6-749)
8,725
views
views
78
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
German polymath, physician, legal scholar and soldier (1486–1535)
8,683
views
views
79
Michael Servetus
Spanish physician and theologian
8,675
views
views
80
Raj Koothrappali
fictional character on the television series The Big Bang Theory
8,600
views
views
81
Athanasius Kircher
German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)
8,593
views
views
82
Avi Loeb
Israeli astrophysicist (1962-)
8,554
views
views
83
Ulugh Beg
Timurid sultan, astronomer and mathematician (1394–1449)
8,387
views
views
84
Franz Anton Mesmer
German physician
8,329
views
views
85
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
French natural historian (1707-1788)
8,287
views
views
86
Ronald Fisher
British statistician, evolutionary biologist and geneticist (1890–1962)
8,099
views
views
87
Fred Hoyle
British astronomer (1915–2001)
7,912
views
views
88
Anders Celsius
Swedish astronomer, physicist, and naturalist (1701-1744)
7,677
views
views
89
Brahmagupta
Indian mathematician and astronomer (c. 598 – c. 668 CE)
7,674
views
views
90
Benjamin Banneker
free African American scientist, surveyor, almanac author and farmer (1731–1806)
7,546
views
views
91
Harald Lesch
German physicist
7,314
views
views
92
John Harrison
British clockworker
7,218
views
views
93
John Archibald Wheeler
American physicist (1911-2008)
7,143
views
views
94
Jacques Vallée
Computer Scientist, UFO researcher
7,064
views
views
95
Tim Russ
American actor
7,036
views
views
96
John Napier
Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (1550–1617)
7,028
views
views
97
Idris
prophet
6,749
views
views
98
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Persian astronomer (1201–1274)
6,704
views
views
99
Sylvester II
Pope of the Catholic Church from 999 to 1003
6,673
views
views
100
Edmond Halley
English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)
6,658
views
views