Trending Biologists — all time
The 100 most-viewed biologists on Wikipedia, all time. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Richard E. Grant. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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7,031,869
Total Views (all time)
Country
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1
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
815,041
views
views
2
Karl Deisseroth
American optogeneticist
486,321
views
views
3
Greta Thunberg
Swedish climate protection activist (born 2003)
290,409
views
views
4
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
210,370
views
views
5
Paul Walker
American actor (1973–2013)
169,256
views
views
6
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
164,109
views
views
7
Sigmund Freud
Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)
161,536
views
views
8
Peter Hegemann
German biophysicist
152,506
views
views
9
Michelle Monje
American neurologist and researcher
148,663
views
views
10
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
141,639
views
views
11
Charles Dickens
English novelist and social critic (1812–1870)
129,067
views
views
12
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
128,920
views
views
13
David Attenborough
British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)
128,830
views
views
14
Georg Nagel
German biophysicist, botanist und university professor
126,944
views
views
15
Hirohito
emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989
122,998
views
views
16
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
115,253
views
views
17
Vivek Ramaswamy
American presidential candidate and businessman (born 1985)
104,917
views
views
18
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
103,479
views
views
19
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
96,974
views
views
20
Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
96,561
views
views
21
Thom Yorke
English musician and singer for Radiohead
95,688
views
views
22
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
84,975
views
views
23
Fridtjof Nansen
Norwegian polar explorer (1861–1930)
83,293
views
views
24
Mayim Bialik
American actress, television personality, and author (born 1975)
80,120
views
views
25
Geoffrey Hinton
British-Canadian computer scientist and psychologist
75,383
views
views
26
Coat Corporation
Bosnian-Serb politician (1930–2026)
74,597
views
views
27
Jane Goodall
English primatologist and anthropologist (1934–2025)
73,337
views
views
28
Akihito
Emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019
65,619
views
views
29
James Cook
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
64,863
views
views
30
Maximilian I of Mexico
emperor of Mexico (1832-1867)
62,658
views
views
31
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)
59,399
views
views
32
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
57,816
views
views
33
Vladimir Nabokov
Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)
56,748
views
views
34
Viktor Frankl
Austrian Holocaust survivor, psychiatrist, philosopher and author (1905–1997)
55,493
views
views
35
Temple Grandin
American doctor of animal science, author, and autism activist
55,000
views
views
36
Ian Gibbons
American based British biochemist
54,240
views
views
37
Mister Sinister
fictional character in Marvel Comics
53,729
views
views
38
lomar aja Zylberbaum
Mexican psychologist and researcher
49,483
views
views
39
Henry David Thoreau
American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817–1862)
49,390
views
views
40
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
47,373
views
views
41
Demis Hassabis
British artificial intelligence researcher (born 1976)
47,070
views
views
42
Ali Hazelwood
Italian neuroscientist and author
47,018
views
views
43
Alexander Graham Bell
Canadian-American scientist inventor of telephone (1847–1922)
46,252
views
views
44
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
43,965
views
views
45
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778); developed the foundations of modern taxonomy
42,756
views
views
46
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Joe Exotic
American zoo operator, internet personality, and musician
41,160
views
views
47
Maria Vorontsova
daughter and eldest child of Vladimir Putin
40,839
views
views
48
Andrew D. Huberman
American neuroscientist
39,900
views
views
49
Antoine Lavoisier
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
39,855
views
views
50
Beatrix Potter
British children's writer and illustrator (1866–1943)
39,156
views
views
51
Claude Shannon
American mathematician and information theorist (1916–2001)
38,566
views
views
52
Richard Dawkins
English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941)
38,139
views
views
53
George P. Putnam
American publisher, author, and explorer (1887-1950)
38,123
views
views
54
Alexander Fleming
Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)
37,720
views
views
55
Stephen Hillenburg
American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)
37,072
views
views
56
Ernst Jünger
German writer (1895–1998)
36,404
views
views
57
Dian Fossey
American zoologist, gorilla researcher (1932–1985)
36,000
views
views
58
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
35,450
views
views
59
Ben Carson
Neurosurgeon and former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
35,416
views
views
60
Anthony Fauci
5th Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1984 to 2022
35,144
views
views
61
Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan
younger brother and heir presumptive of Emperor Naruhito of Japan
34,522
views
views
62
Maria Montessori
Italian physician and educator (1870-1952)
34,436
views
views
63
Gregor Mendel
Moravian scientist and Augustinian friar (1822–1884)
33,069
views
views
64
Robert Stroud
American inmate and ornithologist (1890-1963)
32,700
views
views
65
Albert Wesker
fictional character from Resident Evil
32,646
views
views
66
Shirō Ishii
Japanese army medical officer and microbiologist, war criminal and director of Unit 731 (a biological warfare unit of the Imperial Japanese Army)
31,075
views
views
67
Luciano Garofano
Italian biologist
29,961
views
views
68
Dexter Holland
American rock musician
29,314
views
views
69
Jean Piaget
Swiss psychologist, biologist, logician, philosopher and academic (1896–1980)
28,869
views
views
70
Alec Jeffreys
British geneticist
28,835
views
views
71
Juliane Koepcke
mammalogist and only survivor of LANSA Flight 508
28,322
views
views
72
Timothy Treadwell
American documentary filmmaker (1957–2003)
28,122
views
views
73
Johnny Appleseed
American nurseryman and missionary (1774–1845)
27,772
views
views
74
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Katherine Oppenheimer
German-American biologist and botanist (1910–1972)
27,269
views
views
75
Linus Pauling
American scientist (1901–1994)
27,113
views
views
76
Leopold III of Belgium
king of the Belgians from 1934 to 1951 (1901–1983)
26,970
views
views
77
Jeremy Wade
British television presenter and author
26,953
views
views
78
Ignaz Semmelweis
Hungarian physician, early pioneer of antiseptic procedures (1818–1865)
26,876
views
views
79
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
26,737
views
views
80
Albert I of Belgium
King of the Belgians from 1909 to 1934 (1875–1934)
25,218
views
views
81
Eugene Sledge
United States Marine (1923-2001)
24,974
views
views
82
Satoshi Ōmura
Japanese biochemist, microbiologist, and university teacher (born 1935)
24,612
views
views
83
Jack Kevorkian
American pathologist, euthanasia activist (1928-2011)
24,528
views
views
84
Ivan Pavlov
Russian physiologist (1849–1936)
24,183
views
views
85
James Watson
American molecular biologist, geneticist, zoologist and Nobel Laureate (1928–2025)
24,128
views
views
86
Poison Ivy
fictional character throughout the DC Universe
23,743
views
views
87
Doctor Strange
fictional character in Marvel Comics
23,514
views
views
88
David Rockefeller
American banker and philanthropist (1915–2017)
23,298
views
views
89
Robert Hooke
English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (1635 — 1703)
23,175
views
views
90
Lulinha
Brazilian biologist
23,080
views
views
91
Peter Kropotkin
Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)
23,072
views
views
92
John Cage
American avant-garde composer (1912-1992)
23,006
views
views
93
Feng Zhang
Chinese-American synthetic biologist
22,989
views
views
94
George Washington Carver
African American botanist and inventor (1864-1943)
22,074
views
views
95
Sam Harris
American author, philosopher and neuroscientist (born 1967)
21,953
views
views
96
Edward Boyden
American neuroscientist
21,361
views
views
97
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
King of Sweden (1950–1973); anthropologist, art historian, collector and archaeologist
20,971
views
views
98
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)
20,855
views
views
99
Cesar Millan
Mexican - American dog trainer and television personality
20,823
views
views
100
Rachel Carson
American marine biologist and conservationist (1907–1964)
19,749
views
views