Trending Linguists of all time
The 100 most-viewed linguists of all time on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Samuel Beckett.
100
Ranked
128,591
Total Views (of all time)
Country
π Global
πΊπΈ USA
π©πͺ Germany
π«π· France
π―π΅ Japan
πͺπΈ Spain
π§π· Brazil
π·πΊ Russia
π¨π³ China
1
Samuel Beckett
Irish writer (1906β1989)
12,234
views
views
2
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
9,702
views
views
3
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
8,443
views
views
4
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892β1973)
6,848
views
views
5
Nikos Kazantzakis
Greek writer, poet and philosopher (1883-1957)
4,991
views
views
6
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898β1963)
3,964
views
views
7
Patrick O'Brian
English novelist (1914β2000)
3,869
views
views
8
J. M. Coetzee
South African and Australian writer and scholar (born 1940)
3,787
views
views
9
Katharine Gun
translator and whistle-blower
3,439
views
views
10
Vyvyan Holland
British author, translator (1886β1967)
3,338
views
views
11
Ken Liu
Chinese-American writer
3,319
views
views
12
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265β1321)
3,057
views
views
13
Sequoyah
Cherokee silversmith and creator of the Cherokee syllabary
2,859
views
views
14
Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
2,762
views
views
15
David J. Peterson
American conlanger, writer, and artist (born 1981)
2,643
views
views
16
Daniel Jackson
fictional character from the Stargate universe
2,620
views
views
17
Joseph Priestley
English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theorist (1733β1804)
2,615
views
views
18
John Searle
American philosopher (1932β2025)
2,388
views
views
19
Gaius Julius Hyginus
Roman freedman and writer (c. 64 BC β AD 17)
2,101
views
views
20
Franz Boas
German-American anthropologist
1,927
views
views
21
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632-1677)
1,880
views
views
22
Jamie Hyneman
American special effects specialist and television host
1,665
views
views
23
Jean-François Champollion
French classical scholar (1790-1832)
1,593
views
views
24
Percy Bysshe Shelley
British Romantic poet (1792β1822)
1,588
views
views
25
JosΓ© Rizal
Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861β1896)
1,512
views
views
26
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
Russian hebrew linguist, grammarian, journalist, lexicographer, newspaper editor and Zionist activist
1,500
views
views
27
Walter Scott
Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771β1832)
1,141
views
views
28
John Langshaw Austin
English philosopher (1911β1960)
1,032
views
views
29
Robert Bly
American poet, author, and activist (1926β2021)
1,027
views
views
30
Jane Hawking
British author
1,005
views
views
31
Samuel Johnson
English writer and lexicographer (1709β1784)
967
views
views
32
Carol Chomsky
linguist (1930β2008)
955
views
views
33
Ajayi Crowther
Yoruba linguist and the first African Anglican bishop in Nigeria (1809-1891)
949
views
views
34
Umberto Eco
Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932β2016)
940
views
views
35
Titus Brandsma
Dutch Carmelite friar, Catholic priest, professor of philosophy and saint (1881β1942)
864
views
views
36
C. Rajagopalachari
Indian politician and activist (1878β1972)
783
views
views
37
Edward Sapir
American linguist and anthropologist (1884-1939)
748
views
views
38
Elias LΓΆnnrot
Finnish physician, philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry (1802-1884)
678
views
views
39
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795β1881)
678
views
views
40
Jaun Elia
Pakistani poet and writer (1931-2002)
658
views
views
41
Edith Stein
Jewish-German Catholic nun, theologian and philosopher (1891β1942)
568
views
views
42
Peter Abelard
French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician (c.1079-1142)
566
views
views
43
Benjamin Jowett
English writer and classical scholar (1817β1893)
531
views
views
44
Moses Gaster
British-Romanian academic and rabbi
527
views
views
45
Peter Stephen Du Ponceau
French-born American linguist, philosopher and jurist (1760-1844)
523
views
views
46
Zhou Youguang
Chinese linguist, sinologist (1906β2017)
505
views
views
47
Robert S.P. Beekes
Dutch linguist (1937β2017)
495
views
views
48
Daniel Everett
American linguist (born 1951)
495
views
views
49
Victor H. Mair
American sinologist and linguist (1943-2026)
494
views
views
50
Sibawayh
Persian grammarian from Basra (c.760β796)
485
views
views
51
Yekaterina Dashkova
Russian author and woman of letters (1743-1810)
472
views
views
52
Alexander Melville Bell
British linguist (1819β1905)
466
views
views
53
George Buchanan
Scottish historian and humanist scholar (1506-1582)
450
views
views
54
Lucille Roubedeaux
native American Osage cultural leader
430
views
views
55
Gilbert Murray
Anglo-Australian scholar (1866-1957)
421
views
views
56
James Legge
Scottish missionary and translator (1815β1897)
413
views
views
57
Benjamin Moser
American linguist, writer
404
views
views
58
Edwin O. Reischauer
American diplomat (1910-1990)
397
views
views
59
Leo Rosten
Jewish American humorist
385
views
views
60
Sandra Roelofs
First Lady of Georgia
363
views
views
61
Monteiro Lobato
Brazilian writer (1882β1948)
361
views
views
62
'Adud al-Dawla
Buyid dynasty emir (936-983)
356
views
views
63
John Ciardi
American poet, professor, translator (1916β1986)
354
views
views
64
Salima Ikram
Pakistani egyptologist
338
views
views
65
Charles Sanders Peirce
American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)
334
views
views
66
Hesychius of Alexandria
5th/6th century Greek philologist and lexicographer
324
views
views
67
Jean Hersholt
Danish-American actor (1886β1956)
324
views
views
68
Gary Marcus
American psycholinguist
304
views
views
69
Patanjali
ancient Indian scholar(s) of grammar and linguistics, of yoga, of medical treatises
301
views
views
70
Kamil Zvelebil
Czech indologist (1927β2009)
280
views
views
71
John McWhorter
American academic and linguist
273
views
views
72
Roberto de Nobili
missionary
265
views
views
73
Simin Daneshvar
Iranian writer (1921β2012)
265
views
views
74
Thomas Bernhard
Austrian playwright and novelist (1931β1989)
261
views
views
75
George Chapman
16th/17th-century English dramatist, poet, and translator
260
views
views
76
Richard Simcott
British linguist
259
views
views
77
Heinrich Zimmer
German Indologist and linguist (1890β1943)
258
views
views
78
Elio Vittorini
Italian writer and novelist (1908β1966)
252
views
views
79
Thomas De Quincey
British author (1785-1859)
246
views
views
80
Sergey Uvarov
Russian noble who was a classical scholar and formulated the famous doctrine "Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality" to united many ethnicit
244
views
views
81
George Perkins Marsh
American politician (1801-1882)
234
views
views
82
Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance
French nobleman, lawyer and statesman (1739β1824)
230
views
views
83
Suzette Haden Elgin
American linguist and writer (1936-2015)
229
views
views
84
Yejin Choi
Korean American computer science professor and computational linguistics researcher
227
views
views
85
Takahito, Prince Mikasa
Japanese prince (1915β2016)
227
views
views
86
William Williams Pantycelyn
Welsh hymnwriter (1717-1791)
225
views
views
87
Harriet Martineau
English writer and sociologist (1802β1876)
220
views
views
88
HalldΓ³r Laxness
Icelandic author (1902-1998)
219
views
views
89
George Lakoff
American linguist
218
views
views
90
Edward Lhuyd
Welsh antiquarian, linguist and scientist (1660-1709)
218
views
views
91
Lawrence Venuti
American translator
207
views
views
92
Jonathan Culler
American academic of English literature
206
views
views
93
E. V. Rieu
British poet (1887-1972)
205
views
views
94
Friedrich Max MΓΌller
German-born British philologist, orientalist and indologist (1823β1900)
204
views
views
95
Caleb Everett
American anthropologist
203
views
views
96
Julius Pollux
2nd century Greek grammarian and sophist
201
views
views
97
Michael Ventris
British architect and linguist (1922-1956)
201
views
views
98
KΕ«kai
Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774β835)
200
views
views
99
Jean-François Lyotard
French philosopher (1924β1998)
200
views
views
100
Cristina Peri Rossi
Uruguayan writer (born 1941)
199
views
views
Also trending in Global
π³οΈ Politicians
π Diplomats
ποΈ Officers
πͺ Soldiers
βοΈ Lawyers
π Actors
π΅ Musicians
π€ Singers
πΌ Composers
π₯ Filmmakers
π¬ Film Directors
π¨ Painters
π Novelists
π Poets
π° Journalists
π Historians
π¬ Scientists
βοΈ Physicists
π§ͺ Chemists
π Mathematicians
βοΈ Engineers
π©Ί Physicians
π Economists
π» Programmers