Trending Geologists — all time
The 100 most-viewed geologists on Wikipedia, all time. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Richard E. Grant. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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2,194,561
Total Views (all time)
Country
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1
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
815,041
views
views
2
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
141,639
views
views
3
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
115,253
views
views
4
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
103,479
views
views
5
Herbert Hoover
president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 (1874–1964)
68,662
views
views
6
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
47,373
views
views
7
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
43,965
views
views
8
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)
43,439
views
views
9
George Ulrich
American geologist and volcanologist
42,899
views
views
10
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778); developed the foundations of modern taxonomy
42,756
views
views
11
Linus Pauling
American scientist (1901–1994)
27,113
views
views
12
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
26,737
views
views
13
William Calley
US Army officer convicted for massacre at My Lai, Vietnam (1943–2024)
22,069
views
views
14
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
21,476
views
views
15
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)
20,855
views
views
16
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
Indian physicist (1888–1970)
19,179
views
views
17
Jessica Watkins
US astronaut
17,231
views
views
18
Mary Anning
British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799–1847)
16,737
views
views
19
Alice Roberts
English physician, anatomist, physical anthropologist, television presenter, author
15,766
views
views
20
George Saunders
American writer (born 1958)
14,675
views
views
21
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)
14,208
views
views
22
John Hickenlooper
American politician, businessman, 42nd governor of Colorado, and U.S. senator (born 1952)
14,179
views
views
23
Rudolf Virchow
German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902)
14,022
views
views
24
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist
13,806
views
views
25
Ivan Yefremov
Soviet paleontologist, science fiction author and social thinker (1908–1972)
13,515
views
views
26
Herbert Tichy
Austrian mountain climber (1912–1987)
12,952
views
views
27
Robert Ballard
United States Navy officer, oceanographer and underwater archaeologist
12,695
views
views
28
Jennifer Doudna
American biochemist
12,115
views
views
29
Mireille Christophe Michel-Lévy
French geologist and mineralogist
11,912
views
views
30
Kathryn D. Sullivan
American astronaut (born 1951)
11,629
views
views
31
Judith Curry
American climatologist
11,530
views
views
32
Randy Marsh
fictional character from South Park
11,160
views
views
33
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
French naturalist (1744-1829)
10,278
views
views
34
Ross Geller
fictional character from Friends
9,864
views
views
35
Manuel Hobiger
9,146
views
views
36
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895)
9,075
views
views
37
Jin Yuzhang
Heir to Chinese throne
8,816
views
views
38
Stephen Jay Gould
American biologist and historian of science (1941–2002)
8,584
views
views
39
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
French natural historian (1707-1788)
8,287
views
views
40
Syukuro Manabe
Japanese-American meteorologist and climatologist (1931–)
8,120
views
views
41
Humphry Davy
British chemist
8,101
views
views
42
Alberto Angela
Italian paleontologist, science communicator, writer and journalist (born 1962)
8,035
views
views
43
Beatriz Flamini
Spanish extreme athlete and mountaineer
7,844
views
views
44
Mykola Azarov
Ukrainian politician (born 1947)
7,485
views
views
45
Jan Smit
Dutch paleontologist (born 1948)
7,463
views
views
46
Lou Henry Hoover
First Lady of the United States from 1929 to 1933
7,441
views
views
47
Vladimir Vernadsky
Russian and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist, one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology
7,401
views
views
48
Tommy Oliver
fictional character
7,189
views
views
49
Georges Cuvier
French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769–1832)
6,916
views
views
50
Laszlo Toth
Australian geologist known for vandalism (1938–2012)
6,816
views
views
51
William Lawrence Bragg
Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer
6,757
views
views
52
Edmond Halley
English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)
6,658
views
views
53
Claude Allègre
French politician and geochemist (1937–2025)
6,607
views
views
54
Matthew Falder
English geophysicist; blackmailer and convicted child-sex offender
6,587
views
views
55
Wen Jiabao
6th Premier of the People's Republic of China from 2003 to 2013 (born 1942)
6,586
views
views
56
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal
Portuguese noble and diplomat (1699–1782)
6,487
views
views
57
Harrison Schmitt
Astronaut, geologist, politician, 12th man to walk on the moon (Apollo 17)
6,453
views
views
58
Athanasius Kircher
German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)
6,237
views
views
59
Friedrich Schleiermacher
German theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar (1768-1834)
5,544
views
views
60
Dorothy Hodgkin
British chemist
5,538
views
views
61
Gerta Keller
American geologist and paleontologist
5,531
views
views
62
Alexander Belyavsky
Soviet and Russian actor (1932-2012)
5,486
views
views
63
Wendela Horz
5,352
views
views
64
Stefano Lo Russo
Italian politician (born 1975)
5,253
views
views
65
Louis Leakey
kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist
5,206
views
views
66
David A. Johnston
American volcanologist (1949–1980)
4,907
views
views
67
Sven Hedin
Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)
4,888
views
views
68
George de Mohrenschildt
Russian-born American geologist, friend of Lee Harvey Oswald (1911-1977)
4,714
views
views
69
Maurice Wilkins
New Zealand-born English physicist and biologist
4,709
views
views
70
Otto Schmidt
Russian geophysicist and polar explorer of Baltic German origin (1891-1956)
4,681
views
views
71
Sergey Kurginyan
Russian scientist
4,680
views
views
72
José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva
(1763-1838) Brazilian politician
4,617
views
views
73
Tzvetan Todorov
Bulgarian historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist (1939-2017)
4,616
views
views
74
Mary Somerville
Scottish scientist, writer and polymath (1780–1872)
4,607
views
views
75
Eugene Merle Shoemaker
American geologist and astronomer
4,513
views
views
76
William Fox
Hungarian-American film producer
4,447
views
views
77
Alan Grant
fictional character from Jurassic Park
4,315
views
views
78
James Hutton
Scottish geologist, physician, chemical manufacturer, naturalist, and experimental agriculturalist; (1726-1797)
4,154
views
views
79
Louis Agassiz
Swiss-American naturalist (1807–1873)
4,012
views
views
80
Richard Owen
English biologist and paleontologist (1804–1892)
3,986
views
views
81
James Smithson
British chemist
3,867
views
views
82
William Buckland
English clergyman, geologist and palaeontologist (1784-1856)
3,735
views
views
83
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
Dutch physical and organic chemist (1852-1911)
3,679
views
views
84
Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg
Russian noble (1817-1852)
3,673
views
views
85
Stephen C. Meyer
American Intelligent design advocate
3,662
views
views
86
Haroun Tazieff
French volcanologist, geologist (1914-1998)
3,592
views
views
87
Barry Voight
American geologist
3,527
views
views
88
Pirulla
Brazilian paleontologist and YouTuber
3,500
views
views
89
John Wesley Powell
American geologist (1834-1902)
3,496
views
views
90
Prince Nicholas Maximilianovich, 4th Duke of Leuchtenberg
Russo-German Noble and Mineralogist
3,485
views
views
91
Jack Horner
American paleontologist (born 1946 )
3,473
views
views
92
Nicole Hernandez Hammer
American climate researcher
3,457
views
views
93
Douglas Mawson
Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)
3,404
views
views
94
Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás
Hungarian noble and academic (1877-1933)
3,362
views
views
95
Jacob Petrus
Spanish geographer, climatologist and science communicator
3,320
views
views
96
Ellie Sattler
Jurassic Park character
3,312
views
views
97
Bernard Palissy
French potter and engineer (1510-1590)
3,275
views
views
98
Edoardo Semenza
Italian geologist (1927–2002)
3,248
views
views
99
Alexander Gerst
German ESA astronaut and geophysicist
3,219
views
views
100
Charles Lyell
British geologist (1797–1875)
3,219
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