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The 100 most-viewed linguists on Wikipedia, all time. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Joseph Stalin. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
2,638,327
Total Views (all time)
Country
🌍 Global
1
Joseph Stalin
politician and leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1924 to 1953
311,370
views
views
2
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
182,140
views
views
3
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
146,341
views
views
4
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
131,662
views
views
5
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
123,179
views
views
6
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
96,643
views
views
7
Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
67,339
views
views
8
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632–1677)
64,329
views
views
9
Percy Bysshe Shelley
British Romantic poet (1792–1822)
44,624
views
views
10
Samuel Beckett
Irish writer (1906–1989)
42,693
views
views
11
Umberto Eco
Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932–2016)
42,333
views
views
12
Naoyuki Akaso
Japanese linguist and educator
41,744
views
views
13
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)
39,656
views
views
14
Walter Scott
Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771–1832)
34,318
views
views
15
Reality Winner
U.S. Air Force veteran and former NSA translator, with the longest prison sentence for an unauthorized release of government classified information to the media
33,058
views
views
16
Geoffrey Chaucer
14th century English poet and author (1343–1400)
30,802
views
views
17
William James Sidis
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
28,849
views
views
18
Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
27,857
views
views
19
William Tyndale
English Bible translator and reformer
25,671
views
views
20
Shūmei Ōkawa
Japanese nationalist intellectual (1886–1957)
25,386
views
views
21
Julio Cortázar
Argentine writer and translator (1914–1984)
24,042
views
views
22
Jacob Grimm
German philologist, linguist, jurist and mythologist (1785–1863)
24,012
views
views
23
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
22,962
views
views
24
Enoch Powell
British politician (1912–1998)
22,857
views
views
25
Sejong the Great
fourth king of Joseon (Korea), creator of Hangul
22,516
views
views
26
Iryna Farion
Ukrainian linguist and politician (1964–2024)
22,402
views
views
27
Denis Diderot
French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)
22,188
views
views
28
José Rizal
Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861–1896)
22,146
views
views
29
Roland Barthes
French philosopher and essayist (1915–1980)
21,657
views
views
30
Kūkai
Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774–835)
21,640
views
views
31
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
21,476
views
views
32
Gregory Potyomkin
Russian military leader and politician (1739–1791)
21,457
views
views
33
Eduardo Mendoza Garriga
Spanish writer
21,058
views
views
34
Samuel Johnson
English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)
20,700
views
views
35
José Martí
Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist (1853-1895)
20,593
views
views
36
Edith Stein
Jewish-German Catholic nun, theologian and philosopher (1891–1942)
19,867
views
views
37
Nakahama Manjirō
English interpreter
19,236
views
views
38
Jamie Hyneman
American special effects specialist and television host
18,946
views
views
39
Cesare Pavese
Italian writer, literary critic, and translator (1908–1950)
18,303
views
views
40
Machado de Assis
Brazilian writer (1839–1908)
17,138
views
views
41
Yasmina Reza
French actor and writer
16,816
views
views
42
Julian Barnes
English writer (born 1946)
16,791
views
views
43
Alcide De Gasperi
Italian politician and founder of the Christian Democratic Party (1881-1954)
16,371
views
views
44
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)
16,068
views
views
45
J. M. Coetzee
South African and Australian writer and scholar (born 1940)
15,762
views
views
46
Steven Pinker
Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and author, an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of the mind
15,492
views
views
47
Susie Dent
English lexicographer
15,470
views
views
48
Ivan Krylov
Russian writer (1769–1844)
14,813
views
views
49
Peter Abelard
French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician (c.1079-1142)
14,791
views
views
50
Jane Hawking
British author
14,689
views
views
51
Gertrude Bell
British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)
14,666
views
views
52
Aurobindo Ghosh
Indian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist (1872–1950)
13,736
views
views
53
Thomas Bernhard
Austrian playwright and novelist (1931–1989)
13,473
views
views
54
Mori Ōgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
13,333
views
views
55
Wilhelm Grimm
German author, philologist, collector of fairy tales and legends (1786–1859)
13,132
views
views
56
Seamus Heaney
Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer (1939–2013)
13,088
views
views
57
Benjamin Moser
American linguist, writer
13,034
views
views
58
Sirindhorn, Princess Royal
Thai royal
12,973
views
views
59
Julius Nyerere
Tanzanian politician and writer, first Prime Minister and President of Tanzania (1922–1999)
12,497
views
views
60
Takahito, Prince Mikasa
Japanese prince (1915–2016)
12,408
views
views
61
Nikos Kazantzakis
Greek writer, poet and philosopher (1883-1957)
12,359
views
views
62
Vasily Zhukovsky
Russian poet (1783-1852)
12,214
views
views
63
Ivan Goncharov
Russian novelist and official (1812–1891)
12,212
views
views
64
C. Rajagopalachari
Indian politician and activist (1878–1972)
12,061
views
views
65
Boris Akunin
Russian writer, translation, and historian
12,016
views
views
66
Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss linguist and philosopher (1857–1913)
11,604
views
views
67
Richard Francis Burton
British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar (1821–1890)
11,219
views
views
68
H. L. Mencken
American journalist and writer (1880–1956)
11,168
views
views
69
David Mitchell (author)
English novelist (b. 1969)
10,701
views
views
70
Al-Biruni
11th-century Khwarazmian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
10,680
views
views
71
Willard Van Orman Quine
American philosopher and logician (1900–2000)
10,599
views
views
72
Jean-François Champollion
French classical scholar (1790-1832)
10,530
views
views
73
Charles T. Murr
priest, author, linguist
10,484
views
views
74
Nyota Uhura
Star Trek character
10,474
views
views
75
Roger Williams
English Baptist theologian and author (1603–1683)
9,948
views
views
76
Rahul Sankrityayan
Indian Buddhist scholar, polyglot and travel writer (1893–1963); 'Father of Hindi travel literature'
9,795
views
views
77
Charles Sanders Peirce
American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)
9,669
views
views
78
Girish Karnad
Indian playwright, theatre personality (1938–2019)
9,473
views
views
79
Dörte Hansen
German writer
9,408
views
views
80
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895)
9,075
views
views
81
Jaun Elia
Pakistani poet and writer (1931-2002)
9,043
views
views
82
Mikhail Bakhtin
Russian intellectual and philosopher (1895–1975)
8,835
views
views
83
Nitobe Inazō
Japanese educator, agricultural economist and diplomat (1862–1933)
8,826
views
views
84
Franz Boas
German-American anthropologist
8,784
views
views
85
John Amos Comenius
Czech teacher, educator, philosopher and writer (1592-1670)
8,771
views
views
86
Alejandra Pizarnik
Argentinian poet (1936-1972)
8,688
views
views
87
Nikolay Karamzin
Russian writer, poet, critic
8,630
views
views
88
Kunio Yanagita
Japanese folklorist (1875–1962)
8,503
views
views
89
Anatoly Moskvin
Russian ethnographer, linguist and criminal
8,470
views
views
90
Patrick O'Brian
English novelist (1914–2000)
8,435
views
views
91
Leon Battista Alberti
Italian architect and writer (1404-1472)
8,355
views
views
92
Yuri Knorozov
Soviet and Russian mesoamericanist (1922-1999)
8,268
views
views
93
Herta Müller
German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist (born 1953)
8,169
views
views
94
Dmitry Puchkov
Russian media personality
8,145
views
views
95
John Searle
American philosopher (1932–2025)
8,084
views
views
96
Vyvyan Holland
British author, translator (1886–1967)
8,042
views
views
97
Pierre Perret
French singer
8,038
views
views
98
Konstantin Balmont
Russian poet (1867–1942)
8,001
views
views
99
Charles de Foucauld
French Catholic religious man, explorer and scholar (1858–1916)
7,985
views
views
100
Samuil Marshak
Russian and Soviet poet, playwright, translator, literary critic, screenwriter, author of popular children's books (1887–1964)
7,973
views
views