Trending Philosophers this week
The 100 most-viewed philosophers this week on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Christine Grady.
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1,461,389
Total Views (this week)
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1
Christine Grady
nurse-bioethicist and researcher
72,889
views
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2
Ted Kaczynski
American domestic, mathematician and anarchist (1942β2023)
44,913
views
views
3
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879β1955)
40,248
views
views
4
John Lennon
British musician (1940β1980)
37,998
views
views
5
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961β1997)
33,575
views
views
6
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
32,377
views
views
7
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869β1948)
28,175
views
views
8
Marcus Aurelius
16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher
25,990
views
views
9
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757β1804)
25,751
views
views
10
Donald Sutherland
Canadian actor (1935β2024)
25,074
views
views
11
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924β2024)
25,058
views
views
12
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893β1976)
24,345
views
views
13
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
22,828
views
views
14
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743β1826)
22,731
views
views
15
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870β1924)
22,501
views
views
16
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818β1883)
22,059
views
views
17
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821β1881)
21,890
views
views
18
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706β1790)
21,378
views
views
19
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452β1519)
20,416
views
views
20
Desmond Doss
American solder, pacifist, and combat medic; recipient of the Purple Heart medal, recipient of the Medal of Honor (1919β2007) Un gran hombre
20,024
views
views
21
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642β1727)
19,808
views
views
22
John Adams
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801 (1735β1826)
19,619
views
views
23
Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912β1954)
19,025
views
views
24
George Soros
Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)
18,587
views
views
25
The Buddha
Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism (623 or 563 BCE β 543 or 483 BCE)
17,852
views
views
26
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
17,551
views
views
27
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929β1968)
16,971
views
views
28
B. R. Ambedkar
Indian polymath, philosopher, and social reformer (1891β1956)
16,832
views
views
29
Aristotle
4th-century BCE Classical Greek philosopher and polymath
16,589
views
views
30
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936β2025)
16,427
views
views
31
Joan Baez
American contemporary folk musician (born 1941)
15,304
views
views
32
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
14,900
views
views
33
Bryan Adams
Canadian singer-songwriter and musician (born 1959)
14,868
views
views
34
Socrates
5th-century BCE Greek philosopher
14,404
views
views
35
Charles Lindbergh
American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist (1902β1974)
14,217
views
views
36
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898β1963)
14,103
views
views
37
Ayn Rand
Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905β1982)
14,037
views
views
38
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879β1940)
13,810
views
views
39
Eleanor Roosevelt
American diplomat and activist, First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1884β1962)
13,313
views
views
40
Roger Waters
English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)
13,312
views
views
41
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354β430)
12,984
views
views
42
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483β1546)
12,668
views
views
43
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978β2005)
12,558
views
views
44
Lee Kuan Yew
1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore (1923β2015)
12,337
views
views
45
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265β1321)
12,267
views
views
46
Danny Glover
American actor (born 1946)
12,068
views
views
47
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913β1960)
11,904
views
views
48
Krishna
major deity in Hinduism, worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right
11,667
views
views
49
Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
11,565
views
views
50
Thomas Aquinas
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225β1274)
11,393
views
views
51
Harry Belafonte
American singer, actor and civil rights activist (1927β2023)
11,128
views
views
52
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828β1910)
10,809
views
views
53
NiccolΓ² Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469β1527)
10,778
views
views
54
James Madison
President of the United States from 1809 to 1817 (1751β1836)
10,506
views
views
55
T. G. Mohandas
Hindu Nationalist ideologue
10,324
views
views
56
Benedict XVI
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005β2013)
10,219
views
views
57
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Indian nationalist leader, writer and journalist (1856β1920)
10,136
views
views
58
Iain Banks
Scottish writer (1954β2013)
10,083
views
views
59
Philip K. Dick
American science fiction author (1928β1982)
9,922
views
views
60
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809β1882)
9,914
views
views
61
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American astrophysicist and science communicator
9,794
views
views
62
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
9,675
views
views
63
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564β1642)
9,648
views
views
64
Harry Houdini
Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer (1874β1926)
9,511
views
views
65
Henry Rollins
American musician
9,288
views
views
66
Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer, artist, and rΕnin (1584β1645)
9,258
views
views
67
Kurt Vonnegut
American author (1922β2007)
9,154
views
views
68
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861β1941)
9,152
views
views
69
Rosa Luxemburg
Polish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871β1919)
8,939
views
views
70
Jesse Ventura
American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)
8,759
views
views
71
Zack de la Rocha
American singer, rapper and activist (born 1970)
8,681
views
views
72
Immanuel Kant
German philosopher (1724-1804)
8,558
views
views
73
Sun Yat-sen
Chinese politician, physician, and revolutionary (1866β1925)
8,532
views
views
74
John Kerry
American politician and diplomat (born 1943)
8,472
views
views
75
Lewis Carroll
British author and scholar (1832β1898)
8,335
views
views
76
Rudolf Steiner
Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861β1925)
8,306
views
views
77
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478β1535)
8,274
views
views
78
Swami Vivekananda
Indian Hindu monk and philosopher (1863β1902)
8,055
views
views
79
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106β43 BC)
8,007
views
views
80
Michel Foucault
French philosopher (1926β1984)
7,904
views
views
81
Richard Dawkins
English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941)
7,897
views
views
82
Diogenes of Sinope
4th-century BC Greek Cynic philosopher
7,713
views
views
83
Arthur Schopenhauer
German philosopher (1788-1860)
7,705
views
views
84
Rumi
Iranian poet
7,678
views
views
85
Archimedes
Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 β c. 212 BC)
7,674
views
views
86
Aldous Huxley
English writer and philosopher (1894β1963)
7,554
views
views
87
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749β1832)
7,533
views
views
88
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694β1778)
7,429
views
views
89
Chad Ripperger
American Roman Catholic priest and exorcist
7,391
views
views
90
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905β1980)
7,378
views
views
91
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632-1677)
7,341
views
views
92
bell hooks
American author and activist (1952β2021)
7,313
views
views
93
Michael Stipe
American musician
7,289
views
views
94
RenΓ© Descartes
French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596β1650)
7,265
views
views
95
Confucius
5th-century BCE Chinese philosopher and politician
7,263
views
views
96
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856β1950)
7,244
views
views
97
Bertrand Russell
British philosopher and logician (1872β1970)
7,231
views
views
98
Pliny the Elder
Roman military commander and writer (AD23/24β79)
7,114
views
views
99
John Maynard Keynes
British economist (1883β1946)
7,105
views
views
100
SΓΈren Kierkegaard
Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813β1855)
6,991
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