Trending Economists — the 7 days to 27 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed economists on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 27 October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Benjamin Netanyahu. Data as of 27 October 2026.
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3,013,931
Total Views (the 7 days to 27 October 2026)
1
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
236,467
views
views
2
Yasuo Fukuda
Prime Minister of Japan from 2007 to 2008 (1936–2026)
201,343
views
views
3
Dilma Rousseff
36th President of Brazil (2011-2016), 3rd President of the New Development Bank (BRICS)
142,726
views
views
4
Javier Milei
economist, politician and president of Argentina since 2023
99,261
views
views
5
Ana Brnabić
Serbian politician, acting president of Serbia and president of the National Assembly
90,316
views
views
6
Pedro Sánchez
Prime Minister of Spain since 2018
88,202
views
views
7
George Soros
Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)
88,009
views
views
8
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
87,283
views
views
9
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
81,851
views
views
10
Alice Weidel
German politician (born 1979), AfD
76,653
views
views
11
Mikhail Gorbachev
leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022)
58,539
views
views
12
George Shultz
American politician (1920–2021)
53,615
views
views
13
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
53,497
views
views
14
Eduardo Costantini
Argentine businessman
52,395
views
views
15
Mark Carney
24th prime minister of Canada since 2025
51,353
views
views
16
Jeffrey Sachs
American economist (born 1954)
50,193
views
views
17
Warren Buffett
American investor, entrepreneur and businessman
49,206
views
views
18
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
49,030
views
views
19
Eduardo Saverin
Brazilian entrepreneur and investor, co-founder of Facebook
47,533
views
views
20
John Forbes Nash
American mathematician and economist (1928–2015)
39,224
views
views
21
Miatta Fahnbulleh
liberian-born british economist and politician
36,491
views
views
22
Fernando Haddad
Brazilian politician, 51st mayor of São Paulo (2013–2017) and former Brazilian Finance Minister
35,689
views
views
23
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
American businessman, politician and diplomat (1888–1969)
32,336
views
views
24
Nikolai Bukharin
Russian revolutionary and politician (1888–1938)
31,948
views
views
25
Bernard Madoff
American fraudster and financier (1938–2021)
31,260
views
views
26
Ben McKenzie
American actor (born 1978)
30,794
views
views
27
Rosa Luxemburg
Polish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871–1919)
28,325
views
views
28
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
28,031
views
views
29
Friedrich Engels
German philosopher, sociologist and economist (1820–1895)
25,022
views
views
30
Antonio Gramsci
Italian Marxist philosopher, writer, and politician (1891–1937)
24,199
views
views
31
Markus Krall
German author
23,715
views
views
32
Hugh Hefner
American businessman and magazine publisher (1926–2017)
22,355
views
views
33
Arsène Wenger
French football manager (born 1949)
21,985
views
views
34
Alexander Lukashenka
President of the Republic of Belarus
21,105
views
views
35
John von Neumann
Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist (1903–1957)
20,993
views
views
36
John Maynard Keynes
British economist (1883–1946)
20,465
views
views
37
Tarō Asō
Prime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009
20,246
views
views
38
Adam Smith
Scottish moral philosopher and political economist (1723–1790)
20,195
views
views
39
Larry Fink
American Billionaire Business Person and Board Member, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock
20,024
views
views
40
Barack Obama Sr.
economist and father of Barack Obama Jr. (1934–1982)
19,868
views
views
41
Oleg Kozhemyako
Russian politician
18,692
views
views
42
Viktor Yanukovych
President of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014
18,341
views
views
43
António de Oliveira Salazar
Prime Minister of Portugal (1889-1970)
18,050
views
views
44
Naomi Klein
Canadian author and activist (born 1970)
17,592
views
views
45
Max Weber
German sociologist, philosopher, and political economist (1864–1920)
17,522
views
views
46
Junichiro Koizumi
Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006
17,395
views
views
47
Marietta Slomka
German journalist
17,133
views
views
48
Mikhail Mishustin
Russian politician; Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
17,086
views
views
49
B. R. Ambedkar
Indian jurist, economist, and social reformer (1891–1956)
17,022
views
views
50
José Serra
Brazilian politician (born 1942)
16,816
views
views
51
Andrew Carnegie
Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist (1835–1919)
16,613
views
views
52
Petro Poroshenko
President of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019
16,352
views
views
53
Federico Caffè
Italian economist (1914-1987)
16,112
views
views
54
Imre Nagy
Hungarian politician (1896-1958)
15,802
views
views
55
Hjalmar Schacht
German politician and economist (1877–1970)
15,792
views
views
56
Gustavo Petro
42rd President of Colombia 2022–2026
14,884
views
views
57
Pierre Moscovici
French politician
14,849
views
views
58
Thomas Hobbes
English philosopher (1588–1679)
14,802
views
views
59
Boris Berezovsky
Russian oligarch, government official, engineer and mathematician (1946–2013)
14,776
views
views
60
Sandrine Rousseau
French economist and politician
14,385
views
views
61
Milton Friedman
American economist and statistician (1912–2006)
14,201
views
views
62
Helmut Schmidt
Chancellor of West Germany (1974–1982)
14,019
views
views
63
W. E. B. Du Bois
American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)
13,969
views
views
64
Julio Herrera Velutini
banker
13,914
views
views
65
David Hume
Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian (1711-1776)
13,771
views
views
66
Matt Hancock
British politician (born 1978)
13,724
views
views
67
Sergei Shoigu
Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation since 2024 and former Russian defense minister
13,700
views
views
68
Dmitri Mendeleev
Russian chemist (1834–1907)
13,260
views
views
69
Robert Reich
American political economist (1946–)
12,966
views
views
70
Eduardo Campos
Brazilian economist and politician (1965–2014)
12,890
views
views
71
Manmohan Singh
Indian economist, bureaucrat, academician and politician
12,688
views
views
72
Cecil John Rhodes
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
12,452
views
views
73
Thomas Piketty
French economist (born 1971)
12,409
views
views
74
Antoine Lavoisier
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
12,290
views
views
75
Elizabeth Warren
American politician (born 1949)
12,132
views
views
76
Andrei Belousov
Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation
12,092
views
views
77
Sheryl Sandberg
American technology executive, activist, and author
11,921
views
views
78
Aécio Neves
Brazilian economist, politician, and former Governor of Minas Gerais
11,917
views
views
79
John Stuart Mill
British philosopher and political economist (1806–1873)
11,865
views
views
80
Friedrich Hayek
Austrian and British economist (1899–1992)
11,822
views
views
81
Mario Draghi
Italian economist, academic, banker and politician; former prime minister of Italy
11,774
views
views
82
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
11,532
views
views
83
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
French economist
11,351
views
views
84
Dejan Šoškić
Serbian economist
11,237
views
views
85
Santiago Peña Palacios
President of Paraguay since 2023
11,128
views
views
86
Robert McNamara
American businessman and Secretary of Defense (1916-2009)
10,991
views
views
87
Viktor Yushchenko
3rd President of Ukraine
10,858
views
views
88
Christine Lagarde
President of the European Central Bank
10,850
views
views
89
Ezra Pound
American poet and critic (1885–1972)
10,800
views
views
90
Zanny Minton Beddoes
British journalist
10,672
views
views
91
Margaret Gowing
English historian
10,628
views
views
92
Sam Walton
American businessman (1918–1992)
10,534
views
views
93
Brian Hallisay
American actor
10,381
views
views
94
Anton Siluanov
Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation
10,345
views
views
95
Alexander Van der Bellen
President of Austria since 2017 (born 1944)
10,329
views
views
96
Charles Babbage
English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871)
10,305
views
views
97
Kofi Annan
7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)
10,223
views
views
98
Yulia Tymoshenko
Ukrainian politician, former Prime Minister
10,161
views
views
99
Romano Prodi
Italian politician and economist (born 1939)
10,041
views
views
100
Thomas Sowell
American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author
10,031
views
views