Trending Geologists — the 7 days to 24 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed geologists on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 24 October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Richard E. Grant. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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441,395
Total Views (the 7 days to 24 October 2026)
1
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
48,845
views
views
2
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
40,304
views
views
3
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
32,344
views
views
4
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
31,692
views
views
5
Herbert Hoover
president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 (1874–1964)
22,873
views
views
6
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)
19,190
views
views
7
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
14,050
views
views
8
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778); developed the foundations of modern taxonomy
13,995
views
views
9
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
13,417
views
views
10
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
10,026
views
views
11
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
7,141
views
views
12
Linus Pauling
American scientist (1901–1994)
6,440
views
views
13
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
Indian physicist (1888–1970)
6,007
views
views
14
Alberto Angela
Italian paleontologist, science communicator, writer and journalist (born 1962)
5,692
views
views
15
George Saunders
American writer (born 1958)
5,410
views
views
16
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)
5,327
views
views
17
Mary Anning
British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799–1847)
4,704
views
views
18
William Calley
US Army officer convicted for massacre at My Lai, Vietnam (1943–2024)
4,693
views
views
19
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)
4,550
views
views
20
John Hickenlooper
American politician, businessman, 42nd governor of Colorado, and U.S. senator (born 1952)
4,525
views
views
21
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist
4,332
views
views
22
Manuel Hobiger
4,184
views
views
23
Ivan Yefremov
Soviet paleontologist, science fiction author and social thinker (1908–1972)
4,038
views
views
24
Randy Marsh
fictional character from South Park
3,921
views
views
25
Alice Roberts
English physician, anatomist, physical anthropologist, television presenter, author
3,718
views
views
26
Jennifer Doudna
American biochemist
3,629
views
views
27
Robert Ballard
United States Navy officer, oceanographer and underwater archaeologist
3,291
views
views
28
Rudolf Virchow
German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902)
3,192
views
views
29
Wendela Horz
3,147
views
views
30
Alexander Belyavsky
Soviet and Russian actor (1932-2012)
3,069
views
views
31
Edmond Halley
English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)
3,068
views
views
32
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
French naturalist (1744-1829)
2,959
views
views
33
Ross Geller
fictional character from Friends
2,908
views
views
34
Tommy Oliver
fictional character
2,862
views
views
35
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895)
2,735
views
views
36
Stephen Jay Gould
American biologist and historian of science (1941–2002)
2,717
views
views
37
Jin Yuzhang
Heir to Chinese throne
2,486
views
views
38
David A. Johnston
American volcanologist (1949–1980)
2,304
views
views
39
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
French natural historian (1707-1788)
2,229
views
views
40
Georges Cuvier
French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769–1832)
2,216
views
views
41
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal
Portuguese noble and diplomat (1699–1782)
2,176
views
views
42
Harrison Schmitt
Astronaut, geologist, politician, 12th man to walk on the moon (Apollo 17)
2,152
views
views
43
Vladimir Vernadsky
Russian and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist, one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology
2,120
views
views
44
Wen Jiabao
6th Premier of the People's Republic of China from 2003 to 2013 (born 1942)
2,105
views
views
45
Humphry Davy
British chemist
2,105
views
views
46
Athanasius Kircher
German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)
2,029
views
views
47
Friedrich Schleiermacher
German theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar (1768-1834)
1,977
views
views
48
Stefano Lo Russo
Italian politician (born 1975)
1,945
views
views
49
Mykola Azarov
Ukrainian politician (born 1947)
1,915
views
views
50
Laszlo Toth
Australian geologist known for vandalism (1938–2012)
1,828
views
views
51
Lou Henry Hoover
First Lady of the United States from 1929 to 1933
1,641
views
views
52
Eugene Merle Shoemaker
American geologist and astronomer
1,582
views
views
53
Matthew Falder
English geophysicist; blackmailer and convicted child-sex offender
1,572
views
views
54
Dorothy Hodgkin
British chemist
1,545
views
views
55
Syukuro Manabe
Japanese-American meteorologist and climatologist (1931–)
1,458
views
views
56
José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva
(1763-1838) Brazilian politician
1,426
views
views
57
Alan Grant
fictional character from Jurassic Park
1,414
views
views
58
Judith Curry
American climatologist
1,383
views
views
59
Richard Owen
English biologist and paleontologist (1804–1892)
1,378
views
views
60
Heinrich Dathe
German ornithologist and zoologist (1910–1991)
1,360
views
views
61
Tzvetan Todorov
Bulgarian historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist (1939-2017)
1,357
views
views
62
George de Mohrenschildt
Russian-born American geologist, friend of Lee Harvey Oswald (1911-1977)
1,340
views
views
63
Otto Schmidt
Russian geophysicist and polar explorer of Baltic German origin (1891-1956)
1,306
views
views
64
Louis Leakey
kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist
1,258
views
views
65
Mary Somerville
Scottish scientist, writer and polymath (1780–1872)
1,232
views
views
66
Emilio Comici
Italian mountaineer (1901–1940)
1,184
views
views
67
Alexander Gerst
German ESA astronaut and geophysicist
1,176
views
views
68
William Fox
Hungarian-American film producer
1,173
views
views
69
Barry Voight
American geologist
1,153
views
views
70
Sven Hedin
Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)
1,152
views
views
71
Jessica Watkins
US astronaut
1,131
views
views
72
Matthew Fontaine Maury
United States Navy officer
1,125
views
views
73
Haroun Tazieff
French volcanologist, geologist (1914-1998)
1,122
views
views
74
Louis Agassiz
Swiss-American naturalist (1807–1873)
1,119
views
views
75
Jacob Petrus
Spanish geographer, climatologist and science communicator
1,115
views
views
76
Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg
Russian noble (1817-1852)
1,110
views
views
77
Maurice Wilkins
New Zealand-born English physicist and biologist
1,097
views
views
78
Quintino Sella
Italian statesman and financier (1827-1884)
1,076
views
views
79
Euclides da Cunha
Brazilian writer (1866–1909)
1,031
views
views
80
Marie Tharp
American oceanographer and cartographer (1920–2006)
1,013
views
views
81
William Hamilton
Scottish diplomat, antiquarian, archaeologist and vulcanologist (1730-1803)
1,010
views
views
82
Edward Drinker Cope
American paleontologist, geologist, and biologist (1840–1897)
1,006
views
views
83
Claude Allègre
French politician and geochemist (1937–2025)
990
views
views
84
Ellie Sattler
Jurassic Park character
986
views
views
85
Charles Lyell
British geologist (1797–1875)
986
views
views
86
Héctor Germán Oesterheld
Argentine journalist and cartoonist (1919–1978)
983
views
views
87
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)
981
views
views
88
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist (1752 – 1840)
979
views
views
89
Jan Smit
Dutch paleontologist (born 1948)
963
views
views
90
James Smithson
British chemist
944
views
views
91
Andrew Weaver
Canadian scientist and politician
943
views
views
92
John Wesley Powell
American geologist (1834-1902)
937
views
views
93
William Lawrence Bragg
Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer
931
views
views
94
Grover Krantz
American biological anthropologist (1931–2002)
917
views
views
95
James Parkinson
English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist
915
views
views
96
James Hutton
Scottish geologist, physician, chemical manufacturer, naturalist, and experimental agriculturalist; (1726-1797)
906
views
views
97
Marie Stopes
British birth control campaigner and paleontologist (1880-1958)
891
views
views
98
Stephen C. Meyer
American Intelligent design advocate
851
views
views
99
Jack Horner
American paleontologist (born 1946 )
836
views
views
100
Max von Laue
German physicist, Nobel laureate and anti-Nazi (1879–1960)
829
views
views