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Trending Chemists this month

The 100 most-viewed chemists this month on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Pope Francis.

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1
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
πŸ“š 51 citations Person
22,328
views
2
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
πŸ“š 53 citations Person
19,528
views
3
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452βˆ’1519)
πŸ“š 55 citations Person
18,011
views
4
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
πŸ“š 72 citations Person
16,903
views
5
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642-1727)
πŸ“š 54 citations Person
15,926
views
6
Valery Legasov
Soviet nuclear chemist, chief of the commission investigating the Chernobyl disaster (1936-1988)
πŸ“š 8 citations Person
13,472
views
7
Dolph Lundgren
Swedish actor and martial artist
πŸ“š 17 citations Person
13,201
views
8
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
πŸ“š 80 citations Person
8,818
views
9
Craig Venter
American biotechnologist and businessman (1946–2026)
πŸ“š 23 citations Person
7,642
views
10
Avicenna
Avicenna
Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
πŸ“š 44 citations Person
7,272
views
11
Angela Merkel
chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 (born 1954)
πŸ“š 133 citations Person
6,478
views
12
Jerry Buss
American businessman and real estate investor (1933–2013)
πŸ“š 6 citations Person
5,320
views
13
Walter White
fictional character in the television drama series Breaking Bad
πŸ“š 9 citations Person
4,281
views
14
Robert Ley
German Nazi politician; indicted by the International Military Tribunal for war crimes (1890-1945)
πŸ“š 26 citations Person
4,038
views
15
Jack Parsons
Jack Parsons
American rocket engineer (1914–1952)
πŸ“š 8 citations Person
4,022
views
16
Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)
πŸ“š 67 citations Person
3,780
views
17
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
πŸ“š 26 citations Person
3,724
views
18
The Joker
fictional character throughout the DC Universe
πŸ“š 12 citations Person
3,722
views
19
Niels Bohr
Niels Bohr
Danish physicist (1885–1962)
πŸ“š 74 citations Person
3,536
views
20
George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver
African American botanist and inventor (1864-1943)
πŸ“š 23 citations Person
3,528
views
21
Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday
British scientist (1791–1867)
πŸ“š 49 citations Person
3,205
views
22
Alfred Nobel
Alfred Nobel
Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)
πŸ“š 33 citations Person
3,177
views
23
Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming
Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)
πŸ“š 38 citations Person
3,066
views
24
Louis Slotin
Louis Slotin
Canadian physicist and chemist (1910-1946)
πŸ“š 5 citations Person
2,912
views
25
Paracelsus
Paracelsus
Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541)
πŸ“š 30 citations Person
2,849
views
26
Carlos Blanco PΓ©rez
Spanish writer
πŸ“š 5 citations Person
2,769
views
27
Albert Wesker
fictional character from Resident Evil
πŸ“š 1 citation Person
2,605
views
28
Dmitri Mendeleev
Dmitri Mendeleev
Russian chemist (1834–1907)
πŸ“š 34 citations Person
2,521
views
29
Lex Luthor
fictional character in DC Comics
πŸ“š 5 citations Person
2,457
views
30
Fritz Haber
Fritz Haber
German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize (1868–1934)
πŸ“š 33 citations Person
2,314
views
31
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie
French physicist (1859–1906)
πŸ“š 49 citations Person
2,275
views
32
Wang Chuanfu
Chinese chemist and manager
πŸ“š 6 citations Person
2,182
views
33
Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford
New Zealand physicist (1871–1937)
πŸ“š 46 citations Person
2,130
views
34
Linus Pauling
Linus Pauling
American scientist (1901–1994)
πŸ“š 70 citations Person
2,123
views
35
Antoine Lavoisier
Antoine Lavoisier
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
πŸ“š 37 citations Person
2,035
views
36
Oliver Sacks
British neurologist and writer (1933–2015)
πŸ“š 33 citations Person
2,033
views
37
Bane
fictional character in the DC Comics universe, a supervillain
πŸ“š 2 citations Person
2,021
views
38
Irène Joliot-Curie
Irène Joliot-Curie
French scientist (1897–1956)
πŸ“š 40 citations Person
1,961
views
39
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
Indian physicist (1888–1970)
πŸ“š 28 citations Person
1,886
views
40
Albert Hofmann
Swiss chemist (1906–2008)
πŸ“š 23 citations Person
1,874
views
41
Poison Ivy
fictional character throughout the DC Universe
πŸ“š 6 citations Person
1,837
views
42
Johanna Budwig
German biochemist (1908–2003)
πŸ“š 5 citations Person
1,727
views
43
James Watson
James Watson
American molecular biologist, geneticist, zoologist and Nobel Laureate (1928–2025)
πŸ“š 61 citations Person
1,718
views
44
Ivan Pavlov
Ivan Pavlov
Russian physiologist (1849-1936)
πŸ“š 45 citations Person
1,699
views
45
Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao
Indian chemist
πŸ“š 21 citations Person
1,687
views
46
Ludwig Boltzmann
Ludwig Boltzmann
Austrian physicist and philosopher (1844–1906)
πŸ“š 29 citations Person
1,660
views
47
Scarecrow
fictional character in DC Comics
πŸ“š 3 citations Person
1,639
views
48
Karen Wetterhahn
American chemist (1948–1997)
πŸ“š 2 citations Person
1,602
views
49
James Watt
James Watt
British engineer (1736–1819)
πŸ“š 37 citations Person
1,579
views
50
Harrison Ruffin Tyler
American chemical engineer, businessperson, and preservationist
πŸ“š 1 citation Person
1,559
views
51
Jennifer Doudna
American biochemist
πŸ“š 69 citations Person
1,493
views
52
Primo Levi
Primo Levi
Italian chemist, partisan, Holocaust survivor, and writer (1919–1987)
πŸ“š 39 citations Person
1,481
views
53
David Koch
American billionaire heir and businessman (1940–2019)
πŸ“š 13 citations Person
1,444
views
54
Juan Carlos IzpisΓΊa Belmonte
Spanish biochemist
πŸ“š 4 citations Person
1,441
views
55
Lise Meitner
Lise Meitner
Austrian-Swedish physicist
πŸ“š 38 citations Person
1,427
views
56
Chaim Weizmann
Israeli statesman and British chemist (1874–1952)
πŸ“š 24 citations Person
1,401
views
57
Thomas Midgley
American chemist and engineer (1889–1944)
πŸ“š 15 citations Person
1,337
views
58
Robert Koch
Robert Koch
German physician, bacteriologist (1843–1910)
πŸ“š 43 citations Person
1,306
views
59
Francis Crick
British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA
πŸ“š 30 citations Person
1,275
views
60
Antony Kidman
Australian academic and father of Nicole Kidman (1938-2014)
πŸ“š 6 citations Person
1,264
views
61
Rake Yohn
American television personality
πŸ“š 2 citations Person
1,236
views
62
Beast
fictional character in Marvel Comics
πŸ“š 2 citations Person
1,176
views
63
Mikhail Lomonosov
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
πŸ“š 44 citations Person
1,174
views
64
Alessandro Volta
Alessandro Volta
Italian physicist, chemist, and pioneer of electricity and power (1745-1827)
πŸ“š 30 citations Person
1,152
views
65
Tu Youyou
Chinese medical scientist
πŸ“š 17 citations Person
1,138
views
66
John Dalton
British chemist and mathematician (1766–1844)
πŸ“š 26 citations Person
1,131
views
67
Al-Biruni
11th-century Persian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
πŸ“š 18 citations Person
1,124
views
68
Nigel Braun
Canadian YouTuber (born 1991)
πŸ“š 4 citations Person
1,113
views
69
Francis Collins
Francis Collins
American geneticist and director of the National Institutes of Health
πŸ“š 50 citations Person
1,068
views
70
Albertus Magnus
Albertus Magnus
German-Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200–1280)
πŸ“š 40 citations Person
1,065
views
71
Sidney Gottlieb
Sidney Gottlieb
American chemist (1918–1999)
πŸ“š 6 citations Person
1,048
views
72
Charles M. Lieber
American chemist (1959-)
πŸ“š 25 citations Person
1,028
views
73
Wolfgang Pauli
physicist, Nobel prize winner (1900–1958)
πŸ“š 38 citations Person
1,010
views
74
Rupert Sheldrake
English biochemist, author and parapsychological researcher (*1942)
πŸ“š 18 citations Person
999
views
75
Lionel Dahmer
American chemist and writer; father of Jeffrey Dahmer
πŸ“š 6 citations Person
981
views
76
Owsley Stanley
American sound engineer and chemist (1935–2011)
πŸ“š 6 citations Person
932
views
77
Karen Silkwood
Labor union activist, chemical technician (1946–1974)
πŸ“š 6 citations Person
916
views
78
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
French naturalist (1744-1829)
πŸ“š 38 citations Person
909
views
79
Robert Boyle
Robert Boyle
Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor
πŸ“š 34 citations Person
902
views
80
Gordon Moore
American businessman, co-founder of Intel Corporation (1929–2023)
πŸ“š 27 citations Person
899
views
81
Alexander Shulgin
American medicinal chemist, biochemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author (1925–2014)
πŸ“š 10 citations Person
894
views
82
Eugène Schueller
French chemist and businessman (1881–1957)
πŸ“š 9 citations Person
884
views
83
Frederick Banting
Frederick Banting
Canadian medical scientist and doctor (1891-1941)
πŸ“š 25 citations Person
867
views
84
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush
American physician, educator, and author (1746-1813)
πŸ“š 18 citations Person
865
views
85
Joseph Priestley
Joseph Priestley
English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theorist (1733–1804)
πŸ“š 39 citations Person
864
views
86
Henry Pym
fictional character in Marvel Comics
πŸ“š 1 citation Person
861
views
87
Mr. Freeze
fictional character throughout the DC Universe
πŸ“š 3 citations Person
856
views
88
James Tour
James Tour
American chemist and creationist
πŸ“š 14 citations Person
855
views
89
Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim
German chemist, science journalist and television presenter
πŸ“š 22 citations Person
849
views
90
Otto Hahn
Otto Hahn
German chemist and physicist (1879-1968)
πŸ“š 34 citations Person
837
views
91
Katalin KarikΓ³
Hungarian biochemist
πŸ“š 46 citations Person
831
views
92
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
German-Polish physicist and engineer (1686-1736)
πŸ“š 15 citations Person
829
views
93
Kary Mullis
American biochemist (1944–2019)
πŸ“š 27 citations Person
826
views
94
Santiago RamΓ³n y Cajal
Santiago RamΓ³n y Cajal
Spanish scientist (1852-1934)
πŸ“š 62 citations Person
799
views
95
Eli Lilly
Eli Lilly
American pharmacist, Union Army officer, businessman, philanthropist
πŸ“š 4 citations Person
795
views
96
Jagadish Chandra Bose
Bengali polymath, physicist, and biologist (1858–1937)
πŸ“š 18 citations Person
787
views
97
Abu Bakr al-Razi
Persian polymath, physician, chemist and philosopher (854-925)
πŸ“š 21 citations Person
782
views
98
Humphry Davy
Humphry Davy
British chemist
πŸ“š 35 citations Person
778
views
99
Paul Ehrlich
Jewish-German physician and scientist (1854-1915)
πŸ“š 31 citations Person
777
views
100
Alexander Borodin
Alexander Borodin
Russian composer, doctor and chemist (1833–1887)
πŸ“š 36 citations Person
776
views