Trending Geologists this week
The 100 most-viewed geologists this week on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Thomas Jefferson.
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192,653
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1
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743β1826)
22,731
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2
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
19,335
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views
3
Herbert Hoover
president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 (1874β1964)
13,784
views
views
4
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809β1882)
9,914
views
views
5
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749β1832)
7,533
views
views
6
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707β1778)
5,814
views
views
7
Alice Roberts
English physician, anatomist, physical anthropologist, television presenter, author
5,712
views
views
8
William Calley
US Army officer convicted for massacre at My Lai, Vietnam (1943β2024)
4,235
views
views
9
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
Indian physicist (1888β1970)
4,088
views
views
10
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646β1716)
3,954
views
views
11
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920β1958)
3,921
views
views
12
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician and physicist (1777β1855)
3,780
views
views
13
Scott W. Tinker
American geologist
3,666
views
views
14
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838β1914)
3,323
views
views
15
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769-1859)
2,766
views
views
16
Jennifer Doudna
American biochemist
2,691
views
views
17
Linus Pauling
American scientist (1901β1994)
2,558
views
views
18
Mary Anning
British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799β1847)
2,295
views
views
19
Tommy Oliver
fictional character
2,279
views
views
20
David A. Johnston
American volcanologist (1949β1980)
2,264
views
views
21
George Saunders
American writer (born 1958)
2,116
views
views
22
John Hickenlooper
American politician, businessman and the 42nd Governor of Colorado (born 1952)
2,086
views
views
23
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist (1752 β 1840)
1,946
views
views
24
Ross Geller
fictional character from Friends
1,918
views
views
25
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist
1,793
views
views
26
Alan Grant
fictional character from Jurassic Park
1,736
views
views
27
Robert Ballard
United States Navy officer, oceanographer and underwater archaeologist
1,662
views
views
28
Stephen Jay Gould
American biologist and historian of science (1941β2002)
1,638
views
views
29
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825β1895)
1,400
views
views
30
Matthew Falder
English geophysicist; blackmailer and convicted child-sex offender
1,340
views
views
31
George de Mohrenschildt
Russian-born American geologist, friend of Lee Harvey Oswald (1911-1977)
1,338
views
views
32
Harrison Schmitt
Astronaut, geologist, politician, 12th man to walk on the moon (Apollo 17)
1,262
views
views
33
Humphry Davy
British chemist
1,250
views
views
34
Jin Yuzhang
Heir to Chinese throne
1,230
views
views
35
Lou Henry Hoover
First Lady of the United States from 1929 to 1933
1,192
views
views
36
Georges Cuvier
French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769β1832)
1,147
views
views
37
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880β1930)
1,111
views
views
38
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
French naturalist (1744-1829)
1,109
views
views
39
Barry Voight
American geologist
1,090
views
views
40
Wes Hildreth
American continental geologist
1,083
views
views
41
Jack Horner
American paleontologist (born 1946 )
1,028
views
views
42
Shiva Balak Misra
Indian geologist
1,018
views
views
43
Douglas Mawson
Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)
1,002
views
views
44
Edmond Halley
English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656β1742)
989
views
views
45
Athanasius Kircher
German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)
981
views
views
46
Mary Leakey
British paleoanthropologist (1913-1996)
967
views
views
47
William Fox
Hungarian-American film producer
936
views
views
48
Franz Nopcsa von FelsΕ-SzilvΓ‘s
Hungarian noble and academic (1877-1933)
916
views
views
49
Nicole Hernandez Hammer
American climate researcher
904
views
views
50
Ellie Sattler
Jurassic Park character
876
views
views
51
Stephen C. Meyer
American Intelligent design advocate
874
views
views
52
Wen Jiabao
6th Premier of the People's Republic of China from 2004 to 2013
852
views
views
53
John Strong Newberry
American geologist, physician, explorer, and author (1822β1892)
851
views
views
54
Louis Leakey
kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist
844
views
views
55
Alexander Heron
geologist, explorer (1884-1971)
808
views
views
56
Carmen Gaina
professor at University of Oslo
795
views
views
57
John Wesley Powell
American geologist (1834-1902)
740
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views
58
Rudolf Virchow
German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902)
722
views
views
59
Laszlo Toth
Australian geologist known for vandalism (1938β2012)
705
views
views
60
Richard Owen
English biologist and paleontologist (1804β1892)
674
views
views
61
Dorothy Hodgkin
British chemist
666
views
views
62
Louis Agassiz
Swiss-American naturalist (1807β1873)
658
views
views
63
James Smithson
British chemist
650
views
views
64
Beatriz Flamini
Spanish extreme athlete and mountaineer
632
views
views
65
Mary Somerville
Scottish scientist, writer and polymath (1780β1872)
618
views
views
66
Ulysses S. Grant IV
American geologist and paleontologist (1893-1977)
615
views
views
67
Charles Lyell
British geologist (1797β1875)
610
views
views
68
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
550
views
views
69
Nigel Anstey
British seismologist
529
views
views
70
William Buckland
English clergyman, geologist and palaeontologist (1784-1856)
521
views
views
71
Marie Stopes
British birth control campaigner and paleontologist (1880-1958)
518
views
views
72
Clair Cameron Patterson
American chemist and geochemist (1922β1995)
514
views
views
73
Randy Marsh
fictional character from South Park
508
views
views
74
James Hutton
Scottish geologist, physician, chemical manufacturer, naturalist, and experimental agriculturalist; (1726-1797)
507
views
views
75
Judith Curry
American climatologist
507
views
views
76
SebastiΓ£o JosΓ© de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal
Portuguese noble and diplomat (1699β1782)
499
views
views
77
Vladimir Vernadsky
Russian and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist, one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology
492
views
views
78
Edward Drinker Cope
American paleontologist, geologist, and biologist (1840β1897)
481
views
views
79
Georg Wilhelm Steller
Explorer and zoologist famous for discovering Steller's Sea Lion
468
views
views
80
Boyan Petrov
Bulgarian zoologist and mountaineer (1973-2018)
464
views
views
81
Harry Glicken
American geologist (1958-1991)
462
views
views
82
James Parkinson
English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist
462
views
views
83
Milutin MilankoviΔ
Serbian mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, climatologist, and engineer (1879β1958)
459
views
views
84
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
French natural historian (1707-1788)
453
views
views
85
Othniel Charles Marsh
American paleontologist (1831β1899)
449
views
views
86
John T. Scopes
American schoolteacher (1900β1970)
448
views
views
87
Richard Leakey
Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist, and politician (1944-2022)
439
views
views
88
James E. Hansen
American climatologist (1941-)
431
views
views
89
William Hamilton
Scottish diplomat, antiquarian, archaeologist and vulcanologistΒ (1730-1803)
396
views
views
90
Farouk Al-Kasim
Norwegian geologist
393
views
views
91
Pete Ross
fictional character(s) in the DC universe
393
views
views
92
Eugene Merle Shoemaker
American geologist and astronomer
392
views
views
93
Walter Alvarez
American geologist
388
views
views
94
Sven Hedin
Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)
384
views
views
95
Mykola Azarov
Ukrainian politician (born 1947)
371
views
views
96
Nathan Myhrvold
former CTO at Microsoft
365
views
views
97
William Whewell
English philosopher and historian of science (1794β1866)
359
views
views
98
Weng Wenhao
Chinese geologist and politician
344
views
views
99
Maurice Wilkins
New Zealand-born English physicist and biologist
343
views
views
100
Emil Constantinescu
President of Romania from 1996 to 2000
343
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