Trending Astronomers — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed astronomers on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Stephen Hawking. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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6,315,012
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
485,128
views
views
2
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
449,063
views
views
3
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
378,730
views
views
4
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
357,849
views
views
5
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564–1642)
245,442
views
views
6
Brian May
British musician (born 1947)
219,786
views
views
7
René Descartes
French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650)
175,664
views
views
8
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
159,663
views
views
9
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American astrophysicist and science communicator
159,054
views
views
10
Carl Sagan
American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)
152,475
views
views
11
Archimedes
Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – c. 212 BC)
131,604
views
views
12
Brian Cox
English physicist and musician
126,851
views
views
13
Leonhard Euler
Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)
123,529
views
views
14
Nostradamus
French seer and astrologer (1503–1566)
117,957
views
views
15
Avicenna
Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
101,297
views
views
16
Hypatia
Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
90,365
views
views
17
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)
88,036
views
views
18
Giordano Bruno
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)
83,782
views
views
19
Ptolemy
2nd-century Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer
80,172
views
views
20
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
75,407
views
views
21
Roger Penrose
English mathematical physicist, recreational mathematician and philosopher
74,908
views
views
22
Charles Babbage
English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871)
74,591
views
views
23
Silver Surfer
fictional character in Marvel Comics
73,388
views
views
24
Paracelsus
Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541)
71,957
views
views
25
Antoine Lavoisier
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
71,564
views
views
26
Johannes Kepler
German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)
69,411
views
views
27
Thales
ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician
68,812
views
views
28
Sally Ride
American astronaut and physicist (1951–2012)
64,414
views
views
29
Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
9th-century Persian mathematician and astronomer
63,044
views
views
30
Moshe ben Maimon
Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135–1204)
59,974
views
views
31
Eratosthenes
Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, librarian and music theorist
58,814
views
views
32
Nancy Roman
American astronomer and principal in the Hubble Space Telescope project (1925-2018)
52,700
views
views
33
Robert Hooke
English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (1635 — 1703)
52,677
views
views
34
Tycho Brahe
Danish astronomer and alchemist, 1546–1601
50,210
views
views
35
Imhotep
Egyptian architect, physician, astronomer, and god of medicine in ancient Egyptian mythology.
48,362
views
views
36
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
47,977
views
views
37
Omar Khayyám
Persian mathematician and poet (1048–1131)
41,587
views
views
38
John Dee
16th-century English mathematician, astrologer, and alchemist
41,364
views
views
39
Averroes
Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198)
40,353
views
views
40
Henri Poincaré
French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)
37,154
views
views
41
Pierre-Simon Laplace
French mathematician and astronomer (1749–1827)
36,308
views
views
42
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Indian-American astrophysicist
34,618
views
views
43
Georges Lemaître
Belgian astrophysicist and Catholic priest (1894–1966)
34,253
views
views
44
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Russian and Soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of the astronautic theory (1857-1935)
34,176
views
views
45
Kip S. Thorne
American physicist (born 1940)
32,831
views
views
46
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
British physicist and engineer (1824–1907)
31,331
views
views
47
Aryabhata
Pioneer astronomer who formulated zero, quadratic rules, and earth's rotation.
31,052
views
views
48
Vera Rubin
American astronomer and physicist (1928-2016)
30,899
views
views
49
Anaximander
pre-Socratic Greek philosopher
28,558
views
views
50
Edwin Hubble
American astronomer (1889–1953)
28,503
views
views
51
Hasan-i Sabbah
The founder of the Ismaili state of Alamut and the Imam of the Nizari Ismailis (1081–1124)
28,441
views
views
52
William Herschel
German-born British astronomer and composer (1738–1822)
28,332
views
views
53
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)
27,626
views
views
54
Al-Biruni
11th-century Khwarazmian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
26,747
views
views
55
Ibn al-Haytham
Arab physicist, mathematician and astronomer (c. 965 – c. 1040)
26,551
views
views
56
Christiaan Huygens
Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1629–1695)
26,305
views
views
57
Raj Koothrappali
fictional character on the television series The Big Bang Theory
26,135
views
views
58
Alfonso X of Castile and Leon
King of Castile from 1252 to 1284
25,890
views
views
59
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
Mathematician and astronomer (1736–1813)
25,317
views
views
60
Sima Qian
Chinese historian (c. 145 – c. 86 BCE)
23,768
views
views
61
Luis Walter Alvarez
American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor (1911–1988)
23,279
views
views
62
Abe no Seimei
Japanese onmyōji
23,164
views
views
63
Christopher Wren
English architect (1632–1723)
23,112
views
views
64
Jane Foster
fictional character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe
23,105
views
views
65
Max Tegmark
Swedish-American physicist and cosmologist
22,613
views
views
66
Toghon Temür
Yuan and Northern Yuan emperor from 1333 to 1370
22,484
views
views
67
Jacques Vallée
Computer Scientist, UFO researcher
22,330
views
views
68
Laura Overdeck
American maths education entrepreneur
22,229
views
views
69
Johann Georg Faust
German Renaissance alchemist, astrologer, and magician
22,124
views
views
70
Robert H. Goddard
American physicist
21,954
views
views
71
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Persian astronomer (1201–1274)
21,888
views
views
72
Tabata Amaral
Brazilian political scientist, astrophysicist, activist, politician and Federal Representative and former First Lady of Recife, Brazil
21,382
views
views
73
Anaxagoras
5th-century BC Greek philosopher
21,163
views
views
74
Tim Russ
American actor
20,936
views
views
75
Aristarchus of Samos
Greek astronomer and mathematician (c.310–c.230 BC)
20,279
views
views
76
Farabi
10th century Persian philosopher and jurist
20,153
views
views
77
Alastair Reynolds
British science fiction author (born 1966)
19,741
views
views
78
Clifford Stoll
American astronomer
19,173
views
views
79
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
German polymath, physician, legal scholar and soldier (1486–1535)
19,153
views
views
80
Jean-Pierre Petit
French astrophysicist, scientist and illustrator
19,115
views
views
81
John of Damascus
Christian monk, priest, hymnographer and apologist (675/6-749)
18,904
views
views
82
John Frederick William Herschel
English polymath, mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor and photographer (1792–1871)
18,441
views
views
83
Ronald Fisher
British statistician, evolutionary biologist and geneticist (1890–1962)
18,252
views
views
84
Idris
prophet
18,152
views
views
85
John Harrison
British clockworker
17,881
views
views
86
John Archibald Wheeler
American physicist (1911-2008)
17,774
views
views
87
Michael Servetus
Spanish physician and theologian
17,625
views
views
88
Ulugh Beg
Timurid sultan, astronomer and mathematician (1394–1449)
17,432
views
views
89
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
British astrophysicist (born 1943)
16,906
views
views
90
Edmond Halley
English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)
16,895
views
views
91
Nicholas of Cusa
German philosopher (1401 – 1464)
16,728
views
views
92
Franz Anton Mesmer
German physician
16,566
views
views
93
John Napier
Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (1550–1617)
15,774
views
views
94
Brahmagupta
Indian mathematician and astronomer (c. 598 – c. 668 CE)
15,486
views
views
95
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
French natural historian (1707-1788)
15,441
views
views
96
Erik Selvig
fictional character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe
15,073
views
views
97
Pytheas
ancient Greek explorer
15,049
views
views
98
Athanasius Kircher
German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)
14,946
views
views
99
Maggie Aderin
British space scientist
14,792
views
views
100
Anousheh Ansari
Iranian-American engineer and entrepreneur (born 1966)
14,762
views
views