Trending Economists — the 7 days to 26 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed economists on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 26 October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Benjamin Netanyahu. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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2,699,260
Total Views (the 7 days to 26 October 2026)
1
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
203,381
views
views
2
Ted Bundy
American serial killer (1946–1989)
103,078
views
views
3
Pedro Sánchez
Prime Minister of Spain since 2018
86,819
views
views
4
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
86,397
views
views
5
Javier Milei
economist, politician and president of Argentina since 2023
84,676
views
views
6
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
82,354
views
views
7
Alice Weidel
German politician (born 1979), AfD
80,761
views
views
8
George Soros
Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)
80,637
views
views
9
Dilma Rousseff
36th President of Brazil (2011-2016), 3rd President of the New Development Bank (BRICS)
61,347
views
views
10
Mikhail Gorbachev
leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022)
59,445
views
views
11
George Shultz
American politician (1920–2021)
55,219
views
views
12
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
53,626
views
views
13
Mark Carney
24th prime minister of Canada since 2025
52,676
views
views
14
Warren Buffett
American investor, entrepreneur and businessman
51,161
views
views
15
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
48,915
views
views
16
Jeffrey Sachs
American economist (born 1954)
47,546
views
views
17
Eduardo Saverin
Brazilian entrepreneur and investor, co-founder of Facebook
45,616
views
views
18
Eduardo Costantini
Argentine businessman
44,793
views
views
19
John Forbes Nash
American mathematician and economist (1928–2015)
37,008
views
views
20
Miatta Fahnbulleh
liberian-born british economist and politician
36,820
views
views
21
Ana Brnabić
Serbian politician, acting president of Serbia and president of the National Assembly
34,876
views
views
22
Bernard Madoff
American fraudster and financier (1938–2021)
32,025
views
views
23
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
American businessman, politician and diplomat (1888–1969)
31,202
views
views
24
Ben McKenzie
American actor (born 1978)
31,037
views
views
25
Nikolai Bukharin
Russian revolutionary and politician (1888–1938)
30,788
views
views
26
Rosa Luxemburg
Polish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871–1919)
29,255
views
views
27
Markus Krall
German author
28,220
views
views
28
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
27,622
views
views
29
Fernando Haddad
Brazilian politician, 51st mayor of São Paulo (2013–2017) and former Brazilian Finance Minister
26,260
views
views
30
Friedrich Engels
German philosopher, sociologist and economist (1820–1895)
24,943
views
views
31
Antonio Gramsci
Italian Marxist philosopher, writer, and politician (1891–1937)
23,793
views
views
32
Oleg Kozhemyako
Russian politician
23,596
views
views
33
Hugh Hefner
American businessman and magazine publisher (1926–2017)
22,545
views
views
34
John von Neumann
Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist (1903–1957)
21,365
views
views
35
Larry Fink
American Billionaire Business Person and Board Member, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock
21,061
views
views
36
Hjalmar Schacht
German politician and economist (1877–1970)
20,681
views
views
37
Alexander Lukashenka
President of the Republic of Belarus
20,539
views
views
38
John Maynard Keynes
British economist (1883–1946)
20,369
views
views
39
Adam Smith
Scottish moral philosopher and political economist (1723–1790)
20,105
views
views
40
Mikhail Mishustin
Russian politician; Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
18,954
views
views
41
Viktor Yanukovych
President of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014
18,757
views
views
42
Barack Obama Sr.
economist and father of Barack Obama Jr. (1934–1982)
18,140
views
views
43
Arsène Wenger
French football manager (born 1949)
17,986
views
views
44
Max Weber
German sociologist, philosopher, and political economist (1864–1920)
17,953
views
views
45
António de Oliveira Salazar
Prime Minister of Portugal (1889-1970)
17,588
views
views
46
Petro Poroshenko
President of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019
16,831
views
views
47
Andrew Carnegie
Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist (1835–1919)
16,677
views
views
48
Naomi Klein
Canadian author and activist (born 1970)
16,662
views
views
49
B. R. Ambedkar
Indian jurist, economist, and social reformer (1891–1956)
16,589
views
views
50
Marietta Slomka
German journalist
16,338
views
views
51
Federico Caffè
Italian economist (1914-1987)
15,351
views
views
52
Sandrine Rousseau
French economist and politician
15,275
views
views
53
Thomas Hobbes
English philosopher (1588–1679)
14,929
views
views
54
Imre Nagy
Hungarian politician (1896-1958)
14,912
views
views
55
Rainer Brüderle
German politician (FDP) and former minister in the German federal government
14,898
views
views
56
Boris Berezovsky
Russian oligarch, government official, engineer and mathematician (1946–2013)
14,790
views
views
57
Pierre Moscovici
French politician
14,666
views
views
58
Helmut Schmidt
Chancellor of West Germany (1974–1982)
14,485
views
views
59
Tarō Asō
Prime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009
14,435
views
views
60
José Serra
Brazilian politician (born 1942)
14,345
views
views
61
W. E. B. Du Bois
American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)
14,200
views
views
62
Milton Friedman
American economist and statistician (1912–2006)
14,178
views
views
63
Sergei Shoigu
Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation since 2024 and former Russian defense minister
13,944
views
views
64
Anton Siluanov
Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation
13,918
views
views
65
Matt Hancock
British politician (born 1978)
13,787
views
views
66
Julio Herrera Velutini
banker
13,700
views
views
67
David Hume
Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian (1711-1776)
13,451
views
views
68
Dmitri Mendeleev
Russian chemist (1834–1907)
13,437
views
views
69
Thomas Piketty
French economist (born 1971)
12,702
views
views
70
Cecil John Rhodes
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
12,537
views
views
71
Andrei Belousov
Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation
12,498
views
views
72
Manmohan Singh
Indian economist, bureaucrat, academician and politician
12,494
views
views
73
Antoine Lavoisier
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
12,357
views
views
74
Gustavo Petro
42rd President of Colombia 2022–2026
12,266
views
views
75
Sheryl Sandberg
American technology executive, activist, and author
12,168
views
views
76
Mario Draghi
Italian economist, academic, banker and politician; former prime minister of Italy
12,046
views
views
77
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
12,016
views
views
78
Elizabeth Warren
American politician (born 1949)
11,961
views
views
79
Friedrich Hayek
Austrian and British economist (1899–1992)
11,857
views
views
80
John Stuart Mill
British philosopher and political economist (1806–1873)
11,712
views
views
81
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
French economist
11,697
views
views
82
Viktor Yushchenko
3rd President of Ukraine
11,245
views
views
83
Christine Lagarde
President of the European Central Bank
11,006
views
views
84
Robert McNamara
American businessman and Secretary of Defense (1916-2009)
10,997
views
views
85
Sam Walton
American businessman (1918–1992)
10,974
views
views
86
Isabella M. Weber
German economist
10,935
views
views
87
Margaret Gowing
English historian
10,754
views
views
88
Andrey Nikitin
Governor of Novgorod Oblast, Russia
10,707
views
views
89
Charles Babbage
English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871)
10,415
views
views
90
Ezra Pound
American poet and critic (1885–1972)
10,271
views
views
91
Yulia Tymoshenko
Ukrainian politician, former Prime Minister
10,184
views
views
92
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghanaian politician (1909–1972)
10,183
views
views
93
Thomas Sowell
American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author
10,159
views
views
94
Brian Hallisay
American actor
10,135
views
views
95
Romano Prodi
Italian politician and economist (born 1939)
10,075
views
views
96
Jesús Huerta de Soto
Spanish economist, professor, and author
10,004
views
views
97
Eduardo Campos
Brazilian economist and politician (1965–2014)
9,851
views
views
98
Peter Kropotkin
Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)
9,810
views
views
99
Zanny Minton Beddoes
British journalist
9,798
views
views
100
Yanis Varoufakis
Greek economist and politician
9,713
views
views