Trending Biologists — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed biologists on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Anthony Fauci. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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13,712,534
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Anthony Fauci
5th Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1984 to 2022
547,653
views
views
2
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
517,511
views
views
3
Paul Walker
American actor (1973–2013)
506,071
views
views
4
David Attenborough
British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)
487,675
views
views
5
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
449,063
views
views
6
Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
411,538
views
views
7
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
365,100
views
views
8
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
357,849
views
views
9
Sigmund Freud
Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)
345,133
views
views
10
Mister Sinister
fictional character in Marvel Comics
336,373
views
views
11
Mayim Bialik
American actress, television personality, and author (born 1975)
312,309
views
views
12
Hirohito
emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989
309,123
views
views
13
Charles Dickens
English novelist and social critic (1812–1870)
257,897
views
views
14
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
241,487
views
views
15
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
241,296
views
views
16
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
240,983
views
views
17
Vivek Ramaswamy
American presidential candidate and businessman (born 1985)
240,879
views
views
18
Greta Thunberg
Swedish climate protection activist (born 2003)
211,295
views
views
19
Andrew D. Huberman
American neuroscientist
203,344
views
views
20
Akihito
Emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019
198,141
views
views
21
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
193,688
views
views
22
Geoffrey Hinton
British-Canadian computer scientist and psychologist
191,006
views
views
23
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
180,511
views
views
24
Demis Hassabis
British artificial intelligence researcher (born 1976)
173,812
views
views
25
Temple Grandin
American doctor of animal science, author, and autism activist
154,874
views
views
26
Jane Goodall
English primatologist and anthropologist (1934–2025)
151,391
views
views
27
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
145,225
views
views
28
James Cook
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
144,927
views
views
29
Vladimir Nabokov
Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)
136,298
views
views
30
Thom Yorke
English musician and singer for Radiohead
136,012
views
views
31
Maximilian I of Mexico
emperor of Mexico (1832-1867)
130,364
views
views
32
Ben Carson
Neurosurgeon and former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
129,165
views
views
33
Alexander Graham Bell
Canadian-American scientist inventor of telephone (1847–1922)
128,883
views
views
34
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)
119,477
views
views
35
Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan
younger brother and heir presumptive of Emperor Naruhito of Japan
119,006
views
views
36
Ali Hazelwood
Italian neuroscientist and author
116,583
views
views
37
Richard Dawkins
English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941)
114,554
views
views
38
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778); developed the foundations of modern taxonomy
112,560
views
views
39
Viktor Frankl
Austrian Holocaust survivor, psychiatrist, philosopher and author (1905–1997)
108,603
views
views
40
Henry David Thoreau
American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817–1862)
108,264
views
views
41
Beatrix Potter
British children's writer and illustrator (1866–1943)
100,538
views
views
42
Maria Vorontsova
daughter and eldest child of Vladimir Putin
99,116
views
views
43
Claude Shannon
American mathematician and information theorist (1916–2001)
94,450
views
views
44
David Rockefeller
American banker and philanthropist (1915–2017)
93,938
views
views
45
Timothy Treadwell
American documentary filmmaker (1957–2003)
93,899
views
views
46
Christine Grady
nurse-bioethicist and researcher
92,577
views
views
47
Doctor Strange
fictional character in Marvel Comics
91,556
views
views
48
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
King of Sweden (1950–1973); anthropologist, art historian, collector and archaeologist
90,145
views
views
49
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
89,969
views
views
50
Alexander Fleming
Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)
89,597
views
views
51
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Joe Exotic
American zoo operator, internet personality, and musician
88,336
views
views
52
Leopold III of Belgium
king of the Belgians from 1934 to 1951 (1901–1983)
86,642
views
views
53
Stephen Hillenburg
American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)
85,701
views
views
54
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
85,523
views
views
55
Dexter Holland
American rock musician
84,812
views
views
56
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
84,072
views
views
57
Robert Stroud
American inmate and ornithologist (1890-1963)
83,907
views
views
58
Dian Fossey
American zoologist, gorilla researcher (1932–1985)
83,230
views
views
59
Juliane Koepcke
mammalogist and only survivor of LANSA Flight 508
79,817
views
views
60
Johnny Appleseed
American nurseryman and missionary (1774–1845)
77,763
views
views
61
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
75,407
views
views
62
Ernst Jünger
German writer (1895–1998)
72,747
views
views
63
Antoine Lavoisier
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
71,564
views
views
64
Jack Kevorkian
American pathologist, euthanasia activist (1928-2011)
71,446
views
views
65
Cesar Millan
Mexican - American dog trainer and television personality
69,851
views
views
66
Ian Gibbons
American based British biochemist
69,668
views
views
67
Jared Diamond
American scientist, historian, and author (born 1937)
69,295
views
views
68
Sam Harris
American author, philosopher and neuroscientist (born 1967)
67,915
views
views
69
Alice Roberts
English physician, anatomist, physical anthropologist, television presenter, author
67,295
views
views
70
Gregor Mendel
Moravian scientist and Augustinian friar (1822–1884)
67,270
views
views
71
Maria Montessori
Italian physician and educator (1870-1952)
65,526
views
views
72
George Washington Carver
African American botanist and inventor (1864-1943)
65,314
views
views
73
Spider-Man 2099
superhero appearing in Marvel Comics
65,113
views
views
74
Sasquatch
fictional character in Marvel Comics
63,745
views
views
75
Albert I of Belgium
King of the Belgians from 1909 to 1934 (1875–1934)
63,643
views
views
76
Shirō Ishii
Japanese army medical officer and microbiologist, war criminal and director of Unit 731 (a biological warfare unit of the Imperial Japanese Army)
63,345
views
views
77
Christopher Duntsch
American neurosurgeon and convicted criminal for malpractice
63,042
views
views
78
Albert Wesker
fictional character from Resident Evil
62,258
views
views
79
Beast
fictional character in Marvel Comics
61,944
views
views
80
Ignaz Semmelweis
Hungarian physician, early pioneer of antiseptic procedures (1818–1865)
59,519
views
views
81
B.F. Skinner
American behaviorist (1904–1990)
58,605
views
views
82
Jean Piaget
Swiss psychologist, biologist, logician, philosopher and academic (1896–1980)
58,248
views
views
83
lomar aja Zylberbaum
Mexican psychologist and researcher
57,671
views
views
84
Francis Galton
British eugenist, polymath, and behavioural geneticist (1822–1911)
53,325
views
views
85
Eugene Sledge
United States Marine (1923-2001)
53,325
views
views
86
Robert Hooke
English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (1635 — 1703)
52,677
views
views
87
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)
52,564
views
views
88
Bruce Edwards Ivins
American microbiologist and vaccinologist (1946–2008)
52,110
views
views
89
Maya Higa
American conservationist, falconer, wildlife rehabilitator, and Twitch streamer
51,880
views
views
90
Poison Ivy
fictional character throughout the DC Universe
51,468
views
views
91
Oliver Sacks
British neurologist and writer (1933–2015)
51,338
views
views
92
Anne Wojcicki
American biotech analyst, biologist, businesswoman, and co-founder of 23andMe
51,268
views
views
93
Bill Oddie
British actor, writer, composer, musician, comedian, ornithologist, conservationist, television presenter
50,001
views
views
94
Aafia Siddiqui
Pakistani-American neuroscientist and terrorist (born 1972)
49,987
views
views
95
Ivan Pavlov
Russian physiologist (1849–1936)
48,689
views
views
96
Daniel Carleton Gajdusek
American medical researcher
47,686
views
views
97
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Dutch scientist known as "the Father of Microbiology", and one of the first microscopists (1632–1723)
47,039
views
views
98
Bob Irwin
Australian naturalist and former zookeeper (born 1939)
46,055
views
views
99
John Cage
American avant-garde composer (1912-1992)
45,891
views
views
100
Nikolay Rybakov
Russian public figure, politician and ecologist
45,289
views
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