Trending Geologists — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed geologists on Wikipedia, September 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Thomas Jefferson. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
2,204,325
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
226,760
views
views
2
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
176,240
views
views
3
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
151,322
views
views
4
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
147,625
views
views
5
Herbert Hoover
president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 (1874–1964)
115,306
views
views
6
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778); developed the foundations of modern taxonomy
72,124
views
views
7
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)
65,474
views
views
8
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
65,449
views
views
9
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
60,504
views
views
10
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
59,548
views
views
11
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
42,830
views
views
12
Alice Roberts
English physician, anatomist, physical anthropologist, television presenter, author
42,106
views
views
13
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
Indian physicist (1888–1970)
40,736
views
views
14
William Calley
US Army officer convicted for massacre at My Lai, Vietnam (1943–2024)
35,200
views
views
15
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)
32,118
views
views
16
Ada Yonath
Israeli structural biologist and Nobel laureate (1939–2026)
30,066
views
views
17
Linus Pauling
American scientist (1901–1994)
27,271
views
views
18
Stephen Jay Gould
American biologist and historian of science (1941–2002)
24,676
views
views
19
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895)
23,824
views
views
20
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist
23,160
views
views
21
Mary Anning
British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799–1847)
22,639
views
views
22
Jennifer Doudna
American biochemist
21,615
views
views
23
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)
20,672
views
views
24
George Saunders
American writer (born 1958)
18,617
views
views
25
Robert Ballard
United States Navy officer, oceanographer and underwater archaeologist
17,535
views
views
26
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
French naturalist (1744-1829)
17,370
views
views
27
Ross Geller
fictional character from Friends
16,548
views
views
28
Jin Yuzhang
Heir to Chinese throne
15,725
views
views
29
Rudolf Virchow
German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902)
15,719
views
views
30
Tommy Oliver
fictional character
15,248
views
views
31
David A. Johnston
American volcanologist (1949–1980)
14,751
views
views
32
Artem Oganov
Russian crystallographer, chemist and materials scientist
14,681
views
views
33
Matthew Falder
English geophysicist; blackmailer and convicted child-sex offender
13,954
views
views
34
Laszlo Toth
Australian geologist known for vandalism (1938–2012)
12,683
views
views
35
Ivan Yefremov
Soviet paleontologist, science fiction author and social thinker (1908–1972)
12,588
views
views
36
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
French natural historian (1707-1788)
12,297
views
views
37
Vladimir Vernadsky
Russian and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist, one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology
12,278
views
views
38
Humphry Davy
British chemist
12,241
views
views
39
Wen Jiabao
6th Premier of the People's Republic of China from 2003 to 2013 (born 1942)
12,227
views
views
40
John Hickenlooper
American politician, businessman, 42nd governor of Colorado, and U.S. senator (born 1952)
12,221
views
views
41
Harrison Schmitt
Astronaut, geologist, politician, 12th man to walk on the moon (Apollo 17)
11,933
views
views
42
Manuel Hobiger
11,430
views
views
43
Georges Cuvier
French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769–1832)
11,428
views
views
44
Edmond Halley
English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)
11,351
views
views
45
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal
Portuguese noble and diplomat (1699–1782)
11,104
views
views
46
Athanasius Kircher
German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)
10,578
views
views
47
Otto Schmidt
Russian geophysicist and polar explorer of Baltic German origin (1891-1956)
10,562
views
views
48
Randy Marsh
fictional character from South Park
9,716
views
views
49
Mykola Azarov
Ukrainian politician (born 1947)
9,622
views
views
50
Lou Henry Hoover
First Lady of the United States from 1929 to 1933
9,495
views
views
51
George de Mohrenschildt
Russian-born American geologist, friend of Lee Harvey Oswald (1911-1977)
9,096
views
views
52
Friedrich Schleiermacher
German theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar (1768-1834)
9,016
views
views
53
Alan Grant
fictional character from Jurassic Park
9,004
views
views
54
Mary Leakey
British paleoanthropologist (1913-1996)
8,953
views
views
55
Alexander Belyavsky
Soviet and Russian actor (1932-2012)
8,844
views
views
56
José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva
(1763-1838) Brazilian politician
8,680
views
views
57
William Fox
Hungarian-American film producer
8,108
views
views
58
James Smithson
British chemist
8,011
views
views
59
Dorothy Hodgkin
British chemist
7,896
views
views
60
Alexander Gorodnitsky
Russian bard and poet (born 1933)
7,761
views
views
61
Yukio Hayakawa
Japanese geologist
7,754
views
views
62
Louis Leakey
kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist
7,636
views
views
63
Richard Owen
English biologist and paleontologist (1804–1892)
7,440
views
views
64
Nicole Hernandez Hammer
American climate researcher
7,429
views
views
65
Mojib Latif
German meteorologist
7,241
views
views
66
Barry Voight
American geologist
7,124
views
views
67
Tzvetan Todorov
Bulgarian historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist (1939-2017)
7,014
views
views
68
Wendela Horz
6,859
views
views
69
John Wesley Powell
American geologist (1834-1902)
6,680
views
views
70
Eunice Newton Foote
American scientist, inventor and women's rights activist (1819–1888)
6,647
views
views
71
John Strong Newberry
American geologist, physician, explorer, and author (1822–1892)
6,584
views
views
72
Alberto Angela
Italian paleontologist, science communicator, writer and journalist (born 1962)
6,338
views
views
73
Nigel Anstey
British seismologist
6,291
views
views
74
Louis Agassiz
Swiss-American naturalist (1807–1873)
6,201
views
views
75
James Hutton
Scottish geologist, physician, chemical manufacturer, naturalist, and experimental agriculturalist; (1726-1797)
6,070
views
views
76
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist (1752 – 1840)
5,924
views
views
77
Edward Drinker Cope
American paleontologist, geologist, and biologist (1840–1897)
5,905
views
views
78
Wes Hildreth
American continental geologist
5,866
views
views
79
Jessica Watkins
US astronaut
5,835
views
views
80
Mary Somerville
Scottish scientist, writer and polymath (1780–1872)
5,764
views
views
81
Sven Hedin
Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)
5,762
views
views
82
Douglas Mawson
Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)
5,652
views
views
83
Ellie Sattler
Jurassic Park character
5,638
views
views
84
Euclides da Cunha
Brazilian writer (1866–1909)
5,571
views
views
85
Stefano Lo Russo
Italian politician (born 1975)
5,551
views
views
86
Carmen Gaina
professor at University of Oslo
5,506
views
views
87
Alexander Heron
geologist, explorer (1884-1971)
5,448
views
views
88
Andrea Moccia
Italian geologist and scientific communicator
5,422
views
views
89
James Parkinson
English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist
5,400
views
views
90
Jack Horner
American paleontologist (born 1946 )
5,332
views
views
91
Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg
Russian noble (1817-1852)
5,296
views
views
92
Jacob Petrus
Spanish geographer, climatologist and science communicator
5,168
views
views
93
Charles Lyell
British geologist (1797–1875)
5,142
views
views
94
Héctor Germán Oesterheld
Argentine journalist and cartoonist (1919–1978)
5,115
views
views
95
James E. Hansen
American climatologist (1941-)
5,113
views
views
96
Claude Allègre
French politician and geochemist (1937–2025)
4,922
views
views
97
Stephen C. Meyer
American Intelligent design advocate
4,859
views
views
98
Marie Tharp
American oceanographer and cartographer (1920–2006)
4,803
views
views
99
Richard Leakey
Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist, and politician (1944–2022)
4,768
views
views
100
Andrzej Elżanowski
Polish paleontologist and zoologist
4,719
views
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